Amazon's smart shopping cart

I love the idea of being able to skip checkout and still pay for my stuff. One of my biggest questions is how much prices will differ depending on where you live.

Watch out for QR code email scams

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QR codes are everywhere — restaurants, stores, even buses. But scammers are taking advantage of that convenience.

😏 Didn’t take long: TikTok is back in the iPhone and Android app stores. The hiatus didn’t stop folks who used “sideloading” to install it from third-party sites (so dangerous!) or VPNs to fake their location. President Trump is set to make a decision about TT’s buyer before April 5.

60 new stores

Opening this year for Barnes & Noble. You read that correctly — opening, not closing. Last year, they opened 57 stores in the U.S. Hey, even in the Kindle age, people love books they can hold. Now I want to go browse.

📇 Android clipboard history: Your smartphone stores texts and links you’ve recently copied, making it easy to paste old snippets. To find them, tap the Clipboard icon when your keyboard appears. Don’t see it? Tap the arrow on the left side of the keyboard to open the menu, then select Clipboard.

Why does the government sell a $1K jar of peanut butter?

There’s a government warehouse that stores just about everything you could imagine — vitamins, “domestic sludge,” a standard bullet and even a jar of peanut butter that sells for about 200 times the going grocery store rate. It even maintains a cybersecurity database with all known software vulnerabilities. You’ll find all this at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. So, what is going on?

3 ways grocery stores track you

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You’re not just buying dinner — retailers are watching your every move, from your purchases to your location.

Every American's Social Security number could be up for grabs

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Hackers leaked 2.7 billion records from National Public Data, including SSNs. What does this mean for you? Plus, dynamic pricing at grocery stores, Google’s new game-changing updates, and Ford’s latest ‘do not drive’ alert. 

Clone your voice in 15 minutes

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A new iPhone feature can make a copy of your voice. Could scammers use it for deepfakes? A German company will freeze your body for over $200,000, hoping to bring you back to life later. Plus, Taco Bell brings AI to the drive-thru, and be wary of fake Facebook stores.

Orwellian and creepy - Chinese facial recognition systems in stores

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Are stores watching you while you shop for groceries? In one minute, I share how they’re cracking down on crime by tracking your face.