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Truly spooky Halloween tech
Ready to turn your home into a haunted house? Your Amazon Echo and smart doorbell are about to get scary.
☝🏻 Hope it doesn’t malfunction: Researchers have developed a human-like robotic finger capable of performing routine physical exams. The “bioinspired soft finger” uses tech sensors to feel around for abnormal lumps, take your pulse and even venture into — ahem — those other places for diagnostics. Bums away!
Introducing 'Dookie Demastered'
Green Day is going all out: To celebrate their “Dookie” album’s 30th anniversary, the California punk rock band has released “demastered” versions of their songs played on some hilariously inconvenient formats, including “Pulling Teeth” on a toothbrush, “Chump” on a Teddy Ruxpin and “Welcome to Paradise” on a Game Boy cartridge.
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24,000 Redbox machines
Left abandoned across the U.S. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Dollar General, Albertsons and Kroger all are trying to get permission from Redbox’s bankruptcy court to trash the 890-pound DVD vending machines (paywall link). Hey, maybe you can score one.
Microsoft’s latest update is a mess: During installation, Windows 11 24H2 creates a 9GB temporary cache folder that can’t be deleted. Tools like Disk Cleanup don’t do anything. Microsoft is working on a patch. I’ll let you know when it rolls out.
📉 Watch the kiddos: Roblox stock dropped 9% after claims surfaced that the online game platform is a “pedophile hellscape.” Kids are being exposed to grooming, p*rn, violence and abusive language. Games kids can join include “Escape to Epstein Island” and “Run from Diddy Simulator.” Awful.
🚨 Fidelity Investments got hacked: No details yet on what personal data was leaked from 77,000 customers, but Fidelity says funds weren’t accessed. Hackers got in using two newly created customer accounts. I’ll bet you $10 that the number of customers affected is much, much higher. Change your passwords.
You can’t spell “crypto” without “C-R-Y”: The FBI created a fake cryptocurrency to nail pump-and-dump fraudsters. That’s where they inflate a crypto’s price with phony trades, convince others to buy, then cash out before the crash. The FBI set up a slick website, and shady companies took the bait. Now, 18 people and companies face fraud and market manipulation charges. But there are thousands more out there.
✈️ It’s been over 10 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared: Researchers have a new idea to solve the mystery — throw a Boeing 777 flaperon (part of the wing) strapped with sensors into the Indian Ocean. They’ll monitor how the flaperon moves in the sea and compare marine growth to what washed ashore from flight MH370. This guy told me he knows exactly where the wreckage is.