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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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Such apps can’t legally claim to treat or diagnose disease, at least in the United States. Calls and texts: The frequency of text messages and phone conversations signifies a person’s social isolation or activity, which indicates a certain mood. Accelerometer: This sensor tracks how the user is oriented and moving.

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How Police Exploited the Capitol Riot’s Digital Records

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IEEE Spectrum analyzed hundreds of criminal complaints and other legal filings from the Capitol attacks to understand that reach and scale, and to consider the legal and social consequences of the government’s power to delve into its citizens’ digital lives. Not according to an ALPR photo snapped in rural Maryland at 8:44 a.m.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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