Monday, October 19, 2026

A flying Tesla, a $5,000 iPhone, and a hotel scam that knows your dates

Good morning! Here's what you missed this week, in plain English. Grab a coffee. It's a wild one.

In this issue

A $299 countertop screen with a chatty new Siri. It arrives November 13, and you need an iPhone or iPad to set it up.

The iPhone Duo, Apple's first phone that folds like a book, started at $1,999 and slipped to January delivery within minutes.

A message that knows your hotel and your dates, then asks you to verify your card, is a scam. Call the hotel yourself.

Police say 20 people in a villa in India called people in the U.S. and Canada while pretending to be Amazon and Google.

The Nasdaq fell about 4.5% for the week, its worst week since June. This story explains the news. It is not investment advice.

Tesla showed a Roadster that drove upside down, then hopped on thrusters. Flying it is not allowed on public roads.

People used an AI helper to strip ads off Android and Google TVs. It takes a computer on the same Wi-Fi, and it can go wrong.

That's what you missed. See you next week!