What happens when your car tech gets outdated?
Today’s cars are basically computers on wheels. The average modern car contains between 1,000 and 1,500 semiconductor chips. For electric vehicles, it’s as many as 3,000 chips. Just like your computer, your vehicle’s features could become outdated and unsupported. How long does your connected car have? Well, it depends.
📚 Spilling the tea: An upcoming book claims billionaire Bill Gates was like a “kid in a candy store” with interns — so much so that Microsoft banned them from being alone with him. Another hot rumor: Bill was allowed one weekend a year at his ex-girlfriend’s place while still married to his now ex-wife, Melinda. Gates’ reps say it’s all bologna from anonymous sources.
Ferrari exec spotted a scam
This is the type of next level thinking we should all have in the age of AI. If something doesn’t feel right, then it probably isn’t.
The U.S. Justice Department is suing TikTok: Why? For violating children’s online privacy laws. They say the app with ties to Communist China collected data from millions under the age of 13, let them interact with adults and gave them access to 18+ content. Oh, and when parents asked for these accounts to be deleted, TikTok refused.
Your own worst enemy: A 21-year-old Harvard dropout made an AI necklace called Friend. For $99, it listens to everything and throws out comments or suggestions, like, “That conversation seemed awkward for you.” He blew nearly $2.5 million in investors’ money to buy the Friend.com domain. That was dumb … like the invention.
Don’t click on Google ads: Malware wormed its way into search ads for Google Authenticator. They were very hard to spot, with the display URL “https://www.google.com” and the advertiser “verified by Google.” Need to download something? Scroll past the ads and sponsored content, or type in the official address yourself.
😲 Stick to legitimate banks: Thousands of folks who put money into the Juno savings app are screwed. The company that provided Juno’s digital transaction ledgers collapsed, and no one can access their funds. One guy lost $38,000. Keep your savings in an FDIC-backed bank and those account balances under $250,000.
How do you sell a $20K TV? By including lots of freebies. TCL is giving a free Super Bowl ticket to the first 115 people to buy its massive 115-inch TV. Fine print: If they run out of tickets, you might have to settle for a Hollywood movie premiere or a trip to the next CES tech conference.
Buy or build a PC in the past two years? If your PC has a 13th- or 14th-gen Intel CPU (like the Core i5-13400 or Core i9-14900K), Intel might owe you a new chip. They’re releasing an update this month for the crash-prone chips and extending its warranty by two years. If your PC is already crashing, the update won’t help. Reach out to Intel or your PC manufacturer.