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Boomerang lovers rejoice! Instagram released new features on Friday that should look familiar to anyone who uses TikTok. 

Users can now trim the duration of their video loops and access new effects in the “Boomerang” tab in Stories. The features are:

• SlowMo: Slows down the boomerang (duh!).

• Echo: A blurry, semi-transparent trail added to movements  — aka drunk vision.

• Duo: A digital glitch effect straight out of The Matrix.

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This year Charmin brought the potty party to CES with conceptual bathroom tech. Staff writer Jess Joho went to go see if the stuff was up to sniff snuff. Read more…

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Painting legend, Bob Ross, died of Lymphoma in 1995. Bob Ross Challenge co-creators, Mark Stetson and Micah Sherman, created The Bob Ross Challenge to honor his legacy while raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Read more…

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Don’t call it a comeback. Russian hackers have been preparing for the 2020 elections for years —and the U.S. still isn’t ready.

Intelligence officials are warning that foreign interference in the form of disinformation and hacking campaigns are still going to be a major factor in the coming elections. While U.S. companies and government agencies may be smarter after 2016, so are the Russian hackers and trolls.

According to The New York Times, which interviewed experts and officials preparing for foreign interference in 2020, these trolls and hackers have been developing more advanced methods to interfere with U.S. elections. Namely, they’re making it harder to track what they’re up to. Read more…

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Bello measures belly fat, but it’s not supposed to be a dieting device. The device gives you a “health score,” while also giving workout, diet, and fitness recommendations.  Stomach fat may be an indicator of diabetes or metabolic health disorders, but there’s little evidence that smart measurements lead to behavioral change. Read more…

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Created to make your next underwater exploration fun, the scooter allows you to dive through any body of water. Read more…

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Subaru showcased a number of new models at the 2020 Singapore Motor Show including the Forester Ultimate Customized Kit Special edition. Of course Twitter had much to say about the bizarre acronym. Read more…

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It is one of fate’s grand ironies that those who literally feed off the weak and dying should stand together against those oppressing society’s most vulnerable. And yet, hundreds of literal vultures are presently occupying a Customs and Border Protection tower in southern Texas at this very moment.

So reports Quartz, which got its hands on a particularly beautiful CBP request for information. It seems that 300 vultures — yes, three hundred — have decided to call a Kingsville, Texas, radio tower their home. CBP, which operates the tower, is looking for “netting solutions” that could prevent even more vultures from nesting there.  Read more…

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Reddit and Facebook are two very different social media platforms. As true as that may be, however, it’s difficult not to conclude “shots fired” with the timing of the former’s newest policy.

On Thursday, the popular social news site unveiled a brand new policy meant to curb impersonation and maliciously deceptive media on the platform. 

The new Reddit policy reads as follows:

Basically, Reddit is quashing lies and disinformation on the site. Users cannot try to legitimately pass off as another individual or entity. For example, a user cannot register the username of a celebrity and truly pretend to be that celebrity on the site. While that’s the most weaponized scenario, Reddit is also specific in pointing out forgery and fake articles, and links are covered under this policy too.  Read more…

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If you happen to be an Olympic athlete, the International Olympic Committee doesn’t want you taking a knee at the Tokyo summer games. 

Or using hand gestures with a political meaning. Or displaying any political messaging on signs. 

On Thursday, the IOC released athlete guidelines outlining what protest actions Olympians can and can’t take at the 2020 Tokyo Games, which start in July. 

The guidelines, developed so that athletes can participate in the games “without any divisive disruption,” prohibit some forms of political protest and demonstration, such as “displaying any political messaging, including signs or armbands,” and “gestures of a political nature, like a hand gesture or kneeling.” They also outlaw refusal to follow any Olympic Ceremonies protocol.   Read more…

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