The Current

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Oct 31, 2026

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10 min read

💀 Your zombie logins

Plus: Crooks faking your kid in three seconds, Netflix racing the headlines, a bike that pauses cartoons until kids pedal, Gmail replies with one emoji, typing to Siri with a button, free horror movies for tonight and houses wearing light-show costumes.

🕵️ Your price is higher than your neighbors

Oct 30, 2026

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9 min read

🕵️ Your price is higher than your neighbors

Plus: Chrome reading your email to fill forms, the login your bank wants back, a ghost dressed by AI, trying on clothes with a selfie, 1 million Amazon robots and a map to the good candy

🎃 Someone could kick in your front door this Halloween

Oct 29, 2026

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10 min read

🎃 Someone could kick in your front door this Halloween

Plus: an Emmy winner charged with stalking his ex, xAI buying a neighborhood’s silence, free fixes for cracked iPhone Duos, life-size 3D calls for military families, an Airbnb “room” that was really a shed, a $795 robot hanging from your ceiling and the truth about your dog’s microchip