Jim from Indiana talks to his AI companion Mia nearly nonstop. He tells me how he found out the real woman behind the bot is wanted by police. You can now rent AI tools to run scams for less than the cost of Netflix. Plus, half of Uber drivers aren’t who you think, why Wi-Fi 7 routers are a ripoff, and five apps selling your moves.

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Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are battling for control of the internet from space. I break down who's winning and why China just filed to launch 200,000 satellites. Plus, Meta torches $80 billion on the Metaverse before finally killing it, Bandcamp bans AI music, and why your electric bill keeps climbing while data centers get sweetheart deals.

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I talk to Kimberly from Los Angeles, who's in an online relationship with a military man. Or is she? Plus, Google's Play Store settlement, ChatGPT wants your health data and Jeff Bezos gets hacked. Swipe right for work? With unemployment rising, job seekers are turning to Hinge, Tinder and more to get hired.

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Make $80K/year renting your yard? Yep! One guy earns a full salary doing this on the Neighbor app, and I break down the strategy so you can copy it. Plus, confession: I Zillow people. Here’s why the real power move is fact-checking your friends’ finances. I also cover how to find your "lost money" and the real reason why customer service is bad on purpose.

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