💍 Ring of fire: YouTuber Daniel Rotar’s Samsung Galaxy Ring swelled mid-trip, clamping his finger like a lithium bear trap. Airport security screeners wanted him to take the ring off, but he couldn’t, forcing him and his bulbous device to wait until doctors iced and lubed it off. Samsung paid his hotel, but he’s done with smart rings. 
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⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Use your mouse wheel button like a shortcut key. Middle-click any link to open it into a new tab, or middle-click an open tab to close it right away.
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Get a fresher home for less than the cost of a takeout meal.

👕 SteamLite iron (35% off): Nonstick soleplate and spray features smooth out cotton, linens and your “dry clean only” shirts.

💦 Stainless steel squeegee (32% off): Swipe left on streaky glass. Comes with two waterproof hooks, so it’s always within reach.

🌀 Drain clog remover (30% off, eight-pack): Ditch the plumber, save your cash. These can handle up to 200 lbs of pulling force.

🌬️ Moisture absorbers (35% off, six-pack): Pop one in your closet, by your shoes or in your car to fight those funky odors.

🧼 Washing machine descalers (26% off, six-pack): Extra-large tabs clear out three times more gunk than wimpy little tablets.

✨ Make every corner sparkle: See all the essentials I keep reordering right on my Amazon page.
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☎️ Don’t touch the button: Listen, if a YouTube video tells you hackers are about to raid your Apple Pay unless you “Protect Now,” don’t fall for it by clicking. That just dumps you into some scammy “cleaner” app you’ll never need. And those pop-ups screaming, “Congrats, you won a Mac”? Yeah, no, you just won malware. Save your clicks, save your bank account.
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This isn’t a ripped-from-the-headlines new Netflix series. This really happened in a quiet neighborhood called Litchfield Park that’s about a 20-minute drive from Phoenix, Arizona.

Christina Chapman, 50, looked like your average middle-aged suburban woman. But inside her humble home? A secret cyber ops center built to help North Korean IT workers buy equipment and tools for their military by infiltrating hundreds of U.S. companies. 

That picture above was just a small part of her setup.

🇰🇵 Here’s how it worked

North Korean workers aren’t browsing LinkedIn or applying at Google, Amazon and Meta. They can’t. Sanctions block them from working for American companies, at least legally. So what do they do? 

They steal real Americans’ identities, including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and more. Then, they use them to pose as remote IT workers, slipping into U.S. companies under anyone’s radar.

But when companies send out laptops and phones to their “remote new hires”? Those devices can’t exactly be shipped to Pyongyang.

🙇🏻‍♀️ Enter Christina

Over the course of three years, Christina turned her suburban home into a covert operations hub for North Korea’s elite cybercriminals.

She received more than 100 laptops and smartphones shipped from companies all across the U.S. These weren’t no-name startups. We’re talking major American banks, top-tier tech firms and at least one U.S. government contractor. 

All thought they were hiring remote U.S.-based workers. They had no idea they were actually onboarding North Korean operatives.

Once the gear arrived, Chapman connected the devices to VPNs, remote desktop tools like AnyDesk and Chrome Remote Desktop, and even rigged up voice-changing software. 

The goal? To make it seem like the North Koreans were logging in from inside the United States. Chapman also shipped 49 laptops and other devices supplied by U.S. companies to locations overseas, including multiple shipments to a city in China on the border with North Korea.

💸 Follow the money

These fake employees “showed up” every day, submitting code, answering emails, taking meetings, all from halfway around the world. In reality, they were siphoning U.S. tech and cash straight into Kim Jong Un’s regime.

When HR teams requested video verification, Chapman didn’t blink. 

She jumped on camera herself, sometimes in costume, pretending to be the person in the résumé. She ran the whole operation like a talent agency for cybercriminals, staging fake job interviews, coaching the operatives on what to say and even laundering their salaries through U.S. banks.

Her take? At least $800,000, paid as “service fees.”

The total haul for North Korea? Over $17 million in stolen salaries, according to the FBI, which called the scheme a national security threat. Chapman called it “helping her friends.” Really.

Eventually, the scam began to unravel. Investigators noticed odd patterns like dozens and dozens of remote hires all listing the same Arizona address, or company systems being accessed from countries the workers supposedly had never visited.

Chapman was arrested and sentenced in July 2025 to 102 months in federal prison.

And the wildest part? She did it all from her living room. Talk about working from home!
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🍿 Find where to stream anything: Tired of hopping between apps just to hunt down a show? Go to JustWatch or Reelgood, type in the title, and voila, it tells you exactly where it’s playing (yes, even the free options).
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⌨️ Sticky mechanical keyboard? Before tossing it, try cleaning. Blow air between the key caps with an air duster. If a specific switch is stuck, remove the key cap with a puller (here’s a cheap one with cleaning brushes) and check underneath, then blast it with air again.
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Turn off sleep mode in Windows 11: Go to Settings > System > Power > Screen, sleep & hibernation timeouts. Set Turn my screen off after, Make my device sleep after and Make my device hibernate after all to Never. But if you’re on a laptop, this will drain the battery when it’s not charging.
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📧 Search Gmail by date: Pull up emails from a specific time frame using the search bar. For example, type: after:2025/08/01 before:2025/10/01 to see emails from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30, 2025.
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⚠️ Scamming scammers: Some TikTokers claimed you could file a fake CFPB complaint and get a check from Zelle or Cash App. Millions watched. Some paid $77 for their “templates” and $24.99 for credit repair guides. It’s all bogus. “Just lie to the government” is not financial advice.
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