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 9, 2026

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9 min read

📺 Your TV listens when it’s off

Plus: Lower your cellphone bill, scammers crash family group chats, the cloud landing on your power bill, dashcams chase TikTok fame, a mall directory hiding in Apple Maps and Steve Ballmer laughing at the iPhone.

Sep 8, 2026

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9 min read

⌚ Your fitness tracker is guessing

Plus: an AI that caught its owner's cancer, Google finally nailing your umbrella call, a $900 fake FedEx label, the great CD comeback, birthday wishes that send themselves, a robot that knows karate, and your TV remote's demotion.

Sep 7, 2026

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9 min read

💰 Get paid to catch AI lying

Plus: the robotaxi you may have to push, walking Grandma to her gate again, an AI that mapped a whole town's secrets, the "free TV" box that rents out your Wi-Fi, YouTube's hold-for-2x trick, rental car mistake and Mr. Mittens' armored division.