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⚠️ Privacy risk

April 14, 2025

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+ Trump crypto change, Lauren Sanchez mission, Microsoft Recall and more tech knowledge

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🫴🏼 AI can help you flirt, sleep and parent better

April 13, 2025

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+ No tech tariffs, urgent Windows patch, dangerous undersea cord-cutting and tech goodness

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You’ll wish you’d set this up sooner

April 12, 2025

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+ Very expensive rocks, Apple’s tariff-dodging “airdrop,” and a poorly named moon

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📺 My streaming picks

April 11, 2025

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+ Robot bears, deepfake job candidates and long live the queen bee

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🔥 Fire hazards

April 10, 2025

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+ Robot surgery, AI avatars in court and a longer day on Uranus

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⚡️ You’re ignoring this power move

April 9, 2025

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+ GPS disaster, fingerprint déjà vu and why Fortnite is Sabrina Carpenter’s cash cow

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🙉 Ultrasonic tracking on the rise

April 8, 2025

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+ fake toll text scams, MrBeast in the pyramids, and an OG tech comeback

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📈 Buy these electronics now before tariffs hit

April 7, 2025

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+ Airbnb sneaky cams, an obituary for cheap stuff, one very long movie and more tech smarts

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🔮 Your next smartphone will look like this

April 6, 2025

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+ Diamond ring scam, sneaky kid hack, wellness tech in cars and must-know tech smarts right here

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🐌 Don’t let this slow you down

April 5, 2025

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Plus: Tuck ditches truck, bears crash tech, a pacemaker the size of a Tic Tac and more

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🤔 Are you smart?

April 4, 2025

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Plus: Zelle is dead, Microsoft turns 50, AI writes breakup songs and no sign of Nessie

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✅ One setting you must turn on your phone now

April 3, 2025

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Plus: IRS scams, iOS updates, one heroic bat boy, awkward DMs and tons of tech smarts

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💰Waiting pays off

April 2, 2025

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Plus: major Social Security warning, new AI drugs save lives, Samsung vacuum phone and more tech goodness

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🧬 Your DNA is online even if you didn’t provide it

April 1, 2025

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TikTok sale, IRS scam link, Hailey Bieber social drama, ChatGPT’s hottest competitor and more tech smarts

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🛑 I told my bank “No” to this security feature. You should, too

March 31, 2025

Plus: Chrome warning, crypto scammers, Ford bringing back stick shift and more tech know-how

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🌎 You won’t believe what Google Maps found

March 30, 2025

Plus: Sam’s Club breach, major Facebook change, free AI classes and more tech goodness you’ll use

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💰 Tax scam warning

March 30, 2025

Tricks to watch for and my tips to stay safe

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⚒️ Easy tech upgrades

March 29, 2025

Plus: Windows updates, get paid to shop, why birth rates are down, tech secrets and more smarts you need

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💡 Power bill hack

March 28, 2025

Plus: Apple scam alert, AI translators, Ghibli-style pics, pro tech tricks and more to keep you tech-ahead for free

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⚠️ Big app mistake

March 27, 2025

Plus: Chrome malware warning, dumb TikTok challenge, stay away from Bitcoin ATMs, and more tech smarts

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