🩸 Caught red-handed: A jury ruled Meta broke privacy law by quietly siphoning up data from the Flo period app. Yes, including your pregnancy goals and cycle info. The twist? Flo gave it up via hidden SDKs. Meta claims it didn’t know what it was collecting. The court was like: lol, ok. Now they face massive damages.
Real estate secrets hiding in plain sight
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Most people hop on real estate sites just to see their dream house or check local sales prices. That’s cute, but if you know where to click, these sites cough up more secrets than your drunk aunt at Thanksgiving.
🏠 Homes.com, The Mortgage Peep Show
This one is crazy. Search an address, scroll down far enough on the page, and sometimes you’ll see the current mortgage details: how much the owner borrowed, what they still owe and their interest rate.
Yep, you can find out if your neighbor snagged a sweet 2.75% or is sweating it out at 7%. Not every property shows this, but when it does, it’s like finding the golden ticket.
📊 Redfin, The Price Detective
Scroll past the listing fluff and head to Public Facts and Price Insights. You’ll see the home’s entire sales history, property tax changes and exactly when price drops happened.
There’s also a “Time on Redfin” number. If that dream house has been sitting for 112 days, guess what? The seller’s probably ready to deal.
🏡 Zillow, The Quiet Gossip Queen
Everyone knows Zillow for the “Zestimate,” but that’s just the appetizer. Click Price/Tax History, and you’ll see what the seller paid, when they bought and how their taxes have climbed over the years.
Flip on the “Foreclosures” or “Make Me Move” filters, and you’ll uncover homes that aren’t officially on the market but could be yours if the price is right.
🗺 Realtor.com, The Neighborhood Spy
Click the Neighborhood tab, and it’s like you’re strolling the block with X-ray vision. You get commute times, school ratings, crime stats and what the neighbors paid for their houses.
Peek at the Property History, too. Sometimes it shows if a home was yanked off the market before. That’s insider info you can use to your advantage.
When you’re buying, selling or just being nosy (no judgment), the boring tabs are where the gold is. And yes, it’s all legal. It’s just hiding in plain sight, waiting for someone savvy like you to click.
🎲 Speaking of… When it comes to board games about buying real estate, Hasbro really has the Monopoly.
Privacy report card: Which AI flunked
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AI bots are our digital sidekicks. They’ve helped me write emails faster, plan my vacations, you name it. But the more we share, the more these bots learn about us. That can come back to bite you. Let’s lock down your data before your secrets become someone else’s payday.
11:18 p.m.
That’s when the average American actually falls asleep. Bedtime may start at 10:36 on average, but your brain’s running a late-night talk show until nearly midnight. Toss in some regret, a side of scrolling, the kids starting school again, and voilà, sleep debt before sunrise.
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🚨 You must read this before your next Uber ride
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⚠️ Warning: This story contains details about sexual assault that may be disturbing.
I know two women who were raped by an Uber driver. That’s not hearsay or a story I read online. They trusted the ride, believed the app was safe and paid the price in the most horrific way possible.
IG’s map is sus: Rolling out now, Instagram Map broadcasts your last app activity location to friends. Meta swears it’s off by default, but I don’t trust it and apparently neither does half the internet. Here’s how to turn it off: Go to your Profile and Tap the ≡ menu (top right). Select Story, live and location, tap Location sharing, and toggle off sharing.
🚨 Docusign warning: Scammers are sending fake Docusign emails claiming you’ve been charged by companies like Apple or Netflix. They tell you to call a number if you didn’t make a purchase, but it’s actually fake customer support trying to steal your info. Don’t click anything. When in doubt, log in directly to check your purchase history.
Share Instagram posts the right way: Tagging friends in the comments? Meh. Next time you see a funny reel, tap the little arrow under the post (or on the side). Pick who you want to send it to and hit Send. It lands right in their DMs.
📚 Sort and filter books on your Kindle: You can organize your Library so it’s easier to find what you’re reading (or ignoring). Tap the Filter icon (top left) to show only Downloaded, Unread or Read books. Then hit the Sort icon (top right) to sort by Most Recent, Title or Author. Easy.
Sleep surveillance: Is your Fitbit saying you’re waking up at night more than usual? It’s not because you’re broken, sleep tracking just got “more accurate.” Translation: Fitbit is clocking every micro-wiggle like it’s the NyQuil NSA. Google says this is step one in a whole series of sleep upgrades, rest assured.
Fake raids, real scams: Those viral “deportation at Walmart” TikToks? Total scam. Scammers are using phoney retail sob stories to phish your data with bogus surveys and sketchy “free gift” links. No ICE, just identity theft. Congrats, money just got deported from your bank account.
2,300 acres
The growing size of Zuckerberg’s Hawaiian estate. Zuck’s sprawl now covers more land than Disneyland and Central Park combined. He started with a $100M beachfront parcel in 2014, and now he’s got a mini-nation with bunkers, tunnels and Bond villain-level fit. He also just shelled out $30 million for a set of dorm-style buildings.
Swifties, avert your eyes: Grok’s “spicy” video mode just casually turned AI Taylor Swift into a nude dancing avatar on the first try. No warnings, no real age checks. While other tools block NSFW celeb content, Grok was like “Sure, let’s get weird.” Somewhere, a lawyer just woke up sweating and didn’t know why.
Getting a phone before 13
Puts kids at a much higher risk of developing suicidal thoughts. A massive study of 100,000+ people found girls often take the biggest hit to self-worth and emotional control, while boys struggle more with calmness and empathy. The common culprit? No shocker here, social media.
💸 Apple’s $100B “core” investment: Sweet news! Apple’s about to pour another $100 billion into U.S. manufacturing. Analysts say it’s likely headed toward high-end gear and AI labs, not iPhones and chargers. Either way, I’m glad to see this kind of big bite coming back to our shores.
70+ years
How long since the U.S. opened a rare earth mine. One dusty spot in Wyoming could supply America with rare earths for over 150 years. That’s phones, fighter jets and EVs covered till 2175. China controls 90% of processing right now, so yeah, this is big news for cowboy country. Yeehaw, meet geopolitics.
📺 Just what we need, more streaming services: First up is Howdy, an ad-free Roku channel for $2.99/month with old shows and movies from Warner Bros., Discovery, Lionsgate and more. The catch? You’ll need a Roku device (25% off). Then on Aug. 21, Fox One drops for $19.99/month with live NFL, MLB and news.
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😭 This made me pause and think: Jim Acosta just interviewed an AI version of Joaquin Oliver, created by the parents of the Parkland shooting victim. It aired on what would’ve been Joaquin’s 25th birthday. The digital Joaquin discussed gun control, movies and grief. His parents emphasized it’s not about resurrection but making sure he’s not silenced again. If you were in their position, could you do this?
1 afternoon
That’s all it took for AI to spot a missing hiker’s helmet in 2,600 drone images. After 10 months of silence, a few off-color pixels in a sea of rock cracked the case. Searchers found the hiker’s body the next morning, 600 meters below Monviso Peak. Weeks of human searching, replaced by one machine-powered glance.