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When you create a new account online, you’ll have the option to sign up with Google, Facebook, or another service. As tempting as that is, you should probably avoid it and create an account based on your own email address or username instead. To explain why, let’s take a look at something called SSO.

Why You Shouldn't Sign In With Google or Facebook

A few years ago, I wrote a guide to help people protect themselves, and understand that most of the companies you have an account with already offer you tools to take control of your accounts’ security, even before you contact them for help, which in some cases you still should do.

How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked

Policymakers are increasingly debating the relative social costs and benefits of digital advertising. While ads typically benefit platforms and advertisers, do they disadvantage consumers? In a new study, researchers have analyzed advertising on Facebook, comparing the effects on consumers of seeing ads versus not seeing ads. The study found no significant differences in users' valuations between the two groups, suggesting that either the harmful effects of ads are relatively small or that certain benefits offset the harms.

New research shows that online ads have limited impact on consumer valuations for Facebook

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(Reuters) - Meta Platforms will shut down the augmented reality studio that third-party creators used for making custom Instagram and Facebook effects, the social media giant said on Tuesday, as it prioritizes spending in other areas including AI.

Meta to shut augmented reality studio used by third-party creators

Starting in May 2025, UK citizens traveling to the European Union (EU) will need to comply with a new visa waiver system, which will apply not only to Schengen Area countries but also to certain non-Schengen nations. The EU is introducing this visa waiver as part of broader efforts to strengthen border security and streamline entry procedures across the continent. The waiver, expected to be operational in time for the May 2025 half-term, will be valid for three years or until the passport expires, whichever comes first. UK citizens under the age of 18 and over 70 will be exempt from this requirement.

Visa's will be required for 2025 travel

Nearly a full decade ago, TNT aired The Librarians, a spinoff for a series of popular TV movies on the same channel. The show built up a solid fanbase, and after ended in 2018, that seemed to be the end of things. But good news: The Librarians are returning once more, and they’re even coming back to their home network.

The Librarians’ Next Show Comes Back Home to TNT

Google has a post up on its security blog that is half advertisement and half PSA-style announcement for Android users: go into your settings and turn off the "Allow 2G" toggle. This option, added in Android 12 back in 2021, does exactly what it sounds like: it turns off support for 2G cellular networking. Why would you want to do that? Because attackers are using the insecure 2G protocol to spoof phone numbers and send SMS spam.

Google Sounds Urgent Warning To Kill This Setting On Your Android Phone

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Early Labor Day sales: score a lifetime Babbel subscription at an incredible 76% discount

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‘This is a game changer.’ Ordering off the kid’s menu comes with a certain set of expectations. Small portions, lower prices—possibly an age restriction—but generally, nothing too off-base as far as ordering food.

‘For $6, who cares?’: Applebee’s customer shocked after ordering both adult and kids’ cheeseburgers

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

My Facebook news feed was a chaotic mix of irrelevant content a few years ago. When I finally took the step to clean it up, I was amazed at how simple it was to customize. Today, I’ll show how you can use Facebook’s built-in tools and features to remove irrelevant content from your news feed.

How to Clean Up Your Facebook Feed

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The World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation found promoted advertisements from the organization showing up under a racist post from an account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi and white nationalist content. CBS News found a verified X account with more than 115,000 followers that had posted a racist image alongside a post praising Europe's colonization of Africa. CBS News is not publicly identifying the accounts spreading racist content on X. A promoted advertisement for the World Bank showed up in the comments section below the post. "The...

World Bank pulls paid ads from X over racist content on Musk's platform

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Kiss Your VPN Subscription Fees Goodbye

"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

Since 2017, Marvel’s boosted Venom into one of its A-list characters and made sure to have him headline a comic event every now and then. Right now, Eddie Brock and his son Dylan are going head-to-head in the pages of “Venom War,” and once that wraps, a new era for the character will kick off. The twist? It won’t be either of the Brocks in the title role.

Venom Is Going Gold and Getting a New Mysterious Meatsuit

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Axios’s Sara Fischer reported on Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign was using Google search to promote favorable headlines — but they also edited real news headlines from legitimate news outlets. While Fischer wrote that there weren’t any laws or rules violated by the practice —...

Harris Campaign Caught Altering Real News Headlines For Sponsored Ads to Create Appearance of Favorable Coverage: Axios

Stephen King is so popular in Hollywood that many of his stories have been adapted more than once—with mixed results. King’s second novel, 1975’s Salem’s Lot, was his second adapted work and the first made for TV, thanks to Tobe Hooper’s miniseries in 1979. A second miniseries followed in 2004. And now, a feature film—not intended for TV, but for reasons only Warner Bros. can know, getting a straight-to-Max release—is arriving in October.

The Time Is Right for a New Salem’s Lot

‘Any meat items my dogs refuse to eat, I no longer eat.’ It’s said that animals have a “sixth sense,” which affords them an insight human beings cannot match. There are clips of security camera earthquake footage where pets can be seen wigging out seconds before tremors begin.

‘It ain’t food anymore.’: Dairy Queen customer warns against chicken after his dog refuses to eat it

In the lead-up to James Gunn‘s Superman film, the comic book director shouted out Clark Kent’s faithful companion, Jimmy Olsen. Why? Well, today is the DC Comic character’s 83rd anniversary. To mark the negligible occasion, Gunn shared a first look at actor Skyler Gisondo’s take on the...

James Gunn Celebrates Superman BFF Jimmy Olsen’s Anniversary With First Look

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Pitch Deck Gives New Details on Company’s Plan to Listen to Your Devices for Ad Targeting

Media conglomerate Cox Media Group has been pitching tech companies on a new targeted advertising tool that uses audio recordings culled from smart home devices. The...

Pitch Deck Gives New Details on Company’s Plan to Listen to Your Devices for Ad Targeting

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