10 do you speak gen alpha?

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Counting the instances of the letter “r” in “strawberry”. Generating an image to show kicking the bucket, monkey business or another idiom – or no elephants in a room. These are all examples of viral

Privacy pioneer In March, Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging app Signal, learned about the Trump Administration’s Signal-gate scandal from a group chat. Slack-jawed, she read the Atl

It’s party season – whether it’s your work summer do, a wedding, end-of-term socials for your kids, or just a barbecue with friends. There’s a lot of mixing, mingling and making small talk in this glo

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