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What Happens When a Hot-Pink Lamborghini Pulls Up to the Nursing Home?
There’s a statistic about loneliness that I keep thinking about. Among UK retirees, isolation has been called a public health crisis. Not “a shame.” Not “an unfortunate side effect of getting older.” A public health crisis. The kind that costs…
The Charity Scam: How to Ensure Your Donations Go to a Real Cause
Picture this: You’re finally sitting down to a hot dinner. Naturally, the phone rings immediately, because the universe has a strict policy against uninterrupted meals. You answer, expecting a robotic voice warning you that your car’s extended warranty is about…
The 96-Year-Old Grandma Who Made Half a Million Fans Wait Three Years for a YouTube Video
If you think you’ve ever left people hanging, I promise you’ve never done it like Hamako Mori. Picture this: you’re watching a 93-year-old Japanese grandmother play Resident Evil 4 on YouTube. Monsters. Chainsaws. A spooky village full of things that…
He Lost His Wife of 57 Years. Then a Lamp Started Saying ‘Good Morning, Hon.
Most of us don’t think much about the phrase “good morning.” It’s a reflex. You mumble it at your spouse before the coffee hits. You say it to the cashier. You toss it over your shoulder at the dog. It’s…
The Future of Driving Arrived in China. Then It Stopped in the Middle of the Highway.
Remember when your car broke down, you’d pop the hood, jiggle something, and pretend you knew what you were looking at? Maybe kick the tire for good measure? You can’t do that with a robotaxi. There’s nothing to jiggle. There’s…
She Talks to a Robot Five Hours a Day. And She’s Never Been Happier.
You know that feeling when you’re home alone, the phone hasn’t rung in days, and you start having conversations with the television? Not answering the television. Not yelling at a game show contestant who clearly doesn’t know the capital of…
Decoding App Permissions: What Your Apps Really Want Access To (and How to Say No)
The power goes out, and you go hunting for that stash of emergency candles you bought back in 1998. To find your way down the dark hallway, you download a simple “Flashlight” app… and before it will so much as…
He Watched His Mother Move Again — 80 Years After the Photo Was Taken
You know that box of old photographs sitting in your closet. The one you keep meaning to organize. The one where your parents look impossibly young and your grandparents look like movie stars because apparently everyone in the 1940s was…
First They Laughed at Us for Not Having Email. Now We Out-Device the Twentysomethings.
Remember when your kids used to yell at you to get off your phone? Yeah, about that. It turns out the tables have quietly, hilariously turned. And according to NPR, the generation that once had to be dragged kicking and…
Hunting for Wi-Fi Dead Zones: How to Find and Fix Areas with No Signal
Have you ever settled into your favorite armchair with a cup of tea, ready to video chat with the grandkids or watch a cooking video, only to be met with the Spinning Wheel of Doom? You know the one—that little…
