Alarms

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Science&Tech

Why do smoke alarms keep going off even when there’s no smoke?

January 9, 2021 GIL

Common causes of smoke detector false positives around the house. Credit: The Conversation, CC BY-NC-ND Editor's note: MVS Chandrashekhar is...

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Finance & Cryptos

Coinbase Ditches US Customer Tax Form That Set Off False Alarms at IRS

November 25, 2020 GIL

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has decided to discontinue sending customers 1099-Ks, the U.S. tax form which led the Internal Revenue Service...

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