đ¨ Scammers are gonna scam: When thereâs a Big Tech product release like the iPhone 16, scammers get busy. They used trusted names (think Apple and Microsoft) to get into search results and lure you into opening spam emails. Their tricks hide in pop-up ads, too. Stay safe: A trusted brand will never ask you for personal information out of nowhere.
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Data broker MC2 Data left more than 100 million records of Americans exposed online for anyone to copy, grab, forward, sell on the Dark Web â you name it. This comes only a month after the National Public Data breach of 2.9 billion records. Iâm getting so tired of these data broker companies and people-search sites screwing up, and itâs you and me who have to pay for their mistakes.
Another day, another monumental data breach. Just because theyâre getting more common doesnât mean you can tune it out. In fact, itâs time to get even more serious about your private information and whatâs posted online.
A Texas woman took to Facebook after her 9-year-old left his stuffed gorilla at a California hotel. A stranger saw the post, went an hour out of her way to pick it up, then documented the gorillaâs journey home. Absolutely watch this if you need a smile!
Found buried with Bronze Age mummies in northwestern China. It took researchers a decade of DNA analysis to determine the substance was, in fact, the worldâs oldest cheese. Un-brie-lievable.
How often Teslaâs Full Self-Driving mode requires human intervention. In a 1,000-mile test, drivers had to intervene to prevent dangerous behavior more than 75 times. The good: Self-driving mode brakes for pedestrians and lets oncoming cars through. The bad: It also runs red lights and drives into oncoming traffic. Just say no.
Paying the neighborâs electricity bill. A guy in Vacaville, California, has lived alone in the same apartment complex since 2006. The entire time, he wondered why the heck his power bill was so high. Turns out he was paying for the apartment next door, too. What a dope.
To return a kidâs beloved stuffed animal. A Texas woman took to Facebook after her 9-year-old left his stuffed gorilla at a California hotel. A stranger saw the post, went an hour out of her way to pick it up, then documented the gorillaâs journey home. Absolutely watch this if you need a smile!
Playing on gaming platform Steam at once, a new record. Whatâs popular right now? Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, PUBG, Final Fantasy 16 and Banana, among others. Banana is, I kid you not, just clicking on a JPEG of a banana. I donât get it. I just donât get it.
AI can beat online captcha tests designed to stump bots. A researcher trained a bot he called You Only Look Once (yeah, YOLO) on images of roads (paywall link). Now, the bot can ace the âAre you a human?â quizzes.
