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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here, filling in for Andrew. Welcome to todayā€™s edition of web_crawlr

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Todayā€™s top stories are about: a woman who wondered if her Samsung smart fridge was talking to her in the night, a lottery winner who shared the pitfalls of the experience, why many people are turning on ChatGPT following the L.A. wildfires, and the funniest reactions to Trumpā€™s plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico the ā€œGulf of America.ā€

After that, Ramon and the Trending team share their pick for ā€œMain Character of the Week.ā€

See you tomorrow,

ā€” K.D. 

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āš” Today in Internet Culture

šŸ¤ TECH NIGHTMARE
ā€˜Someone has most definitely been lookingā€™: Woman turns off the microphone on her Samsung fridge. Then she hears whispering

The owner of a Samsung smart fridge was majorly freaked out when she heard noises coming from it late at night. Viewers expressed their concerns.

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šŸ’° MONEY TROUBLE
ā€˜I felt like an outcastā€™: Lottery winner shares the worst thing about getting rich overnight. Itā€™s not what you think

A TikTokerā€™s father won the lottery when he was 12. He shares the unexpected consequences of sudden wealth. 

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šŸ”„ AI BACKLASH
ā€˜We donā€™t need ChatGPTā€™: Call to ban AI explodes in wake of Los Angeles wildfire

The Instagram post has been shared more than 120,000 times.

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šŸŒŽ POLITICAL MEMES
Trumpā€™s plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico to ā€˜Gulf of Americaā€™ kicks off meme blitz

How about ā€œThe Gulf of Cheaper Eggs,ā€ wrote on jokester.

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Main Character of the Week, a web_crawlr column

By Ramon Ramirez
Managing Editor

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Main Character of the Week is a weekly column that tells you the most prominent ā€œmain characterā€ online (good or bad). It runs on Fridays in the Daily Dotā€™s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where youā€™ll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.


šŸ•øļø Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ā€˜net.

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šŸš¢ Did you know this common essential item is being banned on Royal Caribbean cruises

šŸ’» This expert found a Galaxy Book4 laptop for $160 at Best BuyIs it a glitch?

ā˜• A woman is going viral after sharing her journey of buying a new espresso machine

šŸ€ Here is a short history of *that* Adele NBA meme.

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šŸ‘¶ Walmart wonā€™t let this mom exchange this item that she very much needs to take care of her newborn baby. They seem to be breaking policy, but why?

šŸ©ŗ From the Daily Dot archive: Can you trust doctors posting online?


šŸ¤³ Todayā€™s Viral Video

You canā€™t make this stuff up omg šŸ˜­

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