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Gadgets 20 auto deals you can save extra on for Memorial Day Boing Boing's Shop

facebook 'GrokNet', the AI behind Facebook Shops, looks for body type, skin tone, location, socioeconomic class in photos Xeni Jardin

Funny "Clone Machine" to easily sneak away from a Zoom meeting David Pescovitz

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