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  Archie the Adorable! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Share Candid New Photo for the New Year

  People - Michelle Tauber

  Happy 2020 from the Sussex family! Archie and his proud parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are sending wishes for the new year! On Tuesday, Harry and Meghan shared a year-end video featuring a sweet new photo of their nearly 8-month-old son Archie in dad Harry’s arms on the couple’s Sussex Royal …

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  This simple trick stops Google, Amazon and Facebook from listening to you all the time

  USA TODAY - Jessica Guynn

  Smart home devices from Google, Amazon and Facebook are engineered to listen for your commands and respond to them. Usually, they only engage when you say your “wake” word such as “OK, Google” or “Hey, Google.” But these devices are always listening. If that makes you uneasy (and here are some …

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  Double Your Learning Speed And Retention With This Scientific Secret

  Forbes - TJ McCue

  According to a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study, when you learn something new, practice is important. You knew that, I bet. But did you know that simply repeating the same moves, what most people do, is not the best way to accelerate your learning? One of the best ways to learn a …

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  16 Product Fails That Defined The Decade

  buzzfeednews.com - Nicole Nguyen

  Failed Kickstarter projects, flammable gadgets, and investment bubbles were tech’s biggest flops of the decade. This decade saw the rise of …

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  See Your City In A New Way

  Forbes - TJ McCue

  Leonardo da Vinci did not need a satellite map in 1502 to visualize the town of Imola, Italy. Using his technical expertise and a bit of imagination, he arguably created the first aerial map, sans Google, without getting up in the air at all. Now, of course, we use Google Maps via our smartphones …

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  ProtonMail Just Launched A Calendar So You Can Encrypt Your 2020

  Gizmodo - Jennings Brown

  ProtonMail—an email service that makes it stupid-easy to encrypt communication—has now made it stupid-easy to encrypt your schedule. The …