đ App traps: Over 90 apps with a combined 5.5 million downloads were spotted hiding malware in the Google Play Store. At the top of the list are PDF Reader & File Manager and QR Reader & File Manager, both packing the Anatsa banking Trojan that steals financial info. If you downloaded a compromised app, do a factory reset on your phone ASAP.
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Well, well, well ⌠What do we have here? Another tech giant selling your data to make a buck? Shocking, I know.
This time, itâs PayPal. Through the new PayPal Ads network, the company plans to tap into customer transactions to supercharge targeted ads. This feels pretty darn gross if youâre using it to run a business, buy things you donât necessarily want filling up your ad feed, or know that data being sold to who-knows-who for who-knows-why.
A loyal reader, Racquel, emailed me recently after dealing with a very angry customer at work. âLast week, she left me a voicemail and said that I was behind all her problems and she was âgoing to findâ where I lived.â
Are your kids ready for this to become the norm?
We talk a ton about self-driving cars, but if youâve been in an airplane, youâve already been in a self-driving vehicle! Modern airplanes are computer-controlled for what percentage of the flight? Is it ⌠A.) 10%, B.) 40%, C.) 50% or D.) 95%?
For a nonexistent burger. A guy with way too much time on his hands ordered a burger from McDonaldâs, then removed everything from the list of ingredients. His DoorDasher came through: âYouâre gonna get an empty box. You good with that?â
Do Not Disturb keeps calls and texts from bugging you, but what if there’s a person or two you want to get through any time? Here’s how to flag important contacts and silence the rest.
For a Mitsubishi Electric robot to solve a Rubikâs Cube. For context, 0.3 seconds is about the blink of an eye. The bot record is 10 times faster than the best-ever human time of 3.13 seconds.
Time per day the average person spends âdreamscrolling.â This is when someoneâs looking at things online they canât afford and want to own someday. That time-suck works out to an average of 36 days of âdreamscrollingâ a year. I can think of 50 better uses for my time.
Which movie holds the record for the most expensive sealed, original VHS tape ever sold? Is it ⌠A.) âThe Goonies,â B.) âBack to the Future,â C.) âE.T.â or D.) âGhostbustersâ?
The price for a top-secret Air Force Bâ21 Raider. The U.S. nuclear bomber came out of stealth for its first flight test in late May 2024. Itâs designed to be âvirtually invisibleâ to enemy radar, and it pretty much looks like a UFO with wings. Trust me, youâre gonna wanna see this.
