💬 Quoted… “A vigilant guardian that doesn’t sleep, blink, or miss a beat.”

• In today’s edition of new inventions destined to run straight into regulatory headwinds, we present: the PaintCam Eve, an autonomous home security camera armed with a paintball gun. Created by Slovenian startup OZ-IT, PaintCam Eve uses facial recognition and AI-based decision making to identify unknown visitors to your property and warn them to leave the premises. If the potential intruder fails to comply and take off within the time limit, Eve will start firing paintball pellets intended to deliver a sharp sting and mark the intruder for later police identification. And, for more adventurous homeowners, Eve will also have an option to upgrade to tear-gas rounds when its Kickstarter goes live next week.

🌏📲 Stat of the Day: Apple’s reign at the top of the mobile phone industry was, to quote Biggie, short like leprechauns. The tech giant, which ended Samsung’s 12-year streak as the world’s top-seller of mobile phones last year, enjoyed the title for just three months before handing it back to Samsung due to a 10% drop in global iPhone sales, per a new report from market research firm IDC. Samsung occupied 20.8% of global market share last quarter, followed by 17.3% for Apple.

🤔 Did You Know?... Sloths only poop an average of once per week. And when they do, they typically lose up to one-third of their entire body weight.

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