👩‍💻 More Meta shenanigans, alternative uses for the Apple Watch, and more - This Geek in Review for 2022-04-08

By goz

Does what Meta do surprise anyone anymore?

This past year there have been several news reports about TikTok challenges such as the “devious licks” challenge in schools, where students would vandalize classrooms. Unfortunately for common decency, these challenges were made up by a firm paid for by Meta (formerly Facebook) to tarnish the image of TikTok. The stories would originate on Facebook, and were then picked up by the local news. Since Facebook is losing the younger audience, and they can’t compete with TikTok, they would rather watch the world burn.

When all you have is a hammer

A gentlemen with more money than sense decided to track is ex-girlfriend. Instead of doing what all the cool kids are doing and using AirTags, he decided to use his watch. And instead of being smart and putting the watch somewhere out of the way, he decided to attach it to the wheel.

There was no word on how the Apple Watch measured steps, stands, move calories, or exercise during the ordeal.

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