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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here, filling in for Andrew. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. 

Today’s top stories are about: a woman who wondered if her Samsung smart fridge had become sentient, 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 Trump’s plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

After that, Ramon and the Trending team share their pick for “Main Character of the Week.”

See you tomorrow,

— K.D. 

⚡ Today in Internet Culture

🤐 TECH NIGHTMARE
‘Someone has most definitely been looking’: 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. Are these fridges cursed?

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💰 MONEY TROUBLE
‘I felt like an outcast’: Lottery winner shares the worst thing about getting rich overnight. It’s not what you think

A TikToker’s father won the lottery when he was 12. He shares the unexpected consequences of sudden wealth. 

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🔥 AI BACKLASH
‘We don’t need ChatGPT’: 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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🌎 POLITICAL MEMES
Trump’s plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ kicks off meme blitz

How about “The Gulf of Cheaper Eggs,” wrote on jokester.

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🕸️ Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.

🚢 Did you know this common essential item is being banned on Royal Caribbean cruises? 

💻 This expert found a Galaxy Book4 laptop for $160 at Best Buy. Is it a glitch?

☕ A woman is going viral after sharing her journey of buying a new espresso machine. 

🏀 Here is a short history of *that* Adele NBA meme.

👶 Walmart won’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?

🩺 From the Daily Dot archive: Can you trust doctors posting online?

🤳 Today’s Viral Video

You can’t make this stuff up omg 😭