Dangerous oversight

What’s your typing MO? Hunt-and-peck or touch typing? There’s one thing most of us have in common — 90% of people use the same number of fingers while typing on a computer keyboard. Is it … A.) 10, B.) Nine, C.) Eight or D.) Two?

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From a digital doorbell to alert ecologists fish are waiting to pass through a canal lock in the Netherlands. More than 1.2 million people have tuned in to the canal livestream to see whether any fish are waiting. If they are, altruistic streamers are invited to ring the doorbell for a fish who can’t (because, you know, no hands).

That’s for intermittent fasters who limit eating across eight hours per day versus 12 to 16 hours. A new long-term study of over 20,000 people paints a very different picture from claims that time-restricted eating improves heart health. Can’t get over that 91% number.

The time the average American home spends watching broadcast TV, traditional TV and streaming video. Half of that video viewing is done on a TV screen; the rest is split between phones, tablets and computers. These numbers don’t include videos on social media platforms, like TikTok, Instagram Reels and whatever videos on Facebook are called … We can probably double or triple the phone-viewing hours, then, right?

Criminals use the hype around GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, to steal your payment info and your money or, worse, send you counterfeit drugs that can make you sick. I shouldn’t have to say it but don’t buy meds from unlicensed or non-U.S. pharmacies — not even for swimsuit season.

What’s the wingspan of the RQ-4 Global Hawk, our military’s biggest unmanned drone? Is it A.) 50 feet, B.) 89 feet, C.) 117 feet or D.) 131 feet? (Hint: The wingspan of an F-16 is about 31 feet.)

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Guess it wasn’t a pandemic fad after all … Since launching adult sets in 2020, Lego has doubled its over-18 offerings to include fan favorites like an $899 Titanic set and a $469 Hogwarts set. There’s even a name for the diehards: AFOL, or Adult Fans of Legos. I’m more of an AFON myself — Adult Fan of Napping.

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Amazon says robots like Digit, a 5-foot-9-inch humanoid bot that walks and lifts boxes, will work alongside employees, not replace them. But Amazon continues to cut down its human headcount.