It’s Election Day! After all the high-tech vote counting, some states pick ballots to audit by rolling 10-sided dice in public. I’ll explain how it works. Plus, Joe says his two-word trick ends robocalls nine times out of 10.
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Nov 3
7 min
Your furnace has a birthday, and a photo of the label is all AI needs to decode it. Plus, Consumer Reports found each smart appliance it tested sent up to 135,000 text messages a week to their makers. We break down what’s in them.
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Nov 3
8 min
20 Google Beam units are heading to USO locations around the world so deployed troops can see their loved ones in life-sized form before the holidays. Plus, drones are the new fireworks. 17x Guinness World Record holder Sky Elements tells us how it’s done.
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Nov 2
13 min
Signature mismatches were the top reason mail ballots were rejected in 2024. Most states let you track yours online. Plus, we talk to Pamela about her fight against a data center planned on land that was promised as a park.
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Nov 2
8 min
Electric vehicle sales are slumping, but battery makers are busier than ever. I’ll explain why. Plus, we talk to Stanley about how he ended up with a $418 EV charging bill instead of a $22 one.
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Nov 1
10 min
Your phone sorts your pictures by face. You just have to tell it who’s who. I’ll show you how. Plus, we help Renee digitize her family’s photos after wildfires force her to evacuate.
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Nov 1
9 min
The company said it would never build a touchscreen laptop. Now it has. Plus, we talk about three Apple Watch tricks and the viral trend of wearing your watch on your ankle.
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Oct 31
8 min
Friends and family don’t have to miss out on Halloween. Newer iPhones have a dual camera trick and Android lets you flip the camera during video calls. Plus, we’ll talk about how to turn your pet into a pumpkin stencil with AI, make your house look haunted, and meet a 3,156 pound pumpkin.
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Oct 31
7 min
Midterm voters in 13 states will decide on AI data center measures. Blocking them is like refusing telephone poles in the 1920s. Plus, we talk about my visit to a data center and how the FCC may allow AI political robocalls to your cellphone.
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Oct 30
6 min
Your forgotten old logins still have your password. I’ll tell you how to find and delete them. Plus, we talk about how an AI startup built a zombie shooting video game set in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood in one weekend, and Character.AI filed for bankruptcy.
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Oct 30
8 min
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