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The Twitter Wildfire Watcher Who Tracks California’s Blazes 
I Tried to Become a Musician Using Apps and a Light-Up Piano 
A Crowdsourced Wildfire App Tracks All of California’s Blazes 
Inside Citizen, the App That Asks You to Report on the Crime Next Door 
Far Cry 5 Helped Me Escape Real Life, Until It Didn’t 
The Terrible Anxiety of Location Sharing Apps 
Review: MiHigh Infrared Sauna Blanket 
OK, Zoomer! How to Become a Videoconferencing Power User 
The Big Lure of Tiny Keyboards 
Adam Savage’s New VR App Lets You Visit Maker Workshops 
How to Free Up Space in Gmail 
Cut Your Own Vinyl Records With This $1,100 Machine 
How to Share Your iPhone Audio With a Friend 
Now It’s a Snap to Donate Your Old Lego Bricks 
How to Share Books and Movies Through Amazon Household 
Essential Gear for Every Driver-for-Hire 
Google Gives up Sweets: New OS Is Just Called Android 10 
Can’t Set Off Fireworks? Try These Science-Backed Alternatives 
How to Shoot Stellar Slow-Motion Video on Your Phone 
This Colorful Keyboard Wants to Teach You How to Play Music 
What Is Ray Tracing? The Latest Gaming Buzzword Explained 
Apple’s ‘Noise’ App Is Designed to Save You From Yourself 
Here’s Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2019