Drive-thrus just got smarter

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Fast food chains are swapping out scratchy speakers for AI voices at the drive-thru. Orders sound crystal clear now, but not without a few hilarious hiccups.

Sound check: This is incredible. A noisy experiment gone right led to histotripsy, a cancer treatment that uses ultrasound to blast tumors without surgery. FDA-approved for liver cancer, it’s noninvasive, fast and, get this, 95% effective in trials so far. Patients usually go home the same day. The inventor discovered it trying to quiet her lab. Volume down, breakthrough up.

After 52 years

The U.S. is lifting its ban on supersonic flights over home turf. That means commercial jets faster than the speed of sound could soon take off. Why the ban in the first place? Sonic booms had people complaining. Now the FAA needs to write up new rules for acceptable noise levels. Hope your windows are ready.

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⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Want to find your phone? Say, “Hey, Siri, where are you?” (or “Hey, Google”), and follow the sound. Magic. 🔍📱

🎭 Clone calls incoming: Scammers just need three seconds of your voice, and boom, you’re “calling” someone to demand urgent wire transfers. AI-generated voice phishing (“vishing”) is scaling fast, with attackers using Vall-E and ElevenLabs to sound uncannily real. Those unknown numbers calling? Don’t yap the usual, “Stop calling me, you dumb SOB.” 

⚡️ 3-second tech genius: If you’ve got multiple browser tabs playing sound, right-click one and select Mute site to silence it. In some browsers, you can also click the Speaker icon. Love that.

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👂🏻 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. 

Dinner and a movie? Not in 20 years

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Even with better food, sound, and service, theaters are still on the decline. Execs say the classic night out has an expiration date.

This is embarrassing: Be careful when you’re talking through Bluetooth in your car. That sound can leak more than you think. Before you say something like, “Doctor, this rash is all over my…” turn the volume way down or hit mute.

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🧳 Global Entry is getting faster: New camera tech will soon let travelers breeze through passport control without stopping. Your face gets scanned on the move, so no kiosks or lines. It’s being tested at seven airports, including Miami, LAX, Chicago O’Hare and Toronto. Suddenly, that $120 five-year membership doesn’t sound so bad.

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Use AI to make your emails less cringe

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Before you hit send and accidentally start office drama, copy your message into a chatbot and let AI make you sound less like a jerk.

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