The Current

Tech news, pop culture, security alerts, device advice and smart tips that'll have people asking, "Hey, how'd you know that?" all in 5 minutes a day.

Sep 25, 2026

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9 min read

🔓 Your license overshares

Plus: Walmart pricing you by your cart, AI Gene Wilder creeping out critics, the photo hiding in your videos, sneakers with an odometer and America’s chubbiest bear contest

⚠️ Scammers are mailing photos of your house

Sep 24, 2026

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9 min read

⚠️ Scammers are mailing photos of your house

Plus: Hackers claiming every FBI employee’s file, fridges bricked by a bad update, 126 IRS audit algorithms, a fake CO2 alarm at 4 a.m., a 15-second earbud fix, veto power over Facebook tags and a mansion with 2,000 doors.

Sep 23, 2026

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10 min read

🧒 An 11-year-old guards your forecast

Plus: A plane with nobody up front, Venmo scam spreading, ChatGPT crumbs in your Chrome, a headshot that still looks like you, storage hogs on your Android, a chatbot playing transplant board, Wordle solved by math nerds and a blurred-photo setting every parent needs.