Why so cirrus

Why so cirrus? The decentralized, user-driven Bluesky platform hit 3 million users — and it’s no longer invite-only. Check it out and let me know what you think. So far, I’m unimpressed with yet another social media platform wanting my attention.

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Stop Facebook from using your data to train AI

Mark Zuckerberg’s favorite word is “public.” In Meta’s recent Q4 earnings call, he said, “On Facebook and Instagram, there are hundreds of billions of publicly shared images and tens of billions of public videos, which we estimate is greater than the Common Crawl dataset and people share large numbers of public text posts in comments across our services as well.”

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7 ways to stop paying so much on streaming every dang month

Five years ago, Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu with Live TV would cost you around $56 a month. Not bad! Today, the exact services will run you over $106. How’s that for outrageous?

New research shows we’re more cutthroat than ever about what we pay to stream. Let’s look at some clever ways people save so you can, too!

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Trivia

What was the most expensive smartphone ever sold? Was it the … A.) Diamond Crypto, B.) Goldvish Le Million, C.) Vertu Signature Cobra or D.) Falcon Supernova iPhone?

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67.8 million Americans

Are expected to bet $23.1 billion on Sunday’s Super Bowl. A new record! Add the $20 bet I just made with Andrew on Kim Komando Today to that total. I’m going with the 49ers.

3.1 billion daily users

Across Meta apps — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads. Fun fact: WhatsApp for iPhone hit about 250,000 downloads per day in January. Meanwhile, on Jan. 4 alone, 1.3 million downloads on Android.

$5 worth of copper

That’s how much is in the average EV charger. All the jokers stealing them must not realize how little they’re worth.

2 number of hours spent on a smartphone to increase one's risk of ADHD by 10%

That’s per day. An estimated 8.7 million U.S. adults have ADHD.

48,000,000 Americans who act as caregivers

A new law, The Credit for Caring Act, would provide up to a $5,000 federal tax credit for working family caregivers.

Trivia

On this day in 2004, something big happened in the tech world. Was it … A.) The release of the iPod, B.) The launch of Facebook, C.) The first YouTube video was published or D.) That Amazon started selling TVs?

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Trivia

An ex-Microsoft exec founded all these sites but one. Is that one … A.) Zillow, B.) Expedia, C.) Glassdoor or D.) Pinterest?

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