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It’s not just sketchy ATMs and gas pumps: Watch out for card skimmers at the grocery store, too. Two guys are wanted in Georgia for putting a fake PIN pad on a self-checkout lane in Kroger. Be smart: If the buttons on the PIN pad are off-center and hard to push, or if part of the pad feels loose, don’t use it.
Tags: card, card skimmers, gas, grocery store, Smart
Your Amazon, Google or Apple smart speaker has a lifesaving feature I bet you don’t know about: It can tell you if there’s smoke or carbon monoxide (CO) in your home.
The speaker can’t actually detect smoke or CO, but it can “listen” for devices that do. So, if your smoke or CO alarm goes off and you’re away from home, your smart speaker can ping your phone, saving your property, belongings and precious pets inside.
Looking for love online? Keep your head on a swivel for pig-butchering scams.
Cybercrooks play the long game in this one. They “fatten you up” with lovey-dovey texts over months, and then, once they have your trust, they send you to slaughter with a crypto scam.
OK, OK … No. 3 in Rwanda. But hey, that’s something, right?!
Stuck on hold: There’s a hidden redial button on your smartphone. Hit the call button without typing a number or choosing a contact to call the last person you talked to.
Billionaire Warren Buffett plays a certain game online for at least eight hours weekly. Is it … A.) Bridge, B.) Chess, C.) Dominoes or D.) Monopoly?
To manage a fast-food restaurant in California. Monique Pizano, a 27-year-old Raising Cane’s manager, makes six figures (paywall link) after bonuses, depending on her location’s performance. That’s egg-cellent! (Get it? It’s a chicken fast-food joint. Tough crowd!)
Don’t download these apps — or any that look or sound like one of these examples.
“Quiet vacation” over the Fourth of July weekend. It’s not just you; no one’s getting work done the week of Independence Day. Instead, nearly half of workers are playing hooky without telling their managers, aka “quiet vacationing.”
In phony Ozempic scams over the past four months. Look out for social media posts offering weight loss drugs at a steep discount or without a prescription. These aren’t real doctors (paywall link); they’re a phishing scam.
How many Jeff Bezos wants to send to colonize space. It’s still more of a pipe dream than a plan. From building 20-mile-long space habitats to growing food and, ahem, doing the wild thing in space, experts say saving Earth is still a way easier option.
