The Current

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Aug 20, 2026

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9 min read

💊 Your $120 copay hides an $8 price

Plus: Police drones reading plates at 60 mph, 40 mathematicians face the machines, a high school class worth $100,000, strangers paying $30,000 for your old work files, decluttering your car screen and AirPods that stare back

Aug 19, 2026

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9 min read

🔧 His $28-an-hour job became $880K

Plus: Toyota fixing engines with a hammer, a $4.3 million fake FBI case, Google buying a dead airline’s data for AI, safari trucks going silent, a robot outrunning Usain Bolt and Costco perks without the card.

Aug 18, 2026

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9 min read

🚨 Your license plate is a search result

Plus: A $988 laser hunts mosquitoes, a million Jeeps told to park outside, robots taking the excavator’s seat, Facebook’s silver-fox boyfriends, a $20 can opener your hands will thank you for, blinking your camera flash for alerts and the Ferrari that sings