Sounds like a bit of ostrich

A photographer snapped a pic of an incredibly rare blue rock-thrush bird in Oregon. These little guys, native to Europe and Asia, have never been recorded in North America. The birding community is chirping, with experts collaborating to verify it all. How’d the bird get here? Theories range from strong winds to hitching a ride on a ship. Isn’t that amazing?!

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Your Facebook got hacked. Now what?

Benjamin in Huntsville, Alabama, emailed me with a question I get often enough. I thought, “Ya know, I should write about this in the Current.” Someone hacked his Facebook — taking with it 16 years of treasured memories.

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Wipe away the stuff you stayed up too late searching for on Instagram. Open the IG app and tap your profile pic in the bottom right corner. Tap the three-line icon at the top right > Your activity > Recent searches, then tap Clear all twice. Follow me at Instagram.com/KimKomando.

Trivia

In 2000, the fastest-moving and most widespread virus in history hit 3 million PCs in just six hours. Can you guess the subject line of the infected email? Was it … A.) “URGENT,” B.) “ILOVEYOU,” C.) “MONEY4YOU” or D.) “HOT PICS”?

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50% of Americans support the TikTok ban

And 46% think it’s a First Amendment violation. Yes, I support the ban. TikTok’s Communist China-based parent company has nine months to change hands or its time is up in the U.S. Tick-tock!

Walk down memory lane: On Facebook on the web, head to a friend’s profile, click the three dots on the right, then select See friendship. Here, you’ll see all the photos you’re in together and all the messages you’ve exchanged. Neat.

29% of remote workers are logging in from a vacation destination

And doing it without telling their bosses. If there’s no explicit rule against it at your company, it’s fair game to work from wherever you want. But calling in from Margaritaville? You may not be telling, but your new tan and conveniently blurred background are dead giveaways.

Trivia

In 2004, an escaped convict nicknamed the “Rooftop Robber,” or simply “Roofman,” hid for six months in which shuttered tech superstore: A.) CompUSA, B.) RadioShack, C.) Circuit City or D.) Fry’s Electronics?

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$40,000 in power-ups

For Candy Crush, charged to the church Visa card by a now-former Pennsylvania priest. He says it might’ve happened because he’s “not a details guy.” I can hear those sound effects now.

YouTube trick: There might be a good reason you need a solid screenshot of a single frame of a YouTube video. Now, it’s easy to do. Pause the video, right-click on it and select Copy video frame. Sweet! Just paste it into a chat, image editor or document.

30% of kids 5 to 7 are using TikTok

This means 30% of parents of kids ages 5 to 7 need to become better acquainted with being an honest-to-goodness parent.