A number of news organizations are running "oddly enough" items this week about the hundreds of weird laws that went into effect on January 1, 2013. Among them: Registered sex offenders in Illinois will no longer be allowed to dress up as Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny or give out candy on Halloween. And in California and Illinois, employers will no longer be permitted to demand that employees and job applicants cough up their social networking passwords or non-public online account info. More: USA Today, Gannett, Reuters.
With the new year, more than 400 weird laws go into effect in the US
UK bans Tik Tok on government phones
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Samsung faked "moon photo" tech
Take a photo of the moon with a Samsung smartphone and it'll be remarkably crisp and detailed. Turns out, though, that the company's gadgets are faking it by slapping AI-aligned… READ THE REST
Nokia has a new logo
Nokia, which once accounted for 4% of Finland's gross domestic product but declined after tech giants Apple and Google muscled in on the cellphone market, has a new logo. [Nokia… READ THE REST
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Keep your golf game up to par with the SLX Golf MicroSimulator, now only $100
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Save over 50% on the Microsoft Surface Go 1, perfect for students on the go
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