Hello on a spectacular Saturday! Right now, my inbox is filled with emails from readers and listeners asking one question: “Am I allowed to keep TikTok on my phone if the government bans it?” Yep! The law regulates tech companies, not you. App stores and service providers caught hosting it will pay $5,000 per day, per user.

With 170 million Americans on TikTok, the fine would be $850 billion per day! Wowsie. With all the money in the world (approximately $463 trillion), that daily fine could be paid for in about 544,706 days, or roughly 1,492 years. Now you know.

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When you connect your gadgets to the same Wi‑Fi network, you're not just getting them online; you're building a system so they can communicate with each other. You don’t need to be a tech wizard — just follow the steps below.

1. Share printers. Tired of running back and forth or emailing between devices just to print? Save yourself the hassle.

Your selected printer should show up when you try to print from other computers on your network. Just make sure you leave the printer and the computer it's connected to both switched on.

2. Create a DIY streaming service. Tools like Plex and Jellyfin make movies, TV shows, songs and anything else you’ve downloaded streamable from any device on your network. The best part? They're free to use. It's like having your own private Netflix or Spotify, just for your family. Neat!

3. Share screens. This one’s for you if you’ve ever thought the person sharing photos from a laptop or phone to the TV was a genius.

4. Swap files between devices. My nerds know about network-attached storage (NAS). It’s a storage drive that connects directly to your router so any device on your network can access it. Something like the $250 Synology DS223 is perfect.

NAS units come with setup instructions, and you can access any computer, tablet or phone on your network. It’s a great place to store documents, photos and music.

5. Game together or from different rooms. If you have a Steam gaming library on one PC, you can access those games from other computers on your network.

Even better, all these tricks work even if your main internet goes down, so you can keep gaming, watching movies and ... printing, I guess!

😂 What do you call a printer that takes up painting? The Artist Formally Known as Prints. (Come on, that was good!)

Sometimes, the internet gets it right.

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🚀 Houston, we have a problem: Elon Musk’s unmanned Starship prototype went boom after launch, lighting up the Caribbean sky like a meteor shower. The debris diverted at least 20 commercial flights. Imagine being on a plane and seeing that. It wasn’t a total disaster, though. The 233-foot-tall booster made it back to the launchpad in one piece. They’re already planning to try again.

It’s a bad apple: I wouldn’t want to be the person in charge of this project. Apple is pulling its AI-generated news summaries for pushing fake headlines. The BBC and other outlets called them out for reporting deaths that didn’t happen. This AI needs to work on its core.

Attention, website owners: Over 1 million WordPress sites use the SEO and optimization plugin W3 Total Cache. A new flaw lets hackers steal all kinds of sensitive info from the backend of a site. If you use the plugin, download software update 2.8.2 to patch the bug right now.

♟️ Caught between a rook and a hard place: International Master Levy Rozman pitted seven popular AI chatbots against chess engine Stockfish. Spoiler: Stockfish crushed ‘em. ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and X’s Grok are great at chatting, not strategizing. They made hilariously bad moves; like breaking the rules, creating patterns, removing random pieces from the board and generating new ones. Chaotic but entertaining.

Show me your digits: Engineer Zara Dar fired up an OnlyFans account while she was pursuing a Ph.D. and made $1 million. Now, she’s teaching folks about complex topics like neural networks, probability and integrals full-time online. One of her AI explainer videos has a million views on YouTube. No joke, she posts the same PG videos to Pornhub and makes almost three times the money.

“Smart” was a dumb choice: Walgreens swapped out their fridge doors for smart screens five years ago, and it’s been such a disaster they’re suing to get out of the $200 million contract. They were supposed to show what’s in stock and run ads, but instead, the screens crash, show the wrong inventory and even catch on fire.

📂 What’s up, doc? A TikTokker is going viral with genius advice — make a medical binder. Print out and file all your medical reports, then bring your binder to your next appointment. Need bloodwork? You’ve got recent results and can save potentially weeks of waiting. Got a doctor questioning a diagnosis? No problem, you have the official report. I keep track of everything in Apple Health.

What would you do for $5 million? Contestants on Amazon’s “Beast Games” are taking on giant beer pong, racing in potato sacks, and playing hide-and-seek with Navy SEALs. YouTuber MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, spent $15 million building “Beast City” in Toronto, where 493 folks are competing for the grand prize. After five episodes, it's Amazon’s second-most-popular streaming show ever, with 50 million viewers. Catch the trailer here. I’m gonna watch it this weekend.

So much of what I do is about protecting and securing your online life. And one big thing so many folks overlook? Email. Think about it — your bills, appointments and conversations with loved ones, all right there for Big Tech to snoop through.

That’s why I use StartMail. It’s email privacy done right. StartMail keeps your inbox secure with encryption so your emails are for your eyes only, not Big Tech companies. And here’s what I really love: StartMail doesn’t scan your emails to target you with ads. They don’t even track you. Plus, you can create disposable email addresses to keep your primary email safe from spam and junk mail.

Switching to StartMail is super easy. It works with all your devices, and you don’t lose any of your old emails or contacts. If you’ve been waiting to upgrade from your messy old inbox, now is the time.

Customize it: Here’s a trick to get your chatbot’s responses tailored to you. In ChatGPT, go to Settings > Personalization and toggle on Memory. The same thing is now available on Google Gemini for Advanced (paid) subscribers. Tell it something like, “Remember, I’m a tea drinker, not a coffee drinker,” and it’ll save that info.

📱 “Tap, hold and load in 4K”: The phrase is all over X. (Anyone still think of it as Twitter?) On the app, tap and hold any image to download it in 4K resolution. Want to try it? This FIFA World Cup photo of Argentina is making the rounds. The trick has been around since 2021, and people are just now catching on. Now you’re in the loop, too.

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Clear your iPhone’s browsing data: It’s a quick and easy way to improve performance and privacy in one swoop. Open Settings > Apps > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. Then, choose the timeframe and tap Clear History to confirm. Surf on, dude.

Do the same on Android: Woo, it’s just as simple. Open Chrome and tap the three dots (lower right corner). Scroll to Delete browsing data. Choose the timeframe, tap Delete browsing data in red at the bottom, and it’ll ask you to confirm. Back to scrolling!

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We’ve come a long way with AI video. This is one year’s progress with the prompt, “Will Smith eating spaghetti.” How do you find Will Smith in a snowstorm? Follow the fresh prints!

This is nutty: Need a job? Planters is looking for three folks for the NUTmobile — like Oscar Meyer’s Wienermobile, but peanut-shaped. The gig pays $45,000, and you’ll also need to post on social media, attend events and coordinate media coverage. It’s kinda perfect for a new marketing grad who isn’t ready to settle down. Know someone who should apply? Here’s the link to submit a video application.

🥜 I made a playlist for hiking. It has the “Peanuts” theme song, “Linger” by The Cranberries and a few Eminem tracks. I call it my trail mix.

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