The trouble with the news

What percentage of Americans use an electric toothbrush? Is it … A.) 24%, B.) 41%, C.) 58% or D.) 72%?

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One expensive sticker: Think screen protectors are saving your smartphone? Think again. Today’s phones are tougher than a $2 steak, making screen protectors redundant. Worse, those protectors may hurt your display quality and battery life.

A new study predicts using search engines like Google may soon be a thing of the past as more people turn to AI chatbots for answers. I totally called this one in November 2022.

Classified love affair: A U.S. Air Force employee with top-secret clearance got seriously catfished on a dating app. In his quest for love, he leaked U.S. secrets about the Ukraine war, including Russian military targets. Now he’s facing up to 10 years in prison. Love hurts.

Update your iPhone: iOS 17.4 includes bug fixes and new features like podcast transcripts and stricter theft protection. Plus … drumroll, please … new emojis (lime, mushroom and a shaking head)! But the biggest change is only for Europeans (insert new shaking-head emoji).

Disposable EVs: Starting April 1, Nissan is pulling the plug on app support for its OG electric cars like the Leaf and e-NV200, leaving around pre-2016 vehicles a bit less smart. Nissan’s advice? Use the car’s built-in systems or buy an “upgrade” — ahem, a new car. Gee, thanks.

Quick, change your settings! X quietly turned on a “calling” feature that leaves you at risk. No, not of a surprise phone call — it leaks your IP address to anyone you talk with. Go to the direct messages tab, hit that settings icon, and turn off Enable audio and video calling ASAP. Jeez, good thing you have me around.

Amazon and Google’s new AI chatbot is here: It’s called Claude 3, and OpenAI has serious competition. Now, like other AI bots, it makes mistakes; it said I wrote “Komando Komputers,” which isn’t true. Check out Claude 3 here. And heads-up: You might get an “over capacity” warning, which means no more answers unless you cough up $20 a month — the same price as ChatGPT Plus.

Zuck hacked? Facebook, Instagram and Threads were all down for two hours yesterday. Consider that financial impact for a sec — huge. Meta says it was having “technical difficulties.” Well, that’s the biggest pile of BS I’ve heard in a while. They must believe we are a bunch of dopes.

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