The Current

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Sep 3, 2026

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9 min read

🍎 Don’t buy Apple anything yet

Plus: 153m driver's licenses on the dark web, creepy Cat in the Hat, Meta bricking creeper glasses, a toothbrush that takes photos, Gmail’s self-destructing emails, your smartwatch flatters your workout and a drone on poop patrol.

Sep 2, 2026

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10 min read

🔥 The battery mistake grounding flights

Plus: Florida evicting 150 highway spy cameras, the scam ring behind 194,000 fake DMV texts, hackers stroll into Dropbox, soldiers hoarding PTO for GTA VI, what strangers see on your Facebook and 3D printing the British Museum.

Sep 1, 2026

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9 min read

🚨 Hackers stole the password vaults

Plus: Smart glasses filming you in secret, a drone outran an ambulance, say goodbye to finger pricks, 18 extensions caught stealing, what Elon’s building in Texas, school laptops spy at home and the AI prompt that roasts you.