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Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Despite its irreverent main character and glossy aesthetic, all the news from early screeners is that Barbie is shaping up to be one hell of a movie. However, star of the show and the main version of the titular character in the film, Margot Robbie, has revealed that as a child she wasn’t even a huge fan of the iconic doll. In a wide-ranging interview with Vogue, Robbie went into lots of detail about her past with the famous Mattel product, which is known globally and is possibly…

Image via Warner Bros. The Flash is shaping up to be one of DC’s best offerings in years, but if the film succeeds, will it set a new precedent on how studios should approach working with abusive or volatile actors? With all this hype surrounding The Flash, it can be easy to forget that this time last year, Ezra Miller was on a mad crime spree like they were living a real-life Grand Theft Auto. The actor has kept a relatively low profile in the months since, and DC has finally decided that now is the time to…

Instagram works with third parties on digital collectibles to provide the latest details about collectibles. These also include who created them and who owns them. Digital collectibles are unique digital items that you can share on Instagram. Blockchain technology is used to record who owns them.Instagram, in its support page has said, "We work with third-party digital wallet apps that validate who owns and who created the digital collectibles shared on Instagram. When you connect a third-party wallet to your Instagram…

Photo: Eliseu Geisler / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)Phone numbers are a finite resource. So when one goes out of a service, there’s a good chance telecom companies will reuse it for a new phone plan. That can be a big problem on WhatsApp. In some cases, if you get your hands on a phone number that was tied to an existing WhatsApp account, you can hijack it and assume that users’ identity, including their name and profile photo. You’ll receive all their incoming messages and gain access to their group chats. There’s no…

The first thing you'll need to do is log in to your Google Drive account from your default web browser. From the left navigation, click Manage apps. Google Drive has limited options. Image: Jack Wallen A listing of connected apps. Image: Jack Wallen Simple peace of mindAnd that's all there is to disconnect unwanted apps from Google Drive. As I said, you should go through this list regularly and remove any app or integration that you no longer use. Also: How to use lists in Google Drive for more…

World Mine Production of REO (left) and China’s Share (right). Note: ROW means rest of world. Prepared by authors using publicly available data from the United States Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries. Credit: Baker Institute for Public Policy/Rice University; Of Chinese Behemoths: What China’s Rare Earths Dominance Means for the US. https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/chinese-behemoths-what-chinas-rare-earths-dominance-means-us…

Image: DisconnectThere’s a law in the United States that says companies aren’t supposed to track young children, but they do it anyway. More than two thirds of the most popular kids’ iPhone apps collect and share personal information, according to a recent study from Pixalate. By some estimates, digital ad firms have collected an average of 72 million data points about every kid by the time they turn 13, the age legal data collection is supposed to start. A new app from the security firm Disconnect aims to do something…