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Side hustles to make more money
Looking for ways to cash in on the side? Here are some you wouldn’t expect.
Tags: cash, money, side hustles
Jedi mind trick: Elon Musk shared a video of Neuralink’s first human patient using the brain implant to play chess on a laptop and stream music. Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old guy paralyzed from the shoulders down due to a diving accident, compares his Neuralink experience to “using the Force” from Star Wars.
If you’re always misplacing things
When you drop an AirPod, Apple’s Find My feature helps you find it quickly. But for non-Apple earbuds — and all the rest of your Bluetooth gear — it’s not so simple.
That’s why you need a Bluetooth-finder app on your phone. It works a bit like a metal detector.
- Pick your Bluetooth-using gadget (e.g., Raycons, Oura ring or Fitbit) from the list. The closer you get to it, the stronger the signal will be from the app. Ding-ding-ding! There’s your earbud — under the couch, right where you left it.
💡 Our IT genius, John, recommends this option for iPhone and this one for Android.
20,000 car parts to build one Formula 1 car
Another mind-blowing stat? Each F1 car costs nearly $16 million to build. And get this: One team was still tracking all their parts in an Excel spreadsheet until a new boss introduced a modern tracking system. Sounds like they needed to be reading this free newsletter.
🌑 NASA’s got a job for you: If you’re under the total solar eclipse on April 8, why not contribute to important solar research? Download SunSketcher’s free app, record the eclipse and submit your photos. You won’t be able to take other pics at the same time, but I can’t think of a better reason to skip the selfies.
AI PC: Microsoft is marketing the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 as their first AI-powered PCs with Intel Core Ultra processors, a new Copilot key and a Neural Processing Unit. Interested? They’re shipping for business-only users starting on April 9, 2024, for $1,199 a pop. Consumers can get them beginning in late May.
This is hard-core: The Justice Department just hit Apple with a huge antitrust lawsuit. They say Apple is playing dirty to maintain a monopoly over the smartphone market (and keep its prices high) by smothering the iPhone’s competition. Apple says it’s all about keeping user data safe. Su-u-u-re.
We’re skewed: The U.S. House of Representatives just put its foot down, banning data brokers from selling your info to China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. Rulebreakers will face heavy penalties from the Federal Trade Commission. Spoiler: It’s too late.
Over 3,000,000 hotel rooms are at risk: Traveling soon? Ask your hotel if the room you’ll be in uses a Saflok lock. Hackers found a way to crack them in seconds. All they need is a keycard, a $300 RFID device (paywall link), and boom, they’re in. The company behind Saflok has been trying to fix this since 2022. Here’s what the locks look like.
☕️ He likes me a latte: At Muji in Hudson Yards, NYC, there’s a new barista in town, and it’s not human. Jarvis, named after Iron Man’s sidekick, makes your coffee, shakes its metal booty, shoots compliments … and asks for tips via tablet. I’m all for tipping service workers, but this is ridiculous.