š„ļø Take screenshots on Windows: The Snipping Tool makes grabbing part of your screen easy. Press Windows key + Shift + S to open it. Make sure the camera icon is selected, then pick a snip style like rectangle, freeform or full screen. Click and drag to capture, and your screenshot will pop up in the bottom right or in your Screenshots folder.
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Let me tell you something thatāll make you look at your āloyalty perksā apps and programs a lot differently.
You think youāre getting a deal along with points, rewards, a freebie here and there. But what youāre really signing up for is a machine thatās collecting, analyzing and monetizing you.
š§© Losing the plot: A Canadian guy chatted with ChatGPT for 300 hours and a million words, and the bot basically gaslit him into believing heād discovered a world-saving math formula (paywall link). A former OpenAI safety researcher dug into the transcripts and found the wild part: The bot lied about reporting itself to OpenAI. I, too, have been personally victimized by math.Ā
I know that many of you are afraid that AI is going to take your job. And you might be right.
The 2025 Global State of AI at Work report just confirmed what weāre all sensing. AI isnāt the future. It is now. But before you panic, let me offer a new way to look at this.Ā
Speaking of: Got Amazon Prime? You might have a (small) check headed your way. Amazonās shelling out $2.5 billion to settle claims it trapped users in sneaky Prime subscriptions. Payouts max at $51 each, covering members from 2019 to 2025. If you used your Prime benefits three times or fewer in any 12-month period, youāll automatically get a payment (no claim needed) by Dec. 24, 2025. If youāre not in that group but eligible to file, a third-party claims administrator will email or mail instructions by Jan. 23, 2026.Ā
š¹ A ride to remember: This is so great. After a bad skateboarding crash, Joey called an Uber instead of 911. His driver, Beni, not only took him to the hospital, but he stayed by Joeyās side all day. The two became lifelong friends. āThat one act of kindness,ā Joey said, āhelped me see the good in the world again.ā Letās see a Waymo do that.Ā
š„ Robots on the rocks: While bourbon brands collapse left and right, two Kentucky vets just opened Whiskey House, a five-story robot-run distillery that tracks 1,500 sensors per barrel. They make whiskey for everyone elseās labels, like a ghostwriter with a drinking problem. The crazy part? Only seven people run the whole plant. The story about it is really interesting (paywall link).
š¤ Tough love: Do you coddle your AI chatbot? New research says being polite actually makes them dumber. Penn State researchers found that ārudeā prompts got answers right 85% of the time vs. 81% for polite ones. So go ahead, skip the āplease.ā Your AI doesnāt have feelings ā¦ yet.
š Space commune, anyone? Jeff Bezos says by 2045, millions will live in space by choice. Robots will ācommuteā to the moon for us, handling all the dusty jobs while humans float in orbit. He swears itās the next plow moment, not postapocalyptic sci-fi. Sam Altman agrees. Muskās already packing. Me? Iāll be waving goodbye from Earth.Ā
š§ Your wish, its command(o): Microsoft turned your PC into an eager intern. Say āHey, Copilot,ā and itāll start doing stuff. Like actual tasks: updating settings, installing apps, flipping modes. No clicks. No confirmation. The āHey, Copilotā wakeāword feature is optāin (not on by default). To use it: Update to the latest Windows 11 > Open the Copilot app > Tap your avatar (bottom left) > Settings > Scroll down to voice mode > Toggle āListen for āHey, Copilotāā on. Voila, start bossing it around.
