Inside Creative House / iStock.com Buying a car can feel like walking through a minefield of shady sales tactics. Some deceitful dealerships have long employed a bag of tricks to nickel-and-dime consumers out of their hard-earned cash. However, a new ruling by the Federal Trade Commission aims to put the brakes on these shady practices … Read more
You get a text message from an unknown number claiming to be your bank. The message says suspicious activity has been detected in your account; it wants you to click a link to verify your identity. You panic. You want to resolve the issue immediately, and so you click on the link and input your … Read more
MirageC/Getty Images Panepistabomania isn’t yet listed in psychiatry’s comprehensive mental health classifications, the DSM-5 and ICD-11. Even so, many of us, including me — and if you’re reading this — probably you, suffer from it. Derived from the Greek “παν” (pan, meaning “all”), “επιστήμη” (epistēmē, meaning “knowledge”), “tab” (meaning, you know, tabs), and “μανία” (the … Read more
Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images It’s a good news, bad news world. For every ray of light, there’s a lightning bolt ready to explode our sense of well-being. One can imagine, then, how many of the world’s employees are girding themselves and seeking every possible element of grounding against the threat from artificial intelligence (AI): “Will it … Read more
On the busy streets of suburban Berlin, just south of Tempelhofer Feld, a white Kia is skillfully navigating double-parked cars, roadworks, cyclists, and pedestrians. Dan, the driver, strikes up a conversation with his passengers, remarking on the changing traffic lights and the sound of an ambulance screaming past in the other direction. But Dan isn’t … Read more
Last week, Mashable reported that on X (formerly Twitter), users were noticing a new type of advertisement: Minus a regular handle or username, the ad’s headline looks like a normal tweet, with the avatar a miniature of whatever featured image appears in the body of the post. There is no notification in the upper right-hand … Read more