YouTubers are creating memorial videos for people they’ve never met
Earlier this year, a very dear friend of mine — and a talented 47-year-old cancer doctor and researcher — fell to the ground after delivering a presentation to hundreds of colleagues. All those doctors were in the room, and he passed away. So heartbreaking.
Here’s something to get nostalgic about — the first banner ad on a website appeared in 1994. Was it for … A.) AOL, B.) Apple, C.) AT&T or D.) Intel?
$30,000 right to a scammer
How much an 80-year-old man “invested.” The Michigan resident sent the moolah to someone he met on Words With Friends claiming to be an LA investment banker. The money and “advisor” are gone — along with his win streak, I’m guessing.
See if your firewall is working
Even if a hacker knows your computer’s location and IP address, a firewall keeps them from accessing your system and network.
Newer Windows and Mac systems have built-in software firewalls — but one wrong setting can leave your computer vulnerable. I know it sounds complicated, but there’s a simple way to check if yours is working.
Gibson Research Corporation’s (GRC) ShieldsUP!! scans your firewall to make sure your ports aren’t exposed. If ShieldsUP!! can see your ports over the internet, so can someone else with the right port-scanning tools.
- Click Proceed on the home page and then the GRC’s Instant UPnP Exposure Test button on the following page.
- If your computer doesn’t respond to the test, your firewall is working. Yay!
- If there are issues, GRC links to how-tos and articles to check for common problems.
🌨️ If girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice and boys are made of slime, snails, and puppy-dog tails, what’s the cloud made from? Linux servers, mostly.
$5 to $20 for a selfie
The fee owners of the viral pink Stanley cup are charging. No kidding, the sold-out travel mugs are in that high of demand. I’m not usually a fan of altered photos, but to anyone considering this offer, Photoshop (and freebie versions) exist.
44 miles of electric driving
For the Toyota Prius Prime SE before switching to hybrid mode. It’s the “greenest” car in America. Its weight, tech and build make it more efficient than fully electric cars. The real shocker: The Prime SE is available in six colors, and none of them are green.
Keep your comings and goings private
You can prevent iOS and Android from tracking you, but they don’t make it easy. The feature is buried inside your device’s privacy settings and, by default, records your daily routine. Here are the steps to take back some of your privacy.
Turn off location settings on Apple devices
- Open Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services.
- Scroll and tap System Services.
- Choose Significant Locations to see the logged record of where you’ve been and toggle it off.
- You can also remove your history here by clicking Clear History.
Change location settings on Android devices
- Open Settings.
- Scroll and tap Location or Advanced if you have a work profile.
- At the top, turn off Use location.
- To delete your device’s location cache, tap Delete Location History at the bottom of the screen under “Location History.”
- Repeat this process for each Google account you have on your Android device.
$30M in Series A funding
That’s how much the photo-sharing app Lapse just raised. The app adds “developing” time to pics, only letting you see and share them after one to three hours. No edits allowed. Gen Z is feelin’ the old-school delayed gratification. I’ll sell you my old DSLR for less than $30 million!
50% of record buyers don’t have a turntable to play an LP on
What’s the deal? Seems superfans are buying them as keepsakes — the highest sellers are Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Olivia Rodrigo. Fair enough, but get a hi-fi!
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5,575 tigers in the wild
That’s up from an all-time low of 3,200 in 2010. Habitat destruction is the tiger’s main threat, so NASA and Google Earth have teamed up to help scientists track “tiger conservation landscapes.” I think that’s gr-r-reat!