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Twitter says hackers downloaded account info, which may include DMs, of up to 8 accounts via its "Your Twitter Data" tool, but none of the 8 were verified users (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Twitter says hackers downloaded account info, which may include DMs, of up to 8 accounts via its “Your Twitter Data” tool, but none of the 8 were verified users  —  But it sounds like the attackers didn’t get Biden’s data cache  —  On Friday evening, Twitter issued … Twitter says

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What’s different about the 2020 Census?

The U.S. Constitution mandates that every 10 years the Census Bureau count every person living in the United States. The results have huge consequences and are used to draw congressional districts and allocate federal funding for things like education, hospitals, roads, Medicare, and Medicaid. The census has continuously adopted new technological tools to make the

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KFC is working with a Russian 3D bioprinting firm to try to make lab-produced chicken nuggets

Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images KFC is trying to create the world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets, part of its “restaurant of the future” concept, the company announced. The chicken restaurant chain will work with Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to develop bioprinting technology that will “print” chicken meat, using chicken cells and plant

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Some experts agree that TikTok may pose a threat to the US national security because of China, but blocking the app would be too drastic a measure (Louise Matsakis/Wired)

Louise Matsakis / Wired: Some experts agree that TikTok may pose a threat to the US national security because of China, but blocking the app would be too drastic a measure  —  Concerns about the Chinese government shouldn’t be dismissed, experts say.  But banning TikTok would be a drastic measure. Some experts agree that TikTok

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Current and former employees provide an inside look at Airbnb amid layoffs, as its warm and fuzzy office culture met with the business realities of a pandemic (Erin Griffith/New York Times)

Erin Griffith / New York Times: Current and former employees provide an inside look at Airbnb amid layoffs, as its warm and fuzzy office culture met with the business realities of a pandemic  —  What happens when a kumbaya office culture meets the business realities of a pandemic?  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On May 5

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The Verge Guide to Gmail

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Since its launch in 2004, Google’s Gmail email app has grown to be the most popular email service out there. While it’s gone through a lot of changes since then and has added a wide variety of features, its main goal — and main advantage — remains that

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