Shocking crime

Shocking crime: A 13-year-old Pennsylvania girl stabbed and killed her mother after her mom took away her cellphone. The girl also stabbed her 11-year-old brother, who survived. She’s being charged as an adult with criminal homicide and aggravated assault. How can something like this happen?

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Try these April Fools' tech tricks on friends and family!

Monday is April 1, and I can’t let it go by without recommending some techy April Fools’ pranks! If you know me, you know I love a good gag. If you know Barry, you know he’s my most frequent victim.

These sneaky tricks are harmless (and hilarious), but be forewarned — they require a little bit of device snooping. Hey, what else do you have going on this weekend?

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I’m livestreaming today at 11:30 a.m. Pacific (2:30 p.m. Eastern). Come watch on YouTube, Rumble or Facebook. Tell me your best (pod-friendly) joke — I might just read it on the air!

Trivia

What do you see once in a year, twice in a week but only twice in forever?

Find the answer here

9,200 feet above the legal limit

That’s how high a drone was flying when it nearly collided with a British Airways plane. Pilots spotted the drone 30 miles from Heathrow at an altitude of 9,600 feet. The drone came within five feet of the plane’s wing.

24% of drivers use Instagram behind the wheel

It’s the most distracting app on the road. No like, post or comment is worth a car wreck. Please — it could save your life or someone else’s.

$200K for a Cybertruck

Despite Tesla threatening price gougers with a $50,000 fine. Buying Elon’s $80,000 tank/truck meant agreeing to a contract that boiled down to, “I won’t resell this.” One dope had his delivery canceled when Tesla spotted him trying to sell it before it even arrived.

4.5M times faster than broadband

That’s the new record for internet speed. Scientists from Aston University hit 301 terabits per second. That’s fast enough to download every single movie on IMDb in one minute. I can’t even pick what to watch in five minutes.

3 top risk factors for dementia

They are diabetes, air pollution and alcohol consumption. Scientists looked at 40,000 brain scans and found those have double the risk of other factors.

Trivia

In every Apple ad, the time shown on the iPhones, MacBooks and iPads is always the same. Is it A.) 9:41, B.) 12:01, C.) 6:30 or D.) 10:10?

Find the answer here

156.3 trillion fps captured by the world’s fastest camera

For context, the highest iPhone camera speed is just 240 frames per second (fps). Scientists will use the camera’s “swept-coded aperture real-time femto-photography” (SCARF, for short) to snap “shockwaves moving through matter.” But can it see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch? All right, I’m sorry for that one.