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⚠️ 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.

Sep 22, 2026

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9 min read

📺 Your TV is taking attendance

Plus: Your DVR sneaking ads into recordings, Meghan Markle’s leaked phone number, Google laptops that outlive your couch, internships harder to land than Harvard, ChatGPT tails you around Chrome, and the iPhone 18 for $414.