TWITTER Week of April 4, 2022 (see last week)
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Imagine suddenly getting deluged with spam at the rate of over 100 an hour and shortly thereafter you learn your credit card was fraudulently used to make thousands of dollars of unauthorized purchases. How unlucky to have two awful things happen to you in such a short span time. Or were these seemingly unrelated events not coincidental at all?
That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
In this eye-opening 22-minute broadcast, CBC Marketplace shows you how easy it is to steal your car, and worse, that within 24 hours of its disappearance, it could be on its way to be sold overseas.
If all these news stories about cryptocurrency, bitcoin, NFTs, Web3 and the metaverse have your head spinning, you are not alone. All this imaginary money and real estate floating around in cyberspace sounds pretty scammy and some but not all of it is. Here is a terrific article in plain English that explains exactly what cryptocurrency is. At the end of the story are additional explainers about NFTs, Web3, and more by the same author.
Every month, Florida Atlantic University looks at the housing market to find the most overpriced cities/towns compared to historical pricing trends in those areas. All the cities in the most recent top 10 list show homes going for over 50% more than their expected selling prices.
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