Do not call *77. That’s the all-caps message the Massachusetts State 911 Department wants to get out quickly to cellphone users in the state. “*77
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Month: February 2019
How to File Taxes for Free
WHEN IT COMES TO filing your taxes, the last expense you may want to pay is a fee to file your return. The good news is
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Programmer finds ridiculous ATM loophole that let him withdraw $1 million in cash
It sounds like something straight out of a movie: an unsatisfied bank programmer discovers the perfect scheme for making an ATM spit out free money.
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Tesla opens Amazon store that sells company-branded merch
Tesla launched an online store for its merchandise on Amazon on Tuesday, as was first spotted by Electrek. The new Amazon store is already stocked
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A look at all of the new emojis coming to your smartphone in 2019
If you already have trouble finding the exact emoji you’re looking for, well, things are about to get a tad more complex. Earlier today, the
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Verizon’s new BOGO deal offers huge discounts on the hottest smartphones
Less than a month out from its last such offer, Verizon is once again preparing to launch another of its BOGO deals — this one
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Google has quietly dropped ban on personally identifiable web tracking
When Google bought the advertising network DoubleClick in 2007, Google founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be the company’s “number one priority when we
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Facebook’s first 15 years were defined by user growth
Over the past 15 years, there has been no greater or more important metric at Facebook than user growth. Adding users — “connecting the world”
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Instagram says it will now hide self-harm images behind ‘sensitivity screens’
Instagram’s new CEO Adam Mosseri penned an article in The Telegraph this week to explain the various steps Facebook’s subsidiary will take to prevent users from being exposed
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What’s Coming and Going From Netflix the Week of February 4, 2019
Who among us is excited for the triumphant return to the stage of Ray Romano? Not me! But I’m assuming the same people who kept Everybody
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