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You know how when you buy a bag of potato chips, the bag is half empty? So annoying. Which gas do the chip manufacturers pump into the bag? Is it … A.) Nitrogen, B.) Oxygen, C.) Carbon dioxide or D.) Argon?
The answer: A.) Nitrogen. This extra cushion of air keeps your chips from getting crushed in transit, and using nitrogen gas helps prevent them from oxidizing and spoiling. Snack fact attack!
Amazon is drowning in AI-generated crockpot cookbooks riddled with typos like “[insert number] recipes” and AI author photos faker than a $3 bill. No way I’m trying any of these recipes, but this X thread from someone who bought one is pretty funny.
Another mind-blowing stat? Each F1 car costs nearly $16 million to build. And get this: One team was still tracking all their parts in an Excel spreadsheet until a new boss introduced a modern tracking system. Sounds like they needed to be reading this free newsletter.
When you drop an AirPod, Apple’s Find My feature helps you find it quickly. But for non-Apple earbuds — and all the rest of your Bluetooth gear — it’s not so simple.
That’s why you need a Bluetooth-finder app on your phone. It works a bit like a metal detector.
💡 Our IT genius, John, recommends this option for iPhone and this one for Android.
Jedi mind trick: Elon Musk shared a video of Neuralink’s first human patient using the brain implant to play chess on a laptop and stream music. Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old guy paralyzed from the shoulders down due to a diving accident, compares his Neuralink experience to “using the Force” from Star Wars.
🌑 NASA’s got a job for you: If you’re under the total solar eclipse on April 8, why not contribute to important solar research? Download SunSketcher’s free app, record the eclipse and submit your photos. You won’t be able to take other pics at the same time, but I can’t think of a better reason to skip the selfies.
AI PC: Microsoft is marketing the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 as their first AI-powered PCs with Intel Core Ultra processors, a new Copilot key and a Neural Processing Unit. Interested? They’re shipping for business-only users starting on April 9, 2024, for $1,199 a pop. Consumers can get them beginning in late May.
This is hard-core: The Justice Department just hit Apple with a huge antitrust lawsuit. They say Apple is playing dirty to maintain a monopoly over the smartphone market (and keep its prices high) by smothering the iPhone’s competition. Apple says it’s all about keeping user data safe. Su-u-u-re.
We’re skewed: The U.S. House of Representatives just put its foot down, banning data brokers from selling your info to China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. Rulebreakers will face heavy penalties from the Federal Trade Commission. Spoiler: It’s too late.
Over 3,000,000 hotel rooms are at risk: Traveling soon? Ask your hotel if the room you’ll be in uses a Saflok lock. Hackers found a way to crack them in seconds. All they need is a keycard, a $300 RFID device (paywall link), and boom, they’re in. The company behind Saflok has been trying to fix this since 2022. Here’s what the locks look like.
☕️ He likes me a latte: At Muji in Hudson Yards, NYC, there’s a new barista in town, and it’s not human. Jarvis, named after Iron Man’s sidekick, makes your coffee, shakes its metal booty, shoots compliments … and asks for tips via tablet. I’m all for tipping service workers, but this is ridiculous.
