GM’s hands-free future: Are you tired of driving? GM’s 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ wants to let you fully check out, literally. The next-gen Super Cruise drives itself (on approved highways) with lidar, radar and cameras, and the dash glows turquoise when it’s safe to let auto drive take over. Oh, and Google’s Gemini AI will chat with you, because silence is awkward.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Switching to dark mode on YouTube desktop is gentler on your eyes and makes videos feel more immersive. Click your profile pic (top right), select Appearance and set it to Dark theme.
💻 Delete this now: If you see ads or blogs pitching the “Universe Browser” as the fastest and safest one ever, don’t fall for it. Researchers found it secretly routes your data to China, logs keystrokes and installs hidden programs. They probably should have called it “Internet Exploiter.” Millions downloaded it, thinking it was legit. If you’re one of them, I hate to say it, but you need to wipe your system and reinstall the OS. This thing digs in deep.
Lunatics, start your remotes: Amazon relaunched Luna, its cloud service that streams games over the internet. You’ve got it for free if you have Prime. Sign in on your phones, and play against each other on the TV. It’s finally time to settle the score with your aunt.
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📦 Surprise package season: It’s not your lucky day. USPS says if you get a random package this holiday, don’t celebrate too fast. It’s probably a “brushing” scam, where fake sellers send cheap stuff to your address so they can post bogus “verified buyer” reviews. Basically, you’re an unwitting five-star accomplice.
🛰️ Starlink’s scam shutdown: After months of heat, SpaceX says it finally disabled over 2,000 Starlink kits in Myanmar that scammers were using for massive fraud and trafficking rings. Local governments raided one site and found dozens of Starlink dishes running cybercrime ops. Wild how crypto and romance scammers had better broadband than most small towns.
Modern family: Who do you text first when life happens? It’s a group chat. Giphy found almost 80% of Gen Z spill big news there first. Jobs, breakups, messy updates, all of it. Over half say their chat knows them better than their own family. Basically, it’s the new living room but with emojis and memes.
🌡️ Nest goes dumb tomorrow: If you’ve got a 1st or 2nd gen Nest Learning Thermostat, it’s going to lose its smarts. That means no more app control, Home/Away Assist or remote tweaks, only good old manual buttons. Basically, it’s a fancy dial. Upgrade now, there are some pretty solid deals out there. My favorite is this little guy.
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🪟 SID happens: Install the updates KB5064081 or KB5065426, and boom, Windows might forget who you are. Microsoft says the bug hits Windows 11 and Server 2025 systems cloned with duplicate SIDs, and only a full rebuild fixes it. Network shares, remote desktop, even file access are all toast. The fix? Start over. Fun times.