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Snapchat's Solar System feature will now be off by default, though paid subscribers can turn it back on.
  • Snapchat is changing a friend-ranking feature over reports of it causing teen anxiety.
  • The premium feature allowed users to see their position in their friends' so-called Solar System.
  • The decision highlights growing concerns about the impact of social



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Roborock’s entry-level robot vacuum is down to just $260, which is a new all-time low. | Image: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

If you’re looking for a way to quickly wrap up your spring cleaning, robot vacuums make for great cleaning assistants that can help you do so with just the press of a button. And right now, one of our favorite models has plunged to a new all



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The rise of free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) seems to have little to do with what’s playing — and more like how it’s playing. Metrics compiled by Bloomberg suggest that people really do just like to leave their TVs running in the background while working around the house or scrolling through social media



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President Donald Trump points to the sun as he arrives to view the solar eclipse at the White House in Washington.
Former President Donald Trump correctly identifies the sun during an eclipse.
  • Millions of Americans are expected to watch Monday's total solar eclipse.
  • Staring at the eclipse or taking a photo without the proper protection can cause permanent eye damage.
  • NASA advises using solar viewing glasses or a safe handheld solar viewer for eye protection.

Millions of Americans will direct their



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People use solar-viewing glasses as the sun emerges through fog cover before the solar eclipse in Oregon.
  • Looking at the eclipse without certified protective glasses can cause serious eye damage.
  • Symptoms of solar retinopathy include blurry vision, dark spots, or a loss of central vision.
  • If you are experiencing any of these symptoms after staring at the eclipse, call an eye



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President Biden’s CHIPS Act money continues to get doled out to semiconductor manufacturers. The White House just announced that the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is receiving $6.6 billion in grants to build three fabrication plants, otherwise called fabs, in the region of Phoenix, Arizona. This is in addition to around $5 billion in government loans.

As part of this deal, TSMC



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There are several things you can do to make your bathroom look bigger.

Tiny bathrooms can easily feel



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Soldiers of the German Armed Forces stand on a trailer with launching pads for guided missiles of the Patriot air defense system on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland.
Soldiers of the German Armed Forces stand on a trailer with launching pads for guided missiles of the Patriot air defense system on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland.
  • Russia has intensified its strikes with missiles, drones, and glide bombs on Kharkiv in recent weeks.
  • Ukraine says it lacks enough of the air defense systems