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Meta pays $18 billion for hooking kids, plus the farm that turned down $26 million

2 hour 14 minutes Posted Aug 29, 2026 at 8:59 am.

An Amazon drone dropped a package in the swimming pool. 

Flock drones chase cars on their own. 

Meta to pay $18 billion in social media addiction lawsuit. 

Scammers clone EBT cards at checkout. 

Mother’s fight against Meta. 

Can you use AI as a fitness coach? 

Aerial drone photos cancel listener’s home insurance. 

App delivers your text slowly. With a fake pigeon. On purpose. 

Your router can sense you moving. 

Walmart finally adds Tap to Pay at checkout. 

Watch football without cable with a $25 antenna. 

Let AI schedule your plumber and doctor. 

Shake Shack raised his price after he didn’t tip.

Security camera outside OB-GYN exam room crossed a line. 

700 messages. One group chat. Mom fights to get her 12-year-old out. 

AI warps states’ names. Kentucky was “Venecky.” 

Family rejects a $26 million AI data center offer. 

Delta AI charges different seat prices for passengers. 

Ditto’s chatbots plan your entire date. 

Hackers buy expired websites to scam you. 

Your job title is costing you money. 

Can parents monitor a kid’s school email?

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Meta agreed to pay $18 billion. It’s the largest settlement of its kind, over claims the company built Facebook and Instagram to hook children on purpose.

Lori Schott knows exactly why that matters. She lost her daughter Annalee to suicide in 2020 after social media consumed her life. Lori has spent every year since fighting to get platforms, and parents, to change. Her story will stop you cold.

Plus, a Kentucky family turned down $26 million from an AI data center for their 200-year-old farm. Their answer? They’re waiting for Jesus. (Seriously.)

And two viral TikToks worth your time. Maria spotted a security camera right outside her exam room. At a gynecologist’s office. Yikes. B.D. watched his Shake Shack order get more expensive in real time. Why? He didn’t tip at the kiosk. That video is past 4 million views. Milkshakes bring all the fees to the yard.

Also this hour: An Amazon drone drops a package in a swimming pool, scammers clone EBT cards at checkout, your router can sense you moving through your house and a $25 antenna gets you football without a cable bill.

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