A guy finally dislodged a little Lego piece he stuck in his nose at age 6. Way back when, he stuck one of the little plastic bricks and a Lego man up his nose. Mom got the Lego man out but didn’t realize the individual brick was still in there. All that time, the 32-year-old dealt with congestion, asthma and sleep apnea. Such a crazy story!
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Securing our lead in AI
China’s AI just outperformed ChatGPT — but they rigged the results. I’ve got the inside story on what this means for America’s AI future.
🤑 MrBeast earned how much? A screenshot showed $4.2 million in earnings after racking up 2.6 billion views in 28 days on YouTube. That’s more than $50 million a year. What a great American success story!
$170 million lawsuit
Over the hit Netflix series “Baby Reindeer.” The drama-thriller is based on comedian Richard Gadd’s one-man show about being stalked. Martha Scott says Netflix never fact-checked his story, and the show has exposed her identity and ruined her life.
Filmed in a fitting room
This story still gives me chills. I don’t think I’ll ever go into a fitting room again.
🔪 The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large: A true crime YouTube channel is racking up views, and most people listening don’t realize every “true story” is completely fake. They’re all AI-generated. The channel owner called it “True Crime” because the genre gets the most clicks. Nice ploy, buddy.
He’s not that into you: A woman lost $375,000 to someone pretending to be “Virgin River” actor Martin Henderson. It all began when she left a comment on a fan page and “his agent” slid into her DMs to say Martin wanted to chat. The scammer used AI voicemails to lure her in, and she moved to New Zealand to be closer to him. The full story is wild.
Take an Uber? You’re giving up your right to sue
Here’s a story that might make you think twice before your next Uber ride.
The exploding pager espionage caper
Thousands of pagers and walkie talkies mysteriously exploded all at once in Lebanon, set off by a secret code. What happened? Get the story in this quick podcast.
AI will watch everything you do
Are you behaving badly? Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison predicts that AI will soon keep you in line. In other news: MoviePass fraud exposed, Snapchat uses your face for ads, and the story behind the viral ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl.
Why '1984' is no longer just a tech cliché
Think ‘Big Brother’ references are overused? Not when Oracle founder Larry Ellison starts talking about global surveillance through AI-powered cameras. Here’s the story.
🙏 Holy shroud: A blood analysis of the Shroud of Turin might back the biblical story of Jesus’ crucifixion. An engineer used modern tech on samples from the 1970s and found signs of organ failure, trauma, disease and radiation. The blood contained earthen materials typically found in Jerusalem. Isn’t this amazing?!
The Wall Street Journal exposes Tesla's unsafe autopilot
They’ve reported over 1,200 autopilot crashes in the past three years, including some fatal. Here’s the full story.
Google filters out Trump
The search engine giant claims they’re filtering out political violence, but could there be more to the story? Get the scoop in this short podcast.
Nvidia's big bet on AI
A Silicon Valley success story no one saw coming — Nvidia’s now the world’s top company, worth $3.42 trillion, thanks to its AI chips. They power everything from gaming to your car. Plus, employees sue over returning to work, iPhone 16 changes, and catching creepy Airbnb hosts.
Deepfakes and Joe Biden's White House
The White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, claims viral videos of President Biden looking frail or confused are deepfakes. But are they really? Here’s the story.
The new generation of car deniers
Beyond the high cost of buying a new car, there are other reasons people are moving away from car ownership altogether. Here’s the story.
AI 'knows' only what it steals?
Artists are suing major AI companies, claiming their work is being plagiarized by AI. Hear the full story in this short podcast.
Amazon tribe got the internet for the first time
How did it turn out? For many men in the tribe, it led to addiction to social media and porn. More to this story in this short podcast.