Self-care for your lazy Sunday

👉 Here’s your permission slip to treat yourself.

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My girlfriend in Thailand helps me buy crypto — July 19th, Hour 2

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One caller’s investing big in crypto thanks to a Tinder match overseas. Is it a scam or love? You be the judge. Plus, new tools that steal app code in seconds, AI taking over tattoos, and a $4 million space rock up for auction.

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48,000

That’s how many likes Tinder’s “most swiped right man” racked up without finding “the one.” Despite spending nine years and countless hours on the app (earning him the title “Mr. Tinder”), Stefan-Pierre Tomlin found love the old-fashioned way, meeting his girlfriend during a night out. She had no clue he was Mr. Tinder until she Googled him.

Miss the old Start menu? With Windows 10 support ending in October, you might not love that Windows 11 centers the taskbar icons by default. Good news: You can switch back to the classic look. Go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors and set Taskbar alignment to Left.

Hackers love when you do this

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Still getting security codes via text? Hackers can steal them in seconds.

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Secret agent lover: Loneliness gets you. A retired U.S. Army colonel turned Air Force contractor admitted to leaking Ukraine war intel to a mystery woman he met on a dating app. She regularly requested classified updates and called him her “secret informant love.” Sentencing is in October, same time as cuffing season. Poetic?

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💔 Trouble in swipe city: Dating apps are seeing a drop in love … and users. Case in point: Bumble just laid off about a third of its staff to cut costs. Why? People are fed up with ghosting, pay-to-play matches and the lack of real connection. Looks like it’s back to making eye contact at the grocery store while squeezing the melons.

👂🏻 Gene therapy restores hearing: I love this. Scientists helped people with lifelong deafness hear for the first time using an experimental treatment. They injected the OTOF gene (needed to send sound signals to the brain) into patients born with a mutation. The outcome? After six months, everyone tested gained some level of hearing. Amazing. 

🖨️ Oh, Brother! Millions of Brother printers have default passwords that hackers can reverse-engineer using the serial number. Brother can’t fully fix it via firmware. For the love of toner, change the admin password so your printer doesn’t get hacked.

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His dream girl stole $80K– June 28th, Hour 2

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Sam from Austin thought he’d found love online. Instead, he lost $80,000 in a fake gold investment scam. Plus, find out why guys are suing OnlyFans, and meet Samsung’s new vacuum: it can answer your calls and texts.

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💒 Joined together in holy macaroni: Forget vows and veils, the rich are throwing music festivals disguised as weddings (paywall link). Think $500K holograms, $170K drapery and Rihanna on both the RSVP and performer list. Jeff Bezos is reportedly next, with a Venetian island, protests and a chilled Renaissance castle. Love is patient, love is kind, and love now has a dedicated caviar stylist.

📞 Hackers love call centers: They’re bribing low-paid call center workers to bypass security (paywall link) and loot crypto wallets. Coinbase alone may be out $400 million. All it took was screenshots, Chrome bugs and $2,500 Venmo bribes.

🎉 You’re invited! This weekend, my award-winning national radio show is broadcasting on 420+ stations across the U.S., and I’d love for you to join the fun. I’m talking tech tips, digital life hacks, wild stories I can’t fit in the newsletter and taking calls from listeners just like you. Find your local station or get the podcast.