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⚠️ Your Wi-Fi was part of 2.7 billion records leaked

February 14, 2025

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Wi-Fi passwords, IP addresses and lots more exposed

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❤️ Be mine

February 14, 2025

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Plus: $800K lottery scam, the FBI is calling, swallowed by a whale (and caught on video)

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🥊 Boxing gloves on

February 13, 2025

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Plus: Etsy scam, $375K gone in a celeb deepfake, Siri saved his life

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📲 ‘Forever chemicals’

February 12, 2025

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Plus: Smartwatch viral hack, sell smarter online with AI, free stock photos

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👀 Is someone stalking you?

February 11, 2025

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Plus: Deepfake p*rn nightmare, world’s fastest supercomputer, LinkedIn growth hack

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🙄 It’s just plain wrong

February 10, 2025

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Plus: DeepSeek will give bomb instructions, QR code scam, Apple’s cute bot idea

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📍 Bad form

February 9, 2025

Plus: New Super Bowl tech, nap pods at work, is the cheapo iPhone worth it?

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🏈 Tech huddle

February 8, 2025

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Plus: Fake job scam, DeepSeek bans are coming, router hack

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🤝 Make money

February 7, 2025

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Plus: Walmart self-checkout thief, foldable iPhone, Google’s Super Bowl ad fumble

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Bad news about your SSN

February 6, 2025

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Data brokers are cashing in, but you can stop them

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💰 Surprise tax bill

February 6, 2025

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Plus: AI cyberstalking, DeepSeek shipping data back to China, new side hustle

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⏳💰 AI Hacks

February 5, 2025

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Plus: Amazon return secret, widow duped out of $40K, new twist in the TikTok ban and more

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⚠️ Hidden trackers

February 4, 2025

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Plus: China’s DeepSeek shocker, UPS QR code scam, how to break Google’s AI Overviews

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🚨 1 in 2 Americans hacked

February 3, 2025

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Plus: Great freebies for you, $500M debacle, AI tip: Gamify your goals

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👁️‍🗨️ Shocker: You do this 400 times a week

February 2, 2025

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Plus: Why tech didn’t stop the DC crash, data-hungriest apps, Google isn’t calling you

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🇨🇳 Can China win?

February 1, 2025

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Plus: Don’t update your iPhone, hospital tech hacked, 4 must-know TV tricks

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📂 Do this before it’s too late

January 31, 2025

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DeepSeek’s sloppy cybersecurity, Amazon might be spying, Elon fake news

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🤫 What I asked DeepSeek

January 30, 2025

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Apple’s major chip flaw, fake toll fee texts, OpenAI: ‘They stole our model’

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💰 Why your insurance costs more today

January 29, 2025

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Did DeepSeek lie? Plus, Meta in panic mode, keyboard smarts, ideal winter temp

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🇨🇳 What is Chinese AI DeepSeek?

January 28, 2025

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New AI-based scam, major Windows flaw, see your recalls on Amazon

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