New Fangled News for Boomers, Gen X and Anyone Else Trying to Keep Up with Technology

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👨‍🍳 Posha has built an automated chef that looks like a cross between a KitchenAid mixer and a Mr. Coffee drip brewer. I’d much rather it wrangle the ingredients, do the prep work, and clean up. “And, like, its too bulky! Where the heck are you gonna put this thing?”

🧸 Brace yourself for a spine-chilling crossover as Five Nights at Freddy’s joins Dead by Daylight in summer 2025, letting you play as the terrifying Springtrap on a Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza map. For those new to FNAF, it’s a hit horror game series launched in 2014, where you play a night guard dodging murderous robotic mascots in a cursed pizzeria.

📰 Peacock’s upcoming Office spinoff, The Paper, premieres this September. Set in Toledo, Ohio, the mockumentary follows a struggling local newspaper led by publisher Domhnall Gleeson, with the same documentary crew from Dunder Mifflin capturing the workplace chaos.

The Mind-Readings Will Continue Until Satisfaction Improves 🧠

Imagine shopping online and the site seems to know exactly what you want, or calling customer service and getting help before you’ve even finished explaining your issue. That’s the power of AI and cloud technology.

The MIT Technology Review explains how this tech is quickly “unlocking the pathway to digital transformation for traditional brick-and-mortar companies.”

Yet, as helpful as AI is, there are moments when it seems to know a little too much. That’s why it’s crucial for companies to use your data responsibly and transparently. Despite the efforts of the FTC to champion the protection of personal data breaches are way too common.

As AI anticipates our needs by using our shared data, we weigh the benefits of seamless, almost mind-reading service-with its risks-against the comfort and safety of real human interaction, hoping technology never fully replaces that human touch. -GP

For Some, This Retrograde Is A Definite Upgrade 🚗

YouTube now accounts for 95% of my TV viewing outside of streaming services since I ditched DirecTV. Even before that, it made up over 90% of my watching. It’s easy to curate a list of high-quality shows created by interesting and entertaining people on virtually any topic.

While I’m not a “car person,” I enjoy watching videos of people working on cars or sharing their automotive knowledge. Their enthusiasm is contagious and makes me feel as if I’ve accomplished something mechanical myself.

Recently, a video appeared in my feed from a YouTuber highlighting the benefits of his newly purchased 1990s Toyota RAV4. He emphasized its reliability, analog controls, and low cost as key reasons for choosing this small SUV.

Toyota was one of the first manufacturers to bring this type of vehicle to market.

It was hard to disagree with his reasoning. New car and truck prices are exorbitant, with the average cost of a mid-range car nearing $50,000. While the new technology in these vehicles is impressive, it can also be frustrating to use.

With full self-driving cars just around the corner, it feels like another nail in the coffin of a time when life was simpler and less expensive. Fortunately, some of these older, more reliable cars are still around and can offer a taste of the good old days at a fraction of the cost. -LC

A Flash In The Pan ✨

At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, scientists briefly turned lead into gold-86 billion gold nuclei, to be exact-between 2015 and 2018. Sure, this gold disappears in microseconds, but it’s a huge win for nuclear physics. Can a personal home alchemy kit far behind? 💰

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