š Stay skeptical: In Maine, a man lost $9,000 to a fake-cop scam. The crook used caller ID spoofing to make the call look real, then scared the guy with a story about identity theft. The giveaway: Real cops don’t ask for bitcoin.
The domain name for YouTube.com was registered on February 14 in which year: A.) 1995, B.) 2000, C.) 2005 or D.) 2012?
$100 and Louis Vuitton is what the tooth fairy leaves these days
OK, not all parents are going all out, but 20% of kids now get money and a gift for each lost tooth. I got 50 cents!
Must-dos BEFORE your phone goes missing
There are built-in tools to help you locate it using another phone or computer. Hereās the caveat: You have to make sure the feature is enabled ahead of time for it to work. Do it now!
Turn on Find My for your iPhone
- Go to Settings > [your name] > Find My.
- Tap Find My iPhone, then turn on Find My iPhone.
- To see your device even when itās offline, turn on Find My network.
- To have the location of your device sent to Apple when the battery is low, turn on Send Last Location.
Turn on Find My Device for your AndroidĀ
- Go to Settings > Security > Find My Device. Or try Security & location or Google > Security.
- Make sure Find My Device is turned on.
āļø You can even erase your phone remotely if itās really gone. Hereās how.Ā
4% make $100K
Weāre talking online content creators, aka influencers. Someone tell this to Gen Z; 57% want to do this as a full-time career.
$2B is what Walmart is willing to pay for Vizio
Why a TV company? That sweet, sweet ad and data tracking revenue. Theyād control more than one-fifth of the U.S. TV market.
Sleep and tell: Shawn Mackey thought he was slick dodging $960 in fees on his Memphis Airbnb stay. When he left a salty review, his host clapped back HARD by emailing his wife a pic of him cozying up with another lady. Mackey’s now crying about his invasion of privacy and emotional distress. Drama level: Expert.
Chat with RTX: It turns Nvidia’s RTX 30/40 graphics card into a chatbot. It’s cool for summarizing YouTube videos and documents, but beware of bugs and memory-hogging. Great for data nerds, but the rest of us? It’s more of a demo than a daily driver.
š FCC goinā in: Telecom companies now have just seven days to inform customers (and the FBI) of data breaches. The FCC is also making companies fess up about the specifics, like if your name and biometrics were leaked. Took them long enough.
Peeping psycho Tom: A now ex-Expedia employee turned company bathrooms in Seattle into a spine-chilling “Big Brother” episode with spy cameras hidden under the sinks. Cops used an electronic-sniffing black Labrador, found 33 more cameras in his apartment and charged him with first-degree voyeurism.