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Roku.
Roku.
  • Do you use the same password for multiple online accounts? You need to stop.
  • Roku accounts were breached in a "credential stuffing attack" where hackers reuse your password for multiple sites.
  • Staying vigilant against phishing scams and using unique passwords can help you protect yourself.

If you use your pet's name as the password for all your online accounts: stop it



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Since its inception in 2014, dating app Bumble's schtick was that women users "make the first move" — meaning, only women users can message male matches first, and within 24 hours of matching at that. Over the years, however, the concept has somewhat eroded.

It was always slippery for LGBTQ users, for example. Women can obviously message other women first, while men messaging other men would have



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Elon Musk spoke out against the United States’ potential ban on TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, in a tweet on Tuesday, saying the law is all about “censorship and government control.” Musk has previously expressed discomfort with TikTok’s addictive algorithm, but this stance fits with his “free speech…

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Senator Patty Murray in 2023.
  • A Chamber of Commerce post using Census Bureau data showed just how bad the pay gap is for women.
  • The gap based on median earnings was $18,044 in New Hampshire, the largest among the states.
  • Utah had the lowest percentage of women's median earnings as a share of men's among the states.

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Filing taxes may've gotten a little bit easier thanks to the IRS's Direct File tool.
  • I canceled my appointment with an accountant to file my taxes using the IRS's Direct File tool.
  • The free software helped me finish my federal taxes in less than 40 minutes.
  • Consider me a convert.

It's the most terrible time of the year: tax season.

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Rotisserie chickens at Costco in New York City.
  • Costco CFO Richard Galanti received a $6.7 million pay package last year, but can be frugal at dinnertime.
  • In an interview with Progressive Grocer, Galanti revealed his menu of choice when he's home alone.
  • "I will buy a rotisserie chicken, shrimp cocktail and the Kirkland Signature vanilla ice cream, which is the best," he



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Helldivers 2 just got another balancing update — and it's made the galactic-wide fight for democracy even easier.

Arrowhead Studio's smash hit has a vast array of weapons meant to take on the Termanids and the Automatons. However, as many in the community will note, when it comes to enemies with armor, the arsenal becomes pretty ineffective. Until



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Apple has improved Apple Maps frequently over the years. Considering how widely criticized the app was when it first launched, Apple has been successful in rehabilitating its web mapping and direction app for iOS. It may now even be some iPhone users' map app of choice.

However, Google Maps still reigns supreme in the category. Others prefer Waze, another navigation app from Google.

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