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🙏 What heaven’s really like: A brain surgeon fell into a deep coma and says he saw what heaven looked like. Guided by a beautiful woman, he described seeing a world filled with vibrant trees, rivers, animals and angelic chants more intense than anything on Earth. His proof? He was adopted and had been searching for his biological family. Four months after coming out of his coma, he received a picture of his late sister. It was the woman who guided him in heaven.

🕵️‍♂️ Once on the internet, always on the internet: New AI tools can now search through your social media history to find things you said or did years ago in seconds. One, Ferretly, helps employers spot red flags like hate speech, drug use and bullying, going as far back as 10 to 15 years. Clean up your online footprint.

Lifesaving tech: The 2025 Toyota Sienna minivan will call your phone if it thinks you left kids in the car. A 60 GHz radar scanner monitors the second and third rows. If the doors lock and it detects someone inside, the hazard lights will start flashing and the horn will sound. If you ignore it, you’ll get a text and a phone call.

🔑 Open sesame: An update to Google’s Password Manager lets you sync passkeys across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android. Previously, passkeys only worked on Android, and using them on other devices required scanning a QR code. Use a Chromebook or iPhone? Sit tight, you’re next to get the update.

YouTube now shows ads when you hit pause: The video shrinks to the left, and an ad pops up on the right. To make it disappear, hit play or click Dismiss. YouTube calls it a “less interruptive” experience, but the normal ads play just as often. Ahem, they want you to pay $13.99 a month for ad-free Premium.

🚨 $1,300 paperweight: If you have a brand-spankin’-new iPad Pro with an M4 chip, do not download the iOS 18 update! It’s bricking Apple tablets, causing them to shut down and fail to restart. There’s no fix yet. If you’ve already been hit, take your iPad to the Apple Store for a replacement.

🍕 It’s all about the delivery: About 75% of resumes never get seen by a human, but who could ignore one attached to a hot pizza? Pizza Hut’s newest contest allows winners to get their resume printed on a pizza box and delivered to their dream employer. To enter, go to the Reszames site and get a slice of the action!

Calling all nerds: I say that lovingly. Hasbro’s CEO says they’ve started using AI in game development for Dungeons & Dragons. The role-playing game is all about creativity, and already, players are using chatbots to dream up campaigns, characters and story ideas. Soon, that’ll be baked in. Imagine: A fantasy world made just for you!