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šŖ¦ RIP, landlines: AT&T is cutting the cord on copper landline connections by the end of 2029. Only about 5% of customers still use āem, and broadband should cover 50 million locations by then. Iām required to have a landline at our house because Phoenix city code says we have an elevator. I never understood that logic.
Tags: AT&T, broadband, connections, landline, Phoenix
You understand that your phone knows where you’re located. This is how GPS works, how Find My sees your location and why you get local ads on Facebook and Google. Like other data on your phone, that location data is a hot commodity for internet marketers.
Iāve been talking about it for weeks, and now itās all over the news: Communist Chinese hackers infiltrated telecommunications giants like AT&T and Verizon and wormed their way into government surveillance systems. The massive breach was detected over a month ago, but itās been going on for over a year.
Across 266 school districts, K-12 students are testing a new AI tutor. Khan Academyās Khanmigo runs on OpenAIās tech. helps answer studentsā questions, flags other AI-generated answers and creates lesson plans for teachers in seconds. FYI, āConmigo,ā means āwith meā in Spanish.
The price of living on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship for a year. The new all-you-can-sail pass covers two guests, laundry services, speedy Wi-Fi, priority boarding and a balcony cabin. Hey, itās about the same as an assisted-living facility, just sayinā.
Iām pretty darn proud of myself ā I know all but one of these artists.
Potential per-hour rates for a professional back-scratcher. Itās not just scratching someoneās back; you play with their hair, too. One pro scratcher quit her six-figure job to open a spa. Now, sheās making even more money.
For pancreatic cancer patients given high doses of vitamin C. Researchers added 75 grams to late-stage patientsā IVs alongside chemo treatments, and it doubled the time the patients lived. A larger trial needs to be done, but isnāt this amazing? I wish we knew this when my mom was going through chemo for pancreatic cancer. š¢
List price for a mansion on the market in Naples, Florida. The most expensive property for sale in the U.S. has six bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, two guest houses, a yacht berth ā¦ and a 95% chance of flooding within the next 30 years. The nine-acre compound has Gulf waters on three sides, and the cityās been hit by five hurricanes over the last two years.
Planted for the āWickedā movie. The movieās director wanted real flowers in the scene for āOver the Rainbow,ā not CGI. The flowers were grown on 500 acres at Belmont Farms in Norfolk, England. Only an American couldāve written āThe Wizard of Oz;ā anywhere else, he’d be āThe Wizard of 28g.ā
