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16-Year-Old Builds Ad-Free Brain Games for Grandpa. Now Seniors Everywhere Can Play.
You’d think playing a simple word game on your phone would be, well, simple. But before you can unscramble a single letter, a video starts blaring about a different game you never asked for. Then a little countdown clock appears,…
A Bank Chairman Lost $108 Million to a Fake Message and a Cloned Voice
We’ve all heard the same advice about scams. Slow down. Think it through. Don’t be the kind of person who falls for it. Good advice. Right up until you hear what happened to one of the most experienced money people…
Is “Grandmaslop” a Real Problem, or Are the Kids Just Grumpy?
Somewhere out there right now, a grandmother is putting the finishing touches on a masterpiece. It’s a 12-page picture book, and her grandson is the star. On page one he’s riding a dinosaur. By page four he’s flying a rocket.…
Everyone Told Her to Get Out More. She Opened Her Laptop Instead.
Here’s the advice everybody gives you after someone dies. Get out of the house. Volunteer. Join a group. Call your friends. Say yes to things. It’s decent advice. It works for a lot of people. It did not work for…
The Machine Broke In. Then It Wrote Its Own Confession.
There’s a special category of chore that isn’t hard, exactly. It’s just annoying. Renewing the car registration. Sitting on hold while a recorded voice tells you how much your call matters. Or, in the case of an Australian man named…
75-Year-Old Helps Police Arrest the Men Who Came for Her $25,000
You know the pop-up. It takes over the whole screen, usually in a color scheme best described as emergency, and announces that your device has been compromised and you must call this number immediately. Most days you close it, mutter…
The Internet Raised $146,000 to Retire Her. She Might Keep Working Anyway.
Think about the last time you went to the movies. You laughed, you cried, you paid roughly the price of a used car for popcorn. And when the credits rolled, you walked out — past the seats, past the spilled…
She Never Asked to Be Famous. Her Golden Retrievers Had Other Plans.
Somewhere in Massachusetts right now, a 95-year-old woman is talking to a dog. She is not doing it for the camera. She is not doing it for the 73,000 strangers watching. She is doing it because there is a golden…
The Average Age on This Team USA Roster Might Surprise You
Quick question. When you picture the athletes who get chosen to represent the United States, wear the flag, and fly across the country to face off against another nation, what do you see? Probably not a 70-year-old woman on her…
Her Memory Is Fading. This Song Found a Way In
You know that thing a song can do to you? You’re standing in the cereal aisle, minding your own business, and the speakers overhead start playing something from 1962. Suddenly you’re not holding a box of bran flakes. You’re seventeen,…
