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Believing those chats are just for your eyes? Here’s a reality check.
As you’d probably guess, New York City is the most expensive city for an Uber ride. Which city takes the No. 2 slot — Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Seattle or Nashville?
Traffic deaths are way up: That’s the explanation for all the speed cameras being installed across the U.S. Is it truly a way to make streets safer or a cash grab? Good points on both sides here.
5-second detection
Scientists say a $5 circuit board can sample saliva to detect breast cancer. The test strips cost a few cents each. As someone who hates cancer, I love this.
Not surprising but really gross: A woman in Connecticut started chemotherapy to fight cancer. It wasn’t long before her mailbox was full of ads for cremation services. How’d she get on their list? A data broker site sold her info. Medical information isn’t as protected as we’d like to think.
💵 Buy ads for your business? Meta is passing along Apple’s 30% fee when you promote posts on Facebook or Instagram via the iOS apps. Use the browser on your phone or the web version to skirt the extra charge, marketing folks.
$90M in revenue
That’s what video game Baldur’s Gate 3 brought in for Hasbro last year. It’s based on Dungeons & Dragons. Old-school nerds, this one is for you!
$8,000 price drop for Lucid Motor’s cheapest EV
The Air Pure now starts at $69,900. I’d steer clear. Fisker did the same thing with its hybrid before the company went out of business.
Still shaking my head: Facebook and Instagram proudly announced this week they’ve closed the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Just one question: Why, in heaven’s name, did the Ayatollah even have an Instagram and Facebook account to begin with?
University of Nottingham research shows older generations often misread emojis … OK, not those kinds. Participants were shown six face emojis and had to identify the emotion. Less than half of folks could identify this one: 😖. (It’s disgust!)