Gen Z and online scams

Cop today, drone tomorrow: The NYPD has new crime-fighting drones thanks to 24-year-old Blake Resnick’s company, Brinc Drones (paywall), now worth over $300 million with backing from OpenAI’s Sam Altman. This is just the beginning of police drones coming out in full force. You heard it here first.

🎓 Share this AI tool with a teacher: Khan Academy’s AI teaching assistant, Khanmigo, is now free for teachers to whip up quick lesson plans, thanks to a donation from Microsoft. You can bet this is going to make a huge dent on teachers who sell their lesson plans on TeachersPayTeachers⁠.⁠com.

Deadly viral TikTok trend: Kids and teens are huffing paint again, but this time, it has a new name: “Chroming.” A 13-year-old just died and 13.8% of U.S. eighth graders say they’ve tried inhalants at least once. Talk to your kids.

🚕 Say, “No way”: Waymo’s self-driving taxis might not be in your town yet, but if you’re traveling this summer, keep an eye out for them on the roads. They’re covered in sensors and hard to miss. PSA: They’re under federal investigation for causing more than 20 accidents. I wouldn’t get in one.

Never pay upfront on Marketplace: An 18-year-old was just arrested in Fort Lauderdale for posting his neighbors’ cars for rent on FB Marketplace. The scammer collected deposits and then sent renters to the car owners’ real addresses. One neighbor said eight people showed up at her house over three weeks. Another got his car smashed by an angry would-be renter.

Pass it to your IT person: Slack is using your private chats to train its AI systems. For your data, you’ll get benefits like improved emoji suggestions. Lame. You can’t opt out in the settings; to escape, your Slack admin needs to send an email to feedback@slack⁠.⁠com with your workspace or organization URL and the subject line, “Slack global model opt-out request.”

📞 Digital doppelgänger: Truecaller now lets you clone your voice and answer calls with an AI assistant. It’ll screen incoming calls with something like, “Hi there! I’m Digital Kim! May I ask who’s calling?” Wanna try it? Open Settings > Set Up Personal Voice, and follow the instructions. Only $2.99 a month to hand over your voice … No, thanks.

🔥 Hot off the press: Apple’s foldable MacBook could arrive in 2026, a year earlier than expected. Rumor has it we’re looking at an 18.8- or 20-inch display and Apple’s M5 processor. Oh, and foldable iPhones and iPads are still in the development pipeline, too. If anyone can do it right, it’s Apple.

Sam wants your repair shop to sing: Samsung is asking independent phone repair shops to pass along your name and contact details if you’ve used their services on your Samsung device. If that shop discovers any aftermarket parts in your phone, Samsung asks that they “immediately disassemble” (destroy) your device.

Beep-beep: A new bill in California might soon make your car beep at you for speeding. Dubbed “passive speed limiters,” these devices will be mandatory in all new cars sold in the state by 2032, alerting drivers when they’re over the speed limit by 10 mph. Just so you know, this tech is being used in the EU already, and, yes, drivers can turn it off.