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13-year old teenage girl becomes victim of the social media chroming challenge

Dataconomy

The latest “social media chroming challenge” has infiltrated popular platforms like TikTok, captivating a vast number of individuals who are actively engaging in online discussions surrounding this phenomenon. What is social media chroming challenge?

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‘It’s just astronomical’: Soaring fentanyl deaths help spur tech solutions for combating the opioid

GeekWire

Instead, Finegood's agency is using social media as a primary tool for education and outreach. They use costly, mobile chemical detection devices to analyze the substances. But they're limited by the device's onboard database or "library" of known chemicals. That doesn't happen with fentanyl. Predicting new threats. PNNL Photo).

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Disinfecting drones will clean Atlanta stadium between events

The Verge

The purpose-built D1 disinfecting drones are being provided by Lucid Drone Technologies, and use electrostatic spraying nozzles to distribute the non-toxic disinfecting chemicals. Disinfecting areas isn’t thought to be directly harmful, but hygiene theater risks creating a false sense of security, The Atlantic reports.

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Seattle-area inventor wins global COVID hackathon for tech that alerts public about crowded spaces

GeekWire

As COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have eased, people are going into stores, restaurants and restrooms while still trying to stay at least six feet apart. Ian Mercer, a Sammamish, Wash. entrepreneur and winner of the global Better Health Hackathon, alongside some of the devices used for his Crowd Alert technology.

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The Rise of eBooks: Why Books are Declining?

Kitaboo

Challenges Faced with the Rise of eBooks The Quality and Compatibility of eBooks: The Experience and Preference of eBooks: The Security and Privacy of eBooks: V. The Environmental Impact of Books: Books are made from paper, and producing paper requires a lot of water, energy, chemicals, and land.

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Last week technology news site Re:Code announced that it would stop hosting comments on its own sites as the conversation around stories was already happening on social media. A leading computer security company says it has discovered one of the most sophisticated pieces of malicious software ever seen.

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Women in tech: Meet the trailblazers of STEM equality

Cloud Musings

Some include socialization for girls, subtle biases in school and at work, and how women approach the workplace. is the Manager, International Chemical Threat Reduction Department at Sandia National Laboratories, and currently on sabbatical at the United States Department of State. Nancy Jackson, Ph.D.

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