Nostalgia is pricy

Nostalgia is pricy: The late-1990s Nikon COOLPIX digital camera is making a comeback. The hashtag #nikoncoolpix has racked up over 47 million views on TikTok alone. It’s not the specs turning heads, by the way. It’s all about that pink aesthetic, baby. Want one? Prepare to shell out $180.

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Reader question: 'I want cameras to watch my house when I'm gone, but not when I am home'

In times of crisis, it’s hard to get a clear view of the situation. That’s why irrefutable evidence is so valuable. Say a friend visits for a party, and your favorite vase is missing the next day.

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Financial safety: Protect yourself from these emerging tax scams

It happens every year. We need to file our taxes, and scammers come out to steal from us. Here’s what you need to know right now.

Every year, the IRS releases a list of scams to watch out for. These are the biggest ones for this year:

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84% of government workers ‘repetitive’ tasks could be done by AI

The idea is that delegating “complex but repetitive transactions” to AI would simply free up humans to do other things. Sure … I smell budget cuts.

A safe phone is a locked phone

If your phone locks after 10 seconds (too fast) or 2 minutes (too long), change that. I recommend 30 seconds — it’s ju-u-u-st right.

  • On iPhone: Go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock and choose a length of time.
  • On Android: Go to Settings > Display and look for a Timeout, Screen Timeout or Sleep option.

20 minutes of searching Facebook to buy an endangered monkey

In other words, it’s way too easy. Business Insider reported the listing (and others like it) to Meta, which took them down. A watchdog org says traffickers are “easily and openly operating on the platform.” It can’t be that hard to stop this stuff.

$61 monthly on streaming

Is what the average American spends. That’s up 27% from last year. Half of those surveyed said a $5 increase is enough to make them cancel. I just dropped a service we weren’t watching! Felt great.

$30,134.75 per video could be in North West’s pockets 

That’s if the 10-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West decides to monetize her TikTok account, which currently has 18.8 million followers. What a world.

94% of hospitals disrupted by a cyberattack

It was on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary. The company said it’s paid out $2 billion in advances to providers while it rebuilds its payment claims systems. I’m not saying this wouldn’t have happened if they read this newsletter … but it probably wouldn’t have.

$495,000 for dinner in the stratosphere per person

SpaceVIP will soon offer dinners for six in a spacecraft 100,000 feet above Earth. I hope the place has some atmosphere.

32% drop in used EV prices thanks to Tesla’s big price cuts

Used gas car values are down just 3.6%. Cue the party horn if you’re shopping for a used EV … and the sad trombone if you’re selling.