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đ¸ Scammers are posing as Fidelity, Morgan Stanley and other financial giants: Remember, theyâll never call or text asking for your password, one-time code, money transfers or remote access to your computer. If something feels off, stop and contact them directly. Stay sharp!
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My job is to keep you ahead of the curve, so you know whatâs worth your hard-earned money and whatâs just hype. One reader recently asked me: Where are laptops going next? Letâs break it down.
As AI gets better, imagine a bot that automates boring laptop tasks like booking flights, ordering groceries or organizing your files. Microsoftâs Copilot+ PCs promise to do just that.
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Itâs not just clingy exes popping into your messages out of the blue. Scammers are ramping up phony texts across the country. You can make the texts stop (more below). Here are the latest ones making the rounds and the red flags to watch for:
In unclaimed tax refunds from 2021 will expire in four weeks. If you didnât file your 2021 tax return, act fast or that money goes straight to the U.S. Treasury ⌠forever. The average refund is $781, but some could get as much as $6,728! The deadline is April 15, 2025. See if youâre eligible on the IRS website.
Gets you access to Snapchat Platinum, including its new AI video Lenses. Think of it as a filter where you can see yourself cuddling up with cute virtual animals on screen. So far, thereâs a raccoon and fox, plus spring flowers. People need to cool it with the age filter. Itâs getting old.
How long an Australian man lived with an artificial titanium heart while waiting for a transplant. Itâs the longest anyone has survived using the technology, which is still in trials. If it keeps proving successful, this could be the answer for people with heart failure.
The size of Western Digitalâs new $569.99 hard drive designed for Network-Attached Storage systems, letting multiple people store and share massive amounts of data. The first hard drive, the IBM 305 RAMAC, was introduced in 1956 and cost around $50,000 (over $500,000 today adjusted for inflation). It had a whopping 5MB of storage! đ˛
The expected price tag of Grand Theft Auto 6. This leaked on a Swiss storeâs website but got quickly deleted. Hardly a steal? Itâs actually about the same as the $50 original GTA from 1997 in todayâs dollars. The game should be out later this year.
K-12 schools hit by cybercriminals from July 2023 to December 2024. Thatâs over 9,300 incidents. Most happened when staff fell for phishing scams. But they didnât just lose data. Some attacks forced schools to close and affected meals and special education services.
Price of Lamborghiniâs baby stroller. The Reef AL Arancio is like a supercar for infants. It has car-like brake pedals, Italian leather and Lamborghiniâs iconic logo. They teamed up with Silver Cross to create this âsuper stroller.â Only 500 were made, so these bougie babies will stand out.
