filters
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Super-Dry California Is Set to Approve a $AU222 Million Water Desalination Plant
California regulators are likely to approve a new water desalination plant today as state officials look for solutions to ongoing water shortages, as the state struggles through its worst drought in over 1,000 years.
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IKEA’s First Smart Air Purifier Comes Camouflaged as a Side Table
IKEA continues to take the invisible approach to its smart home gadgets by camouflaging them as other things. Its new Starkvind smart air purifier is available in two versions, but the better of the pair is cleverly disguised as a small end table, so in addition to removing unwanted particles from the air, you can…
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Snapchat: Yeah, Our Juneteenth Filter Asking Users to Smile to Break Chains Was a Bad Idea
Snapchat received widespread criticism Friday for its Juneteenth filter that prompted users to celebrate the anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S. by smiling to break chains. By mid-day, Snap quietly pulled the tone-deaf filter and the company has since issued a public apology. Apparently, this Lens was a beta version that went…
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Snapchat’s Viral Garbage Machine Strikes Again
Snapchat filters — love’em or hate’em, about once a year one goes viral and floods your timeline, prompting you to think to yourself, “Oh yeah, Snapchat still exists.”