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Here’s your 10-second CES recap: TVs are bigger and smarter, laptops are faster and lighter, and AI is everywhere. I sifted through the fluff to bring you the best and weirdest of this year’s consumer tech showcase.
🚀 I’m fired up to see this: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Orbit is launching its first New Glenn rocket tomorrow from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The last launch was delayed because of rough seas. Onboard is a prototype of Blue Ring, a spacecraft designed to repair satellites and do secret spy stuff funded by the U.S. Defense Department. The launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST. Hit this link to watch the action live.
I don’t see myself in this: Omnia is a smart mirror, scale and smartwatch hybrid. Stand on the base, and it’ll take your weight and measure your heart health, then it’ll pull in data from any other tracker you use. The AI assistant gives real-time feedback out loud. Reminds me of Lululemon’s Mirror, which was a total flop.
Say you’re starting a new hobby: Buying a how-to book used to be a safe bet. Now, AI is flooding Amazon with crappy guides full of nonsense, misused terms and stolen designs. Apparently, lace-making books are popular enough right now to target. Before you buy, scan the reviews and check the authors.
Who will win the VR war? Meta is retiring its $1,500 Quest Pro headset to focus on the $300 and $499 Quest 3 models. Apple’s Vision Pro is going after businesses now instead of consumers because no one wanted to pay $3,500 for a headset.
This is interest-ing: Parents are adding their kids as authorized credit card users. The idea is once they’re ready for a loan or card of their own, they have established credit. If the parents have good credit, it can boost kids’ scores by 20 or more points. I did this for my son.
Living the high life: A ransomware gang swiped data from at least four Stiiizy cannabis shops — driver’s licenses, passports and medical cannabis cards for over 420,000 customers. The stolen info was published after Stiiizy refused to cough up the ransom. The only joint I roll is my ankle.
How many homes and lives did this cost? A “Super Scooper” plane collects 1,600 gallons of ocean water in just five minutes. One fighting the LA wildfires was grounded after some genius flying a hobby drone hit its wing. Whoever did it could face a $75,000 fine and a year in prison.
🇨🇳 It never stops: The Communist China hackers who stole unofficial government docs last month had another target: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS). This group approves business deals and decides what’s a national security risk. The feds say there’s no proof other agencies got hit … that they know of. China denies everything.
I bet you’re in this database: A Russian hacker who stole the location data of millions of people from Gravy Analytics is bragging on a hacker forum. Forensics specialists who’ve seen the 1.4 gigabytes of leaked info say it seems like the real thing, not just boasting or threats. I’ll keep you updated.