An AirTag found her dog after an avalanche
A dog lost 50 hours after an Alaska avalanche. An AirTag 5,000 miles away. Blind veterans getting free AI glasses that talk. And a fake job interview that cost $6.3 billion.
Lauren Padawer was half a world away when an avalanche injured her boyfriend and his climbing partner in the Alaska mountains. Then their dog LouLou, a 4-year-old huskydoodle, vanished. Lauren tells me how an Apple AirTag, satellite maps and a team of volunteers brought her home.
Then, 20 blind veterans in Michigan got free Ray-Ban Meta glasses that describe the world around them. Gary Horton of the Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired and veteran Arnold Thomas explain how they work and who qualifies.
Plus:
• Crooks cloned her daughter’s voice and kept her on the phone for five hours. Deborah Del Mastro lost $5,400 in an AI kidnapping scam.
• Hackers posed as recruiters and stole $6.3 billion from Binance.
• Walmart’s Vizio TVs send data even when they’re turned off.
• Starlink adds surge pricing to home internet.
• Holiday airfares hit a 10-year high. Skip this one day.
• A flying police car takes off in Florida.
• Win a working Xbox built inside an alligator.
• Author James Hunt on how texting gave his nonverbal son a voice.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Fake job interview costs Binance $6.3 billion
4:31 Visit a website, get your phone hacked
8:37 OpenAI wants to rename data centers
9:24 Old jet engines now power AI data centers
9:57 Companies rehire workers AI replaced
10:46 20 blind veterans get free Meta AI glasses
19:33 A fake online store pops up every 3 minutes
20:51 Starlink adds surge pricing
23:09 Deborah: A 5-hour AI voice kidnapping scam
32:18 5 secret ChatGPT photo editing commands
34:13 Chad: Alexa called for help when his father-in-law fell
37:09 Your phone can be your veteran ID
39:20 End of Year Tour merch is live
40:52 A mom billed another mom for a playdate
44:41 Your car sold your driving data
46:35 Your Vizio TV tracks you even when it’s off
47:45 Netflix AI picks shows by your mood
49:38 Florida unveils a flying police car
52:56 Lauren: An AirTag found her dog after an avalanche
1:04:42 Do this before you trade in your phone
1:05:20 Hackers turned grocery freezers into ovens
1:06:47 Becky: How to fight a data center in your neighborhood
1:14:34 Let AI compare your health plans
1:15:48 Bert: My AI tip helped him build an app
1:22:41 Your phone can hear your smoke alarm
1:24:50 Win an Xbox built inside an alligator
1:26:29 GTA VI is starting couples fights
1:29:13 Holiday airfares hit a 10-year high
1:29:53 Get paid $20 an hour to walk a robot dog
1:31:15 Apple’s secret tabletop robot
1:33:37 An AI singer topped the Christian chart
1:37:08 Santina: Trading her iPhone for a $50 burner
1:46:11 Your library card unlocks free streaming
1:47:18 James Hunt: Texting gave his nonverbal son a voice
1:59:21 Let AI sort out a reply-all mess
2:01:03 Allen: The safest mesh routers for your home
2:07:46 Stop Meta from training AI on your glasses
