Level up

Level up: OpenAI just launched GPT-4 Turbo, making ChatGPT sharper in writing, math, logical reasoning and coding. It’s now trained on public information up to December 2023. It’s for paying customers only; ChatGPT Plus, Team and Enterprise subscribers will get this upgrade.

Tags: OpenAI, upgrades


The cartel’s latest target? Your retirement

What do Mexican gangs, murder and retirees have in common? They’re all part of one massive vishing operation. That’s right, Mexican drug cartels are targeting older people with timeshares — and walking away with millions. 

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📺 Catch up on my video podcasts: The best place to do this is my YouTube channel. You have to watch Friday’s show. So funny!

73 cents per stamp

This is the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed new price for Forever stamps starting in July. It’s up 8% from the current price of 68 cents and 78% more than the initial 2007 price of 41 cents. I’d send more letters, but stamp-flation is out of control!

Emergency FYI: Your phone can still call 911 even if you don’t have service or a SIM card. Any cellphone tower will put the call through — even if you’re on a competitor’s network.

Stop searching: You know you sent someone a pic but you can’t find it. On iPhone, open Messages, tap a convo then the person’s profile photo or group name. Scroll to Photos > See All. On Android, open Messages, then tap the search bar at the top.

Mouse trick: Zoom in (or out) on whatever’s on your screen by hitting the Ctrl key on Windows (Cmd on a Mac) and spinning your scroll wheel up to zoom in and down to zoom out.

Step inside buildings: Did you know you can virtually visit the inside of places such as stores, airports or hotels? Open the Google Maps app and tap the Search box. Enter a place name or address, then, at the bottom, tap that name or address. Scroll until you see photos, and tap on a 360-degree shot. To see more photos of this location, tap Photos. Cool!

Don’t get fooled: After you download a file online, check the extension. You’re looking for something like .doc or .pdf. If the filename ends with .exe, delete it — it’s likely malware.

It just “clicks”: If you’re in a document or on a webpage with text, double-clicking highlights a word. Triple-clicking highlights an entire paragraph. It works to highlight a word in a URL or the entire URL, too.

Free photo editor: Confession: I’ve never been patient enough to learn how to use Photoshop. When you need to do a quick crop, edit or resize, try Pixlr Editor. It works in your browser and runs on almost every operating system.