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Mark Zuckerberg is going to testify, but the question remains as to whether or not he’ll really say anything of substance.

The CEO is in Washington D.C. this week to assure lawmakers and the concerned citizens of Facebook Nation that he knows he needs to do better, that he is going to make it all OK, and that — above all — he is listening. That being said, his prepared testimony is a bunch of recycled pablum masquerading as contrition and doesn’t suggest a good start. 

He can, and should, do better. Thankfully, we’re here to extend a helping hand. 

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Apple is patting itself on the back for hitting its goal of 100 percent clean energy. All of the tech company’s facilities around the world are powered by renewable energy, Apple announced Monday. That’s stores, offices, and data centers powered from solar, wind, hydrogen, and other clean energy sources.

While impressive that facilities in 43 countries are powered with clean energy, its many suppliers are still working at it. Apple has convinced nine more suppliers “to power all of their Apple production with 100 percent clean energy, bringing the total number of supplier commitments to 23.” Pegatron with iPhone factories in Shanghai and Kunshan, China, and Finisar, the U.S. company that builds parts to power Face ID and Animoji are among the nine pledge makers.   Read more…

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There are very few things that bring the internet together like the universal hatred of Logan Paul. 

The disgraced YouTuber had his Twitch debut on Sunday and was immediately barraged with explicit images of genitalia during the livestreamed game of Fortnite. 

“There are so many dicks,” one of his producers said during the stream. 

Paul, who is a 23-year-old who can read, also read a racial slur out loud during the stream when he named donor “Negros4565,” who paid him $100. He also read the username “I_S_Wallow_Cum_77” after that viewer gave him another $100. It’s common for Twitch viewers to troll players and trick them into saying racial slurs or offensive language as players often read donor names. Twitch players make money off donations.  Read more…

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iOS 11.3 isn’t even two weeks old, and it’s already causing problems. Specifically, it’s killing touch functionality in iPhone 8 models that have third-party screens. 

Users who have had their iPhone 8’s screens replaced by shops that aren’t Apple Stores or authorized retailers have been experiencing difficulty using their phones since downloading the update. Multiple retailers told Motherboard that fixing the phones requires upgrading the chip that powers the screen. 

Look, we get it. If this happened to your phone, it’s frustrating to the max. But it’s also…a tiny bit your fault. 

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Uber is making a big push into bicycles. 

The ride-hailing company announced Monday it was acquiring bicycle-share company, Jump. The San Francisco-based company known for its red frames with a battery-powered boost had partnered with Uber for the past few months in San Francisco. Uber Bike is sticking around.

Now Jump and its fleet of e-bikes (in January the company launched 250 of the bikes into San Francisco with rides for $2 for 30 minutes) is officially part of Uber, pedaling Uber away from solely cars and driving to get around. This is a big step in Uber’s transformation into a multi-modal platform. Read more…

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Those Tesla Model 3 orders are taking awhile, but at least the electric carmaker’s CEO Elon Musk is keeping customers in the loop.

Over the weekend, Musk, who is apparently sleeping at the factory as he takes over production of the behind-schedule electric sedan, responded to a tweet about a dual-motor version. Musk said to expect the special dual-motor Model 3 configuration in July — the car company needs to focus on the basics first. The dual-motor design was leaked earlier this year.

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Tech billionaires and broke college students have one thing in common: living in a go-to uniform of a T-shirt, hoodie and jeans, day after day. In that sea of sameness, putting on a suit makes a powerful statement—and it might actually make you better at your job, too. 

According to a study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology that explores “enclothed cognition,” what you wear can have a serious effect on how you view yourself and how you perform at work. Dressing in ways that suggest authority—a doctor donning a white lab coat, for instance—can raise testosterone levels, a hormone that boosts self-esteem and actually makes you feel more confident.  Read more…

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This indoor farm allows scientists to grow plants on Antarctica, without the need for soil. Read more…

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We’ve got a good feeling about this — or at least, Han Solo does.

You may have forgotten that Solo: A Star Wars Story is out next month, since Disney and Lucasfilm haven’t done all that much marketing for the spin-off film since its first trailer dropped after the Super Bowl in February.

But that changed Sunday, when a new Solo trailer arrived during American Idol on Disney-owned ABC. 

The trailer focuses on the basic plot of the film — which is not just a “young Han Solo” prequel, but a heist movie, evidently. We see such moments as Han (Alden Ehrenreich)’s first meeting with Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), and his discovery that Chewbacca is a 190-year-old Wookiee who can pilot a spaceship just fine, thank you very much.  Read more…

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Tread lightly, because spoilers for the ending of A Quiet Place are afoot.

The new horror movie making noise at the box office and wowing critics is also leaving audiences speechless. And part of the success of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place can be attributed to its subtle approach to worldbuilding, leaving many details about its post-apocalyptic setting unsaid (literally).

Like most of the best horror films (The Witch, The Babadook, Alien, Get Out, The Shining), A Quiet Place deliberately avoids being explicit about the exact nature of its premise and rules — which leaves a lot to interpretation. Instead, the movie artfully establishes facts about the world, its fall, and the monsters causing it through tiny details and hints that you could’ve easily missed. Read more…

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