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France isbuilding its own alternative to WhatsAppfor French government officials, after concerns that foreign agents could use other services to spy on communications. The messaging app is being built using free-to-use code from the internet, and will be heavily encrypted. The data centers will be located in France itself, where the French government can assure their safety and take steps to bolster its defenses wherever needed. Around 20 French government officials are currently testing the app, according to a French spokeswoman, and the aim is to have use of the service mandatory for all government employees by the summer....

Freaky Friday 2 fans defend convoluted plot Fans of the upcoming sequel, Freaky Friday 2, have come to the movie’s defense after its convoluted plot was revealed. Though it premiered over 20 years ago, Disney’s body-switching teen flick Freaky Friday is getting a sequel with original stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan returning. The movie, which wasofficially announced in early March, has received a ton of strong fan reactions from somedemanding the film be shown in theatersto others questioning why it was being made at all....

Ice is a bit of a tricky business. While most people just fill anice cube traywith tap water, it seems a bit of a shame to contaminate fine spirits with a less-than-pure chunk offrozen waterthat inevitably contains impurities at worst and trapped air at best. For the rest of us, a newGE Appliances-backed startup calledFirstBuildhas just launched a groovy new gizmo called theForge Clear Ice Systemvia its own crowdfunding platform. The Forge system has a simple purpose — the delivery of perfectly clear ice....

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Home Depot has announced its own line of smart home products, called Hubspace, as the home improvement giant looks to take its place among the ever-growing number of companies looking to make a mark in the rapidly expanding market. The announcement of a new lineup ofbudget-priced productsis exciting, especially given the number of them – more than 20 products in total – but it also stirs a tinge of worry....

How old is Nara Smith? Fans shocked by TikToker’s age after birthday celebrations TikTok star Nara Smith shocked many fans after revealing her age in her birthday celebration video. So, how old is she? Nara Smithrose to global fame with her popular cooking videos. She has over 9.8 million followers onTikTok, where she often shares videos of herself preparing meals from scratch. The content creator is married to fashion model Lucky Blue Smith and is the mother of three children: Rumble Honey, Slim Easy, and Whimsy Lou Smith....

If your Social Security number was exposed in the 2017 Equifax data breach, you can finally file a claim for $125 — or potentially more — in compensation. The consumer credit reporting agency agreed on a $575-$700 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday. The 2017 data breach impacted the personal information of approximately 147 million people, including Social Security numbers and other private data. As part of thesettlement, Equifax will pay $300 million toward credit monitoring services for the affected consumers....

How to get seeds in Schedule 1 You’ll need seeds inSchedule 1to ensure you’ll always have a certain crop at your disposal, but they’re not always easy to find. Here’s how to get more OG Kush seeds in Schedule 1. OG Kush seeds are one of the most important items you may get in Schedule 1 as you’ll need to grow them into plants, turn them into products, and sell these tokeep your profits high....

People are playingCyberpunk 2077right now — like, before the game is officially out. Only on Xbox, however. The Xbox platform — regardless if you have aSeries consoleor a One console — allows users to change their region and, even better, allows them to do it without checking against the IP address location of the console. Because of that, you can start playingCyberpunk 2077right now, before it officially launches, by changing the region on your Xbox....

SMS messages are old and boring —RCS messaging is the future. For the uninitiated, RCS messaging — short for “rich communication services” — turns your phone’s standard text messaging app into a chat service like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. That means real-time typing indications, group chats, audio and video messages, and even interactive content. Sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? Well, it is. Unfortunately, it’s not here yet. While RCS messaging is rolling out, it’s not arriving quickly — and that’s because it’s reliant on each carrier turning the service on....

How to watch Am I Racist documentary – is the movie streaming? Matt Walsh’s Am I Racist is one of the most notorious, polarizing documentaries of the year – and this is exactly where you may watch it on streaming. Thanks to streaming titans likeNetflix, we’re never short ofnew true crime and documentariesto watch whenever we feel like it. However, some of the most talked aboutnew moviesare coming from independent sources – and The Daily Wire is one of them....

Though AMD has not confirmed the official branding for its next-generation desktop processors, the company has a lot of news in store. On October 8, the company is slated to unveil its new processors based on theZen 3 microarchitecture, while new Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards are expected to be unveiled later this month. These products will help AMD take on Intel on the CPU side and fend off competition from Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards....

Helldivers2took the world by storm earlier this year with its hilarious emergent gameplay moments and satirical story that took a stab at fascism. While that felt like a breath of fresh air, it’s not the first game to tackle those ideas. The Earth Defense Force series has been around longer than Helldivers has, bringing Starship Troopers-like action to players. Earth Defense Force and Helldivers share a lot in common, from their story premises to their gameplay styles....