KnowTechie Weekly Download: Issue #7

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📧 Gmail Tricks

Using '+' in your Gmail address: Let's say your email address is [email protected]. If you're signing up for a newsletter, you can use [email protected]. Gmail ignores anything after the '+' and sends the emails to your main inbox. However, you can create a filter in Gmail to move these emails to a specific folder, making your inbox more organized.

Using '.' in your Gmail address: Gmail also ignores periods in the email address. So, [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] are all the same to Gmail. This can be useful for signing up for services where you want to track who might be selling your email address.

Note: While this works for incoming emails, the recipients will still see the '+' and '.' variations in the email address you used to sign up.

Disney Plus price hikes and password crackdowns are coming

Disney's pulling a fast one on us. Starting in October 2023, they're jacking up the prices for the ad-free versions of their streaming services. That’s Disney+ and Hulu, even ESPN+ and Hulu's live TV.

Why it matters: They're trying to herd more viewers to their ad-supported versions. Double the revenue streams, double the fun, right? Well, not for us!

Zuckerberg vs. Elon Musk – literal cage match

🥊 Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are supposedly strapping on their gloves for a charity cage match. But now, Musk's suddenly saying he might need surgery before the showdown. Convenient, huh? Smells like someone's looking for a get-out-of-cage-free card. Meanwhile, Zuck's all pumped and ready to rumble.

Why it matters: If this fight actually goes down, it'll be streamed on Musk's platform, X, with all the cash going to veterans' charities. UFC's top dog, Dana White, reckons this could rake in hundreds of millions.

Further development: After new fight claims from Musk, Zuckerberg warns “anything” Musk says hasn't been agreed on; Musk also said surgery will prevent him from fighting for months

📝 Techie Test Time

(Last week’s answer below)

Last week’s question: What was the first computer virus called?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ILOVEYOU (65)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Elk Cloner (14)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Creeper (9)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Brain (0)

Correct Answer: Creeper 🛎️ 🛎️ 🛎️. Whoa, you guys totally whiffed on this one! 89 READERS step up to the plate, but most of you swung and missed guessing ILOVEYOU.

"Creeper" was developed by Bob Thomas at BBN Technologies in 1971. Creeper was an experimental self-replicating program that was not designed to harm but to demonstrate a mobile application. It's worth noting that the term "virus" wasn't coined until later. The Creeper virus was designed to move across a network, leaving a trail message "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can!"

Better luck next time.