Timeless success

With the updated Google for Education App Hub, educators and school admins have, at a glance, 25 apps to update class rosters, grade papers and so much more. My homeroom teacher once told me I’d never amount to much because of how I procrastinated. I replied, “Just you wait.”

✈️ Mind your drone business: Michelle Reyes captured a video showing a “flying cylinder” whizzing by after she took off from LaGuardia Airport near New York City. UFO experts aren’t sure what it is, and some folks are saying it’s a bug. Looks like a drone to me. But having a drone that close to an aircraft is very scary.

Two years ago, only seven were. We’re totally with it: You can watch Kim Komando Today as a video!

🔋 New battery safety feature: In 2020, one-and-a-half-year-old Reese Hamsmith swallowed a coin-shaped button battery and died. Her parents pressured Energizer to make a change — now, these batteries taste awful and dye your mouth bright blue when mixed with spit. Keep an eye on your kiddos; these batteries are in everything from watches to remotes.

A tax change means you don’t have to wait months and months for the credit — it now comes directly off the sticker price (paywall link). Here’s a list of cars that qualify.

To die for: Watch out for ambiguous-sounding Facebook posts, like, “It won’t be the same without him” or “I can’t believe he is gone.” That’s a big red flag your connection’s account got hacked and the scammer’s setting you (and other connected friends and family) up to steal account creds — or money. 

At least according to a survey of 14,000 people. Old used to be around age 71. Yeah, we’re well past the days of 55 being considered a senior citizen. Lemme tell ya, 45 is the new 30, folks!

YouTube’s getting more ads: The Google video ad whiz team has figured out how to show us ads when a video is paused. There will be a “dismiss” button to kill the ads. No official launch date, but when you see it, remember you heard it here first.

No beating the Bezos: The FTC is going after Amazon for a price-fixing scheme that generated more than $1 billion in profits. But a lot of the evidence is gone. Shocker, Amazon’s top brass (including Jeff Bezos) used the messaging app Signal to make their texts automatically disappear — forever.

Soon, airlines will have to refund you in cash or directly to your original payment method if they cancel or delay your flight. Same goes for if you paid for checked bags or in-flight Wi-Fi. These rules will roll out over the next six to 12 months.