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Are you getting the proper protection? Here’s how to find out, and get what you want.
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Oopsy-daisy: A typo sent Lyft’s stock soaring 35% to a 52-week high of $16.39 per share. Turns out its profit margin got an extra zero, and boy, oh boy, did investors jump on it. From 50 to 500 basis points? Talk about a happy accident.
Hide your home on Google Maps and Apple Maps
Don’t want your house and address number visible to anyone online? Request a privacy blur over pictures of your home and car. I did it and so should you.
On Google Maps:
- Open Google Maps or the Street View gallery and look up your address.
- Tap the Street View photo you want blurred. It has to show your face, home, license plate or other identifying information.
- Click Report a problem in the bottom right or by clicking the three-dot menu on a photo. Complete the form, then click Submit.
Apple Maps makes it more of a pain. Get this — you actually have to email them. (At least it’s not a fax!) Email your request to MapsImageCollection@apple.com. Include your full address and any property details so they know which house is yours.
😂 I got a Bonnie Tyler GPS. It just keeps telling me to turn around. And every now and then, it falls apart. (I heard you laugh!)
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How much HP’s CEO earned in 2023. Poor Enrique Lores got a 7% pay cut — which still comes to $19.46 million in pay, stocks and perks. HP says his actual take-home was $12,858,597. So, he’s fine.
⚠️ Patch now, thank me later: Microsoft dropped an update fixing 73 bugs, including two zero days. For the dorks who care: They patched a way to skip past Windows SmartScreen (CVE-2024-21351) and plugged a hole in Internet Shortcut Files (CVE-2024-21412).
Shelled out $3,500 for Apple’s latest toy? The Vision Pro has a few not-so-cool side effects: Headaches, eye strain and motion sickness. Some owners liken wearing it to a “torture session.” Oof. Returns are piling up.
Good news, Earth: Google and the Environmental Defense Fund are launching MethaneSAT, a satellite targeting methane leaks — you know, that gas warming the planet. Their mission is to map it all by year’s end. It’ll start roaming Earth 15 times a day in March.
Just like “Home Alone”: Viral vids are teaching folks to turn hotel rooms into Fort Knox using towels, hangers and furniture. Blame the true-crime binge for cranking up everyone’s anxiety. If you’re truly nervous, skip the TikTok products. Buy a portable door lock and call it good.
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✋🏼 Beware, iPhone users: GoldPickaxe is a new iOS Trojan that uses facial recognition data to create deepfakes and sneak into bank accounts. You can’t make this stuff up. Right now, it’s big in Thailand and Vietnam. We’re next — so only download apps from legit app stores and never from a random link.
Stay tuned for the sass-off: The FTC is taking Amazon to court to duke it out over antitrust. Amazon is accused of strong-arming sellers into price fixing and using their shipping. The big day is Oct. 13, 2026, so I bet they’ll make enough to pay off the settlement before then.
4,000 layoffs at Cisco
That’s following 5,000 layoffs in 2022. The internet networking company is doing what a bunch of other tech outfits have done: Laying folks off to work on AI.