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March 28, 2025

🚨 It’s not from Apple: There’s a phishing text going around that claims your Apple ID was used to approve a transaction, usually with a dollar amount included. Don’t click the link or call the number. Real Apple account alerts come through iOS push notifications or official emails, never texts.

Trust your gut: Amelia Mandeville-Marinaro had just given birth when her husband, Pete, received a call from their “bank.” Yikes, their money was in danger, and they had to move it immediately. Amelia shared on TikTok (3.2 million views) that alarm bells were going off in her head the whole time. So many scammers out there. You gotta be on your toes!

🎭 IRL dubbing: Imagine watching (and understanding!) a play in a foreign language. An off-Broadway theater in NYC is doing it with live AI translations for its longest-running play, Perfect Crime. Scan a QR code, pick from 60 languages and listen with your headphones. The cost to the theater? About $100 per hour. Something to consider if you’re live streaming a church service or something similar.

🛒 AI add to cart: Amazon is testing “Interests AI,” so you can chat to find things instead of typing in the search bar. Check if you have it by opening the Amazon app > Me tab (person icon) and tapping Interests. Of course, that data will help train Alexa+ with generative AI. Never stops.

🚀 The Fram2 mission: I’m sure you’ll see news about this on March 31. Astronauts are going to orbit both the North and South Poles for the first time ever. The crew will fly in a SpaceX Dragon capsule and spend up to five days in space. Oh, and they’ll be taking the first-ever X-ray of a human body off-planet.

Microsoft Copilot’s getting smarter: Better late than never, I suppose. Look for two new deep reasoning agents in April. Researcher can dig through multiple sources and pull insights from third-party tools like Salesforce, while Analyst can turn messy data into clean spreadsheets.

🐣 Not a practical yolk: Ever seen a chicken hatch from an open egg? A Japanese student actually pulled it off, and the video’s racking up thousands of upvotes on Reddit. The clip shows him cutting the egg open and injecting things into the embryo. After 21 days, a chick pops out. Strange but amazing.

🎖️ The Army’s getting new gear: Wow, some troops carry over 80 pounds of equipment, including five separate radios. To lighten the load, they’re developing new tech like the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, goggles that combine night vision, navigation, targeting and heat sensing all in one. Because I can … What rank are all cats in the army? Corpurrrrrral. (Nice one!)

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Total price of a $20 order on DoorDash. It’s not just delivery fees and tips. DoorDash now lets you split your bill into four payments with Klarna. Miss a payment? That’s a $7 late fee and maybe overdraft charges from your bank. The other day, I ordered DoorDash and got this message, “Jesus is on his way.” I thought, “He sure is!”

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Of #ADHD TikTok videos talk about the real symptoms. Some overestimate how common ADHD is (33.8% vs. the actual 3% to 7%), and only 4% of the top 100 make it clear not everyone has the same symptoms. Go to your doc for a diagnosis, not the internet.

📺 Crystal clear binge: Got a Netflix Premium subscription? Look for HDR10+ on some shows and movies for a crisper, less muddy picture. Go to the Menu > Get Help > Video and hit HDR On. If you don’t see it, your device may not support it. Sorry.

LinkedIn influencers? It’s not just for jobs anymore. People are sharing personal stories mixed with career advice, and it’s making them famous. Take April Little (paywall link). She wrote about layoffs, went viral and now has 260,000 followers and $150,000 in brand deals. A little shameless self-promotion: Share this with your friends on LinkedIn and tell ’em to sign up for my newsletter at GetKim.com. TY!

iPad cracks the case: London police just solved a six-year-old case after finding an iPad in the bottom of the Thames River. It led the forensics team to Amazon and eBay purchases used in an attempted murder plot. Three clowns are behind bars, pointing fingers at who threw the iPad in the water thinking it would be gone for good. Meanwhile, a ton of permanent facial recognition cameras just went up in London.

Dumb and dumber: Police are looking for four kids caught on camera following a bonehead viral TikTok trend. These troublemakers threw themselves against random garage doors to rack up likes and views. Homeowners are stuck paying thousands to fix the damage. Make sure your outside cams are working.

If you hear the words Bitcoin ATM, hang up: It starts with a call from someone claiming you or a loved one’s in trouble. They need money, fast. The person on the other end sends a QR code and tells you to rush to a Bitcoin ATM. Any cash you deposit is sent straight to their crypto wallet, for good. You’ll never get your money back.

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Analyzed, and researchers found taxi and ambulance drivers are least likely to die from Alzheimer’s. The reason is interesting. They’re constantly using their brains to navigate, which keeps the hippocampus healthy. That’s the part of the brain tied to memory and spatial skills. And no, using GPS doesn’t count, but folding a map does.

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Accuracy a new AI model, ECgMLP, can detect endometrial cancer. This is amazing. It enhances medical images, zeroes in on the most important areas, then uses advanced pattern recognition to give a diagnosis. It’s also great at identifying colorectal, breast and oral cancer. Love this news.