Keep an eye on your Social Security payouts

April 2, 2025

Keep an eye on your Social Security payouts: Hackers are breaking into retirement accounts and changing the payment info to cash in for themselves. It’s shady and happening more than you’d think. Take a sec today, log in to your SS account and make sure everything looks right. Better safe than suddenly broke.

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Prep and pour under $50

Must-have, helpful stuff at great prices? Yes, please.

Keep your leftovers fresh with glass containers (15% off). I ditched plastic ones.
A portable oven (58% off) is perfect for picnics and road trips.
A countertop ice maker (29% off) is essential.
An electric wine opener ($30) makes happy hour happier.
Easter’s almost here! Replace your bottles with new gel food coloring set (5% off).

🐱 For your furry friends: Snag a water and pet feeder combo ($30) or a stainless steel fountain (13% off) for a nice spring upgrade.

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$40 billion

Raised by OpenAI. The record-breaking funding round makes it one of the world’s most valuable private companies at $300 billion. SoftBank alone chipped in $30 billion. Dang, AI ain’t cheap.

Better than email: Need to transfer photos, videos and docs from your Android phone to a Windows PC? Forget email. Use Google Share. It’s free and it works great!

Let’s get physical, physical

🏋️ Get into gear on Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.

Track your steps, heart rate and more with a Fitbit (25% off).
Get a smart scale (37% off) to measure more than pounds.
Recover from sore muscles with a massage gun (45% off).
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If you do Pilates like I do, this bar kit (23% off) is great.
Hop with a cordless jump rope (19% off) that won’t tangle.
This running armband (23% off) holds your phone and earbuds.
Hit the trails with hiking poles (23% off) that fold up quickly.
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32% more

Calories burned walking at a 10% incline. I like a real hill outside, but a treadmill works, too. FYI, a 5% incline boosts your calorie burn by 17%. Add on a weighted backpack (it’s called rucking) to burn an extra 200+ calories an hour. I was hiking yesterday when suddenly I ran into a cougar. It almost made me puma pants. 🐅

2.87 billion

X profiles exposed. The 400 GB leak seems to be an inside job. Looks like an ex-employee stole the data. Change your X password.

$13,000/month

What a guy with no college degree makes as a freelance music engineer. He mixes 30 to 40 songs a day on Fiverr for clients around the world. He works from home with a flexible schedule. It’s all about finding your niche.

5 seconds

If you can’t balance on one foot for that long, you have a higher fall risk. Try standing on your nondominant leg while brushing your teeth. If you can last for 30 seconds, you’re doing great. Hold onto something if you’re wobbly, though, OK?

Nearly 500 miles

How far Mercedes-Benz’s new CLA EV can go on a single charge. It charges fast, too, getting around 200 miles in just 10 minutes. Or it charges even faster if you listen to AC/DC.

$5,750

That’s how much Jeff Bezos’ future wife Lauren Sánchez’s coffee cup costs. Well, sort of. It’s actually a special designer Balenciaga handbag called the “9 AM Clutch.” Dumb.