3 reasons your internet is slow

🐻 Wild bear chase: Drones (hit this link for the video) are chasing grizzly bears and other predators from ranches in Montana. They’re proving a safer and more humane option than firing rubber bullets, which require you to get too close for comfort. I know this firsthand. A huge bear was right behind me on the Snake River years ago. People were screaming, “Bear! Bear! Bear!” I grabbed my son, Ian, like a football and ran up the hill. Only when I reached the top did I turn around. It scared the crap out of me! Well, not really, but you get my drift.

Hulu’s Black Friday deal … maybe. They offered that promo last year and have slashed prices to between $1 and $3 a month every Black Friday since 2018. They said last year it won’t happen again, but we all know how that goes. I’ll drop a link if they do.

“I took it personally”: When cybersecurity expert Grant Smith’s wife was tricked by a phony U.S. Postal Service text, he made it his mission to get justice. A few months later, he’d cracked the case, recovering over 390,000 stolen credit cards. He handed the info over to authorities. And they say chivalry is dead!

📨 You’ve hit the scan-pot! Cybercriminals are sending paper letters to launch new phishing attacks. They’re including QR codes to download a weather app that — you guessed it — unleashes malware to steal sensitive data, like banking info. PSA: Don’t scan random QR codes.

Have you seen these missing robots? In China, 12 robots were “kidnapped” from a robotics showroom by … another robot. CCTV video shows the robot thief breaking in and convincing the other machines to quit their jobs. The viral moment was just a test but still gives me the willies.

Porch pirates are smarter than ever: Across the U.S., they’re stealing AT&T iPhones delivered by FedEx. They’re using tracking numbers to get real-time updates and swipe packages in seconds. Even worse? The info might be coming from rogue AT&T employees. Get a lockable porch box and a video doorbell.

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🛑 Big Tech, big trouble: President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission. His first order of business? Cracking down on tech companies like Google and Meta for censorship and content moderation. What’s standing in his way? The FCC needs Congress’ permission to make changes.

Got pamphlets to prep for nuclear war. The booklets have instructions for storing food and water and finding shelter in case there’s war with Russia. Norway did the same last week. ICYMI, check Ready.gov for the U.S. government’s disaster planning guides.