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The No. 1 rule of using AI
AI can do a whole lot to help you get work done faster — but there’s one place is really falls short.
Tags: AI (artificial intelligence), work
Try these April Fools' tech tricks on friends and family!
Monday is April 1, and I can’t let it go by without recommending some techy April Fools’ pranks! If you know me, you know I love a good gag. If you know Barry, you know he’s my most frequent victim.
These sneaky tricks are harmless (and hilarious), but be forewarned — they require a little bit of device snooping. Hey, what else do you have going on this weekend?
In every Apple ad, the time shown on the iPhones, MacBooks and iPads is always the same. Is it A.) 9:41, B.) 12:01, C.) 6:30 or D.) 10:10?
🚨 Deepfake kidnapping: A Cincinnati dad got a tearful call from his daughter, Brooke, before a man came on the line and demanded $5,000. Luckily, a coworker of the father overheard what was going on and called the real Brooke, who was totally safe. Parents, I recommend a family safeword.
🎙️ Hey, you: My national radio show is airing all weekend across the USA. With over 420 stations, find your closest using our handy station locator map — or listen commercial-free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or in the Komando Community.
Take this, cancer: Imagine an army of tiny robots taking on cancer. It’s happening! Researchers in Canada are using the magnetic field of an MRI machine to move them through a human body, and they’re able to hit 95% of cancer cells. Clinical trials are still a long way off, but this is incredible stuff.
❄️ Cold case: Google Map fans found a massive “door” in Antarctica. A pic making the rounds on Reddit shows a glassy rectangle peeking through the frost. Conspiracy theories abound, but it may actually be a few hundred meters from Japan’s Showa Station, a legitimate research base. Now you know.
Pane in the glass: Oregon joins New York, California and Minnesota with a landmark repair law. It forces tech and other manufacturers to make parts, repair tools and how-tos available to us average Joes and local shops. Bonus: No more sneaky software locks to block aftermarket parts.
Friend or fake? A grandma got duped by her Facebook “friend” who told her she could win $200,000. The price of entry? $10,000. She sent the money, then called her friend — who had no idea what she was talking about. A scammer used AI to hack her friend’s account. The lesson. Call first.
😳 ED deepfake: Scammers used clips from a woman’s online videos to create a deepfake clone promoting erectile dysfunction pills. Now it’s plastered all over the internet. Even worse? There are no federal laws against deepfakes, so this poor woman can’t do much about it. Talk about a nightmare that lasts more than four hours.