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š Dating apps are out: My son has been telling me this for years. Folks are still finding love online but through shared interests and hobbies instead. Nate and Jess developed a long-distance relationship playing World of Warcraft. And itās not just gaming. People are meeting through fitness apps like Strava, too, and social media DMs.
Tags: fitness, love, online, relationship, social media
I bet youāve never heard of Mars Hydro. Itās a company headquartered in Communist China that makes Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Their speciality? LED lights and hydroponics equipment.
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler (I had him on the show about other breaches, and heās a smart, standup guy) was digging around and found they had a massive 1.17TB database online for anyone to see. There was no encryption and no password required.
TikTok owner ByteDance built an AI tool that makes realistic videos of people talking and singing from a single photo. OmniHuman can take an image (half-body or full-body) and bring it to life. Snazzy, but scary in the wrong hands. And letās not forget this is Chinese-owned. I wouldnāt hand over any personal pics.
Earned from the 55-second āCharlie Bit My Fingerā video. You remember it, right? The toddler crying because his baby brother bit his finger? Almost 900 million views later, Charlie is 18 and says the clip helped him pay for law school. A big chunk of that came in 2021, when the video sold as an NFT for over $600,000. Whoa.
I love this and I know you will, too. An 87-year-old guy in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is having a party tonight. Doug Turner went door to door with handwritten invites. The winter celebration is from ā4 p.m. until the cops arrive.ā His neighbor shared their doorbell cam chat on TikTok. No strangers at the party, but after Doug said he liked the snail mail, letters flooding the PO Box his daughter set up. Heās planning to reply to each one with his special fountain pen.
Speed of an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. Thereās a 2.3% chance itāll impact in 2032. Thatās the highest chance of any space rock weāve spotted. At 460 feet wide, 2024 YR4 is 500 times more powerful than an atomic bomb. Weāll get a better look at where itās heading in 2028. Iāll set a calendar reminder to update you!
Swatting phone calls made by one teenager. Alan Filion from California charged up to $75 to send police to schools, businesses and even an unnamed former president. In one call, he said he was approaching a school with an AK-47, and the bomb squad showed up. When he targeted homes, Filion said the goal was to āget the cops to drag the victim and their families out of the house, cuff them and search the house for dead bodies.ā Heās so lucky no one died.
You know, the toddler crying because his baby brother bit his finger. Almost 900 million views later, Charlie is 18 and says the clip helped him pay for law school. The 55-second clip has earned his family over $1 million. A big chunk of that came in 2021 when the video sold as an NFT for over $600,000.
For a Toyota Corolla with 116,000 miles. Yes, the side mirrors are duct-taped, the license plate is bolted on with pliers, and thereās a minion painted on the hood. But mechanic Scotty Kilmer said in a viral TikTok heād never get rid of an old Corolla. Under the ugly paint job is a 1.8L engine thatāll last forever. Hereās one for ya: Can a Toyota stretch? No, but a Mercedes-Benz.
Mandatory pit stops coming to Formula E. Pit Boost fast-charging stations are debuting at the Jeddah E-Prix this weekend. Theyāll power up the electric racecars 10% in just 30 seconds.
Tests that predict your fall risk. Test 1: Stand heel-to-toe with one foot touching the front of the other. Test 2: Balance on one leg. Brazilian researchers say 10 seconds (the old baseline) isnāt enough. Aim for 23 seconds. Every extra second lowers your risk of a fall in the next six months by 5%.