Artists Enlist Skywriting Planes To Expose The ICE Detention Crisis In Our Backyards

The artists hope to elevate their statements about “the invisible violence taking place in our country right now.”

An American Pickle Is a Classic Immigrant Story, Except for the Pickle Thing

We’ve all heard the story. A family comes from the old country. They work hard. They hope. They dream. One of them… gets preserved in pickle brine.

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Scientists create special nose-swabbing robot to test for COVID-19

In the future, a special robot designed to help protect healthcare workers may test you for the flu, COVID-19, and other pathogens that require a nose swab. The contraption was created by engineers at the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM), which explains that the robot can be also be used to swab a patient’s throat for conditions like … Continue reading

Reddit and LinkedIn will fix clipboard snooping in their iOS apps

The clipboard privacy feature in iOS 14 is prompting more major developers to tone down their apps’ nosy behavior. To start, Reddit told The Verge in a statement that it would fix code in its iOS app that copies clipboard data with virtually every ke…

Much Of U.S. Scales Back On Holiday, But Trump Plans To Go Big

Netflix just released its best UI customization feature to date

If you’re like the average Netflix subscriber, you’ve likely started to watch some random show or movie, only to realize that you really don’t want to watch it. You exit the show and continue to browse, but there’s a problem — every time you launch the app, that barely-watched and unwanted show reappears in your ‘Continue Watching’ row where you’re … Continue reading

Carl Reiner’s Daughter Tweets Final Dig At Trump On Her Late Father’s Behalf

The late comedy legend often took the president to task on the platform.

NASA remembers July 4 Mars milestone that made its rovers possible

NASA is remembering one of its most notable July 4th events: the arrival of its Sojourner on Mars in 1997. Depending on your age, you may not be familiar with Sojourner, having instead learned about Curiosity, the now-defunct Opportunity, and perhaps even the Spirit rover, which was active on the Red Planet from 2004 to 2010. Lesser known is the … Continue reading

Animal Crossing fans get real about the fictional NookPhone

Animal Crossing: New Horizons may be set in a tranquil island paradise, but even there you can’t escape the technology of the modern world. Every resident is issued a proprietary NookPhone in the game, which allows you to take photos, look at your li…

When Both Parents Are On The Front Lines, Who’s Taking Care Of The Kids?

Essential workers have had to scramble for emergency child care, either public or private, to keep saving lives.