Data tracking in 2024 seems inevitable. Whether you're using an iPhone or Android phone, your carrier is likely gathering all sorts of data about how, where and when you use your cellphone. This month T-Mobile quietly began rolling out a new tracking method called "profiling and automated decisions." Spotted by Reddit users and The Mobile Report,…
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Best 5G Phones of 2024 – CNET
$800 at Samsung Best Android phone for most people Samsung Galaxy S24 View details View details $799 at Apple Best iPhone for most people iPhone 15 View details View details $549 at Google Best Android phone under $700 Google Pixel 8 View details View details $1,409 at Amazon Best premium Android phone Samsung Galaxy S24…
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In Defense of Parasitic Worms
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island.“I used to pluck them off the rocks and put them in buckets and keep them as pets and then release them,” Wood said. “And…
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The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas
Brace yourselves, Midwesterners: A truly shocking number of cicadas are about to live, make sweet love, and die in a tree near you. Two broods of periodical cicadas—Brood XIX, which is on a 13-year cycle, and Brood XIII, on a 17-year cycle—have started to emerge together across the Midwest and Southeast US for the first…
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