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How many Tyrannosaurus rex (you know … big mouth, big teeth, tiny arms) dinosaurs existed in North America before their extinction? Was it … A.) 2,500, B.) 250,000, C.) 2.5 million or D.) 2.5 billion?

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🚨 Don’t be a victim: If your router is more than two years old, be sure it still gets updates; if not, it’s time for a new one. Hackers are taking over thousands of routers every day and turning them into “proxy services” to cover their illegal activity. Need router recs? Let me know when you rate this newsletter! The more people who say yes, the better I know you want this info.

It’s a new world record for a continuous hydrogen train journey. The Swiss-made train set the record using only a single tank of (hydrogen) gas. You’ll soon be able to ride it in its new home — a nine-mile track on the San Bernardino Line in California. We need better trains in the U.S. for sure.

Have you ever seen a T. rex fossil in person? I saw one at a natural history museum once. The teeth were pretty yellow — he could’ve used a few rounds with a toothbrush and some Crest-aceous. (I know, sorry.)

X is on a bobsled to hell: Wondering where to spend your social media time, especially if you’re in business? You have to see this chart that compares how X is doing compared to other social media platforms. Dang, it’s bad … really bad.

📱 Want to be the groovy, hip parent? Talk to your kids about Xiaohongshu (paywall link). Pronounced “shau-hong-shu,” the platform is like Instagram and Reddit had a baby, and it’s where peeps get honest feedback on everything from their fashion choices to nose shape. Yup, another Communist China app for our kids.

Subaru recall: If you have a 2020 to 2022 Outback or Legacy, listen up! About 118,000 SUVs and sedans have a sensor glitch that could leave your airbags useless in a crash. Contact your dealer to get the faulty ODS sensors swapped ASAP.

👻 Juicy deets: A class-action lawsuit against Meta reveals the company used secret tech to get a leg up on Snapchat back in 2016. The scheme, dubbed “Project Ghostbusters,” sidestepped Snap’s encryption to track everything people did on the app. Who ya gonna call? The Feds.

Double-edged deal: The Telegram app is offering free premium subscriptions when you send 150 two-factor authentication texts on its behalf. Why? Because it’s expensive to do it themselves. The catch: Everyone you send a 2FA text to gets your real phone number. Just pay the $5 for Premium, folks.

Watch for a new “reset password” attack: Bad guys bombard you with messages to reset your Apple ID and then call you, pretending to be Apple Support. Don’t reset your password, and don’t give out your password over the phone.