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If you think food prices are high now, just wait. Grocery stores across the country are installing electronic shelf labels (ESLs), ditching those humble paper price tags for sleek little digital screens.
Sounds like a snazzy tech upgrade, right? Just wait until your eggs get a price hike while youāre still pushing your cart toward the meat section.
I got a great question from Danielle in Austin: āKim, every time I search for a flight and go back later, the price has gone up. Are airlines tracking me? If I clear my browser history or use incognito mode, will I get a cheaper deal?ā
š Waymoās not cheap: A study in San Francisco found it costs about $10 more than Lyft or Uber during peak hours. The twist? Some people actually prefer it. The quiet, driverless ride and having the car to yourself is enough to win them over. Introverts stay winning.
Thatās how many knee or ankle injuries parkour athletes suffer every 1,000 hours. Not bad ā¦ until you remember thatās for people literally jumping off rooftops. You donāt need to leap between rooftops to wreck your joints. Alert: Your knees are fragile, protect your meat hinges.
Every day, it feels like thereās another company saying, āOops, we lost your info.ā Feel helpless? Donāt. Iāve got some smart steps that help lock things down and keep creeps from using your info against you. Letās jump in.
I hear from some of you who say, āKim, I donāt care about AI, itās not my thing.ā I get it. But AI does matter. Youāre using it even when you think youāre not. Ever yell, āSpeak to a real personā?
What some travelers are paying to stay at luxury hotels inside airports (paywall link). No Ubers needed here, just walk off the plane and into your room. Added perks? Fancy food, upscale bars, blackout curtains and spa-like bathrooms. Hey, jet lag with lobster sounds pretty nice.
šŖ Retail crypto grab: Walmart and Amazon are both reportedly exploring launching brand-backed crypto stablecoins. Insiders say it could let them ditch banks (and bank fees), process payments faster and soak up even more of your money. Finally, you can pay for eggs with Jeff Coinsā¢.
Wait a minute: Sam Altman, creator of ChatGPT, went on record to say that he now believes artificial intelligence has surpassed human intelligence. He calls it the āevent horizon.ā But intelligence is judgment and emotional control. When AI can invent a human being, a real one with a heart, a soul and a messy, beautiful brain, then weāll talk.