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Volvo just dropped its all-electric plan, joining other carmakers moving away from EVs. With limited charging stations and a focus on hybrids, the push for electric cars is losing steam.
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A dollar here, $10 there. Streaming services used to be the way to watch what you wanted for much cheaper than cable or satellite. Now? Not so much.
As with everything, what’s old is new again, and more and more folks are ditching paid options for freebies. Sure, you have to put up with ads, but most of today’s streaming services now have those, too!
Times are a-changin’: Atomic clocks were the most precise way to measure time for over 70 years, but not anymore. The first nuclear clock prototype is almost ready, and it’s not just more accurate; it could power faster internet, better GPS and even help unlock physics mysteries like detecting dark matter. More details here on how it works.
Imagine soaring a couple hundred feet above the ground in your own personal aircraft. They’re called “short-hop adventure crafts” and they’re taking off. (Sorry, had to.) The electric BlackFly requires only seven days of training before you (not me) can take to the skies. Watch it in action!
After LL Flooring (formerly Lumber Liquidators) filed for bankruptcy. About 100 stores were shuttered over the summer to save money, but now they’re pulling the plug. Existing orders will be filled, and all remaining stock is going for cheap, so they’re not out of the woods yet.
A load of garbage: A woman in Texas used Apple AirTags to track her recycling bags after dropping them off for the city’s “all plastic accepted” program. Spoiler: Instead of being processed as expected, the bags were dumped in a nearby storage facility. Turns out, hundreds of thousands of pounds of unrecycled materials are sitting around.
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Of phone usage leads to a 10% higher risk of cardiovascular disease. So, uh, yeah, that’s pretty much all of us, right? This is a classic example of correlation, not causation. Using a phone doesn’t impact your heart directly, but too much sitting on your butt sure does.
🤐 Please be quiet: Amazon has banned delivery drivers from chatting too much or even singing along to music. A cab camera monitors mouth movements, and if there’s too much lip action, they get a “distracted driver” warning. Amazon says it’s for safety, but drivers aren’t thrilled. Yup, 24/7 surveillance is part of that gig.
I don’t lightly interfere; I heavy metal: A North Carolina musician scammed streaming services out of $10 million. He created hundreds of thousands of fake songs with AI and used bots to stream them, raking in royalties from Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music. He pulled it off for seven years before the FBI figured it out. Now, he’s facing decades behind bars.
🚨 “Malvertising”: That’s the snazzy term for malware that spreads through “sponsored content” results at the top of Google searches. One click and you’re off to a shady site that steals your personal info or worse. Stay safe: Double-check URLs for misspellings or type them in manually. Keep your OS and browser updated, too. The best defense? Strong antivirus software.
North Korean spies are infiltrating U.S. companies: They’re applying for IT jobs with stolen IDs, peppy cover letters and AI-generated photos (paywall link). The goal is to get access to U.S. company networks and then steal intellectual property or create backdoors for cyberattacks. Always insist on an in-person or video interview and thoroughly vet applicants’ work histories and references.
