August 2019 Impact Articles
- iPhone hack infected devices with malware for two years before anyone noticed
- Photoshopped images can be hard to spot. Here’s how to tell real and fake apart
- Is secondhand vaping harmful? Experts explain
- Hideo Kojima, creator of ‘Death Stranding,’ has a long history of out-there games
- How to make your air conditioner more energy-efficient
- Marijuana possession charges in Chicago will be wiped out by an algorithm
- Freelancer site Fiverr is a hub for illegal spying services
- Troye Sivan interview shows how much we still have to learn about covering LGBTQ celebrities
- Fairphone’s sustainable smartphone aims to address eco and ethical impacts of technology
- How Trump’s climate change beliefs put the environment at risk
- Northern White Rhinoceros eggs successfully fertilized in attempt to save the species from extinction
- New leech species discovered by scientists in Maryland
- ‘World of Warcraft Classic’ delivers early-2000s nostalgia to fans of the MMORPG
- Facebook is developing a close friends messaging app, reportedly called Threads
- "Will you let Flint happen to Newark?" Protestors storm the VMAs to bring attention to water crisis
- What does Johnson & Johnson's ruling in Oklahoma mean for the treatment of addiction on a national level?
- Trump skips G7 climate change meeting, tweets about nukes and hurricanes instead
- Leonardo DiCaprio launched Amazon emergency fund and pledged $5 million
- Climate change causes prehistoric tropical plant to make a comeback in the U.K., botanists say
- The 4 best camera sling bags
- The 5 best computer speakers under $50
- Rise in severe lung disease cases may be linked to vaping, CDC reports
- The best cash back credit cards of 2019
- Arcadia Earth, a pop-up museum dedicated to sustainability, to open in NYC
- Amazon rainforest fires put thousands of species, indigenous communities, and the earth’s atmosphere at risk
- Noise-canceling AirPods rumored for 2020
- Microsoft, Amazon and other big tech companies are putting us at risk of a "killer AI,” study says
- Could red flag laws prevent mass shootings — and gun violence in general? Experts weigh in
- The Amazon rainforest has been on fire for three weeks. Here's why you're only hearing about it now.
- New Trump immigration regulation would allow for the indefinite detention of migrant children
- Standardized test algorithms used for grading are reinforcing human biases
- iPhone 11 rumors: What we know about 2019’s Apple release
- Spiders are getting more aggressive thanks to hurricanes and other extreme weather
- A black hole and neutron star collision observed by scientists could be a major scientific discovery
- A famous baby dugong in Thailand died after ingesting plastic waste in the ocean
- Deadly banana fungus threatens to destroy the world’s supply
- How to make friends online without coming across as creepy
- In rare decision, NYPD fires the officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold
- Iceland honors dead glacier Okjökull with plaque and funeral
- Weight Watchers' app for children, Kurbo, can have serious psychological repercussions
- Endangered Species Act changes will affect all threatened species, experts say
- Microplastics found in Arctic snow confirm they can travel through air
- Smart oven users report devices seemingly randomly preheating in the middle of the night
- Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy shows bone breaks in his neck, but what does that really mean?
- The 9 best battle royale games that aren't 'Fortnite' that you can download and play right now
- Teen tweets from smart fridge after mom confiscates phone
- FAA bans MacBook Pros with recalled batteries from flying
- Human-sized penguin fossil found in New Zealand
- Pokémon card set in mint condition sells for over $100,000
- Christchurch shooter's letter from prison posted on 4chan
- 5G technology isn’t dangerous, so why do people think it is?
- The 6 best luggage locks
- A supermassive black hole brightened for two hours, baffling scientists
- Snapchat Spectacles 3 will debut November 2019
- Oversharing online: The power and danger of saying too much
- Dasani bottled water will ditch plastic for aluminum cans starting August 2019
- 4chan reported Jeffrey Epstein's death before official report was even made public
- Trump's Director of Immigration wants to rewrite the Statue of Liberty's iconic text
- Does Airplane Mode save battery? What the feature actually does for your phone’s life
- Endangered Species Act: How Trump administration changes weaken protections for threatened animals
- Apple iPad Pro camera rumors suggest the tablet could be getting a major upgrade
- Trump gave a thumbs up in a photo with a baby orphaned in the El Paso shooting
- Pharmaceutical companies limit competition from generic alternatives by producing their own, new report says
- The 5 best wireless headphones on Amazon
- The best carry-on luggage for men
- Apple is locking iPhone batteries to devices, making it near impossible to get third-party repairs
- Climate change is threatening farmlands and endangering the world’s food supply, according to a new U.N. report
- Best Google Stadia launch games to look out for on the new streaming service
- How ‘Pokemon Sword and Shield’ will differ from past entries in the series
- Bernie Sanders promises to reveal UFO secrets if he’s elected president
- AT&T employees were allegedly bribed $1 million to unlock millions of phones
- Instagram hiring a meme community manager to work with meme account creators
- Grubhub tracked food order phone calls made through Yelp app by replacing restaurants’ numbers
- Greenland’s ice sheet melts record amount during August heat wave
- Galveston police have apologized after a photo of offers leading a black man with a rope went viral
- Trump wants tech companies to identify mass shooters before they strike — here’s how Twitter, Google, and more responded
- The 4 Best Cheap TVs Under $100
- The El Paso shooter's manifesto shows terrifying parallels with Trump's language
- The 4 Best Tablets For Watching Movies
- Hacking a sex toy is possible — and it could have dangerous results
- What is 8chan, the site linked to three mass shootings this year?
- What is 5G? What to know about the tech upgrade that will make your phone even faster
- The 3 Best Cordless Drills
- Why Native Americans at Standing Rock are building solar farms three years after the #NoDAPL pipeline protests
- Study abroad deaths are more common than you realize, but these two moms are fighting for change
- FBI labels Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy theorists are a potential terror threat
- Bats use leaves like mirrors to find their prey, scientists discover
- Amazon packaging waste guidelines will issue penalties to third-party sellers who don’t follow them
- Joe Biden’s URL flub at the Democratic debate is an important lesson for candidates
- Chefs tell us how to make amazing food while wasting less of it
- Protests during the Democratic debate called out the handling of the Eric Garner case
