📱 Gloom and doomscrolling: In case you didn’t know, doomscrolling is when you get caught in a cycle of viewing negative posts on social media. You can set time limits for certain apps, but those are easy to bypass. I have a phone-addicted friend who has her husband hide her phone after 8 p.m. Weird but it works!
“People are not ready”: We have a whole generation of iPad kids, and now, an ex-Google CEO is warning about AI kids. Eric Schmidt says your child’s future bestie could be a bot. He also said “normal people” don’t get AI. Good point, but that’s why you have me! If you’re wondering about AI, I can help.
No more Mr. Dice guy: Sports betting apps are now using AI to limit how much you can wager, especially if you show signs of being methodical or good at betting. The workarounds: Bet using someone else’s account or pretend to be a gambling addict. One guy with a knack for winning set up a bot to log into his account daily between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. to make it seem like he’s obsessed.