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Text sent to wrong number creates decade-long Arizona Thanksgiving friendship

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Sometimes the best connections happen by chance — and for one Arizona pair, that bit of luck has turned into yet another Thanksgiving that they’re spending together. This year, it will be their 10th. 

Back in 2016, Wanda Dench meant to invite her grandson to her Thanksgiving celebration. Instead, she accidentally texted Jamal Hinton of Phoenix.

The two realized the mistake once she sent a photo confirmation of herself, with Hinton responding, “[You’re] not my grandma,” and adding a laughing emoji.

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Hinton attached a selfie to confirm she had the wrong number, but Dench asked if he could stop by for dinner anyway. 

The story went viral on social media, and even now, their annual tradition continues to capture the hearts of Americans across the nation.

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton are celebrating their 10th Thanksgiving together. (Green Giant® Vegetables)

Dench and Hinton talked to Fox News Digital about how their accidental Thanksgiving invite blossomed into a decade-long friendship — and how they’re celebrating their 10th holiday together.

“I remember like it was yesterday because it was exciting and fun, and totally unexpected [in terms of] the end results when all the media kind of circled us,” said Dench. “Meeting Jamal was the best thing ever, and I am saying that from my heart. That’s true.”

Their unlikely friendship has remained a source of strength.

Hinton, for his part, said meeting Dench changed his life. “I remember it like it was yesterday, my senior year [of high school]. I was already like the popular kid, [and] I became like the super popular kid.” 

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He added, “But for me, the story’s been a blessing since day one.”

Even with Hinton’s move out of Arizona and then back, and now to Florida — plus the loss of Dench’s husband and a breast cancer diagnosis — their unlikely friendship has remained a source of strength.

This year will be extra special, as Dench said she is now officially cancer-free.

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“Meeting Jamal was the best thing ever, and I am saying that from my heart. That’s true,” said Dench. (Thomas Ingersoll)

“When I was diagnosed, I was a little surprised because [breast cancer] doesn’t run in our family or anything, and at my age, I thought — I don’t know — I was past it, but obviously not,” said Dench.

She said at first, she wasn’t sure if she wanted to go public with her diagnosis. Yet friends and family encouraged her to use her platform to spread awareness, she said.

“I wanted to get the message out there to all women, but especially women in my age group, because I think when we get to my age, we think we’re past all the mammograms and everything, but we’re not,” said Dench. “We still have a life to live.”

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Dench said Hinton encouraged her to share her diagnosis last October.

“Jamal goes, ‘This is a good month to do this because it’s breast cancer awareness month.’ And that was in October of last year.”

She added, joking, “I didn’t even know it was breast cancer awareness month, and I felt like I should have known that before him.”

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Dench told Fox News Digital she is now officially free of breast cancer. (Thomas Ingersoll)

Dench said she always thought it was the cutest thing, and that she’s been blessed by the outpouring of support she has received.

“I’m grateful that I got that message out there,” she said. “I’ve had a lot of responses. Women are thanking me for mentioning that, and they’re telling their mother or their grandmother,” she said.

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Said Hinton, “I love the fact that she said that we have a story, and that it’s a really good feel-good story. And it comes around every single year.”

This year, Hinton will be “hosting” Thanksgiving. The meal will be catered through a partnership with Green Giant to celebrate the company’s 100th anniversary.

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“There isn’t one thing I don’t like on the menu,” said Dench.

Ashley J. DiMella is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital. 

‘Age of Disclosure’ documentary exposes 80-year UAP government cover-up

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The decades-long mystery surrounding strange, unknown objects spotted throughout the skies has long remained under classification and shielded from the American public. 

However, the shroud of secrecy is being removed in a new documentary, “The Age of Disclosure.” 

“For a very long time, the public, Congress and even the president have been kept out of the loop on this subject,” director Dan Farah told Fox News’ Bret Baier. “In the last few years, senior members of Congress, senior members of the administration — thanks to whistleblowers — have found out what’s been going on, and they are now in pursuit of the truth for themselves and for the American people.”

Filmed over the course of three years, the documentary includes interviews with 34 senior members of the U.S. government, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to pull back the curtain on an alleged “80-year global cover-up” of non-human intelligence potentially existing on other planets.

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Director Dan Farah’s documentary “The Age of Disclosure” features interviews with 34 senior U.S. officials revealing an alleged 80-year government cover-up of non-human intelligence. (The Age of Disclosure)

“Every single person I interviewed made it very clear that it was no longer a question of whether this was a real situation,” Farah said. “It’s a very real situation.”

Farah added that the interviewees featured in the film each had “direct knowledge of this issue,” while insisting each individual has “extreme credibility.” 

In the film’s trailer, Rubio can be heard revealing details about unknown objects spotted over sensitive military areas.

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“The Age of Disclosure” includes interviews with 34 high-ranking government officials regarding the credibility of non-human life on other planets.  (iStock)

“We’ve had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace over restricted nuclear facilities, and it’s not ours,” Rubio said. 

The film comes at a time when public discourse regarding the existence of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – or UAPs – have reached the highest levels of government, with discussions surrounding the classification of information often making its way to the floor of Congress. 

Farah’s film says the U.S. government is involved in a “high-stakes, secret Cold War race with adversarial nations like China and Russia” to investigate objects that have not originated from humans.

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Director Dan Farah’s new documentary, “The Age of Disclosure,” explores an alleged 80-year government cover-up of non-human intelligent life and UAP encounters.  (iStock)

“What really stood out to me about ‘Age of Disclosure’ is the large number of military and intelligence officials who are going on the record saying that not only do aliens or UFOs exist, but that we have a very active program of retrieving this technology and attempting to reverse-engineer it,” Kent Heckenlively, author of “Catastrophic Disclosure,” told Fox News Digital. 

The information is corroborated by high-level officials featured within the documentary, with Jay Stratton, a former Defense Intelligence Agency official and director of the government’s UAP Task Force, revealing just how high the stakes are in this otherworldly race. 

“The first country that cracks the code on this technology will be the leader for years to come,” Stratton said in the film’s trailer.

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For a topic that has notoriously been shielded from the public’s eye, Heckenlively applauded the film’s effort to hold the government accountable when it comes to transparency about UAP discoveries. 

“I think that any rational person who watches this movie has to come to one of two conclusions,” Heckenlively said. “Either this is a complete and total psychological operation by the government on the current population, or there has been a tremendous psychological operation against the public in the past. At some point in history, the government has been lying to us. The question is, is that just in the past, or is that now?”

Farah echoed the same sentiment, telling Baier that members of Congress and the Trump administration are working to break through decades of government officials refusing to release information to the public.

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“Now we have leaders in Congress and in the administration that are trying to get to the bottom of it, and there are people in this film who are respected in their fields who say they have seen these craft and have seen the recovered non-human bodies,” Farah said.

Farah did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

In light of the new revelations staring down the American public, Heckenlively remains hopeful that the information will be received not with panic, but with curiosity. 

“I think that the human race would do a lot of growing up if we found out we lived in a very crowded neighborhood,” he said. “We would be curious, we’d want to fit in. I think we would up our game if we knew that there were species out there that didn’t have some of the negatives associated with the human race.”

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“My suspicion is that if these aliens do exist, they’ve gone through a lot of the same growing pains that we have, and they may not want to share that. So there may be some advantage to keeping themselves mysterious to our greater world. I’m somewhat suspect of why these aliens have not revealed themselves, but I’m open to the possibility that there may be a good explanation.” 

“The Age of Disclosure” is playing in select theaters in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, and is also available worldwide to purchase or rent on Amazon Prime Video.

Fox News Digital’s Kiera McDonald and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report. 

Julia Bonavita is a U.S. Writer for Fox News Digital and a Fox Flight Team drone pilot. You can follow her at @juliabonavita13 on all platforms and send story tips to julia.bonavita@fox.com.

Passenger accused of opening emergency exit door on flight, deploying slide

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A flight departing from Atlanta was delayed Tuesday after an unruly passenger allegedly opened the jet’s emergency exit door and deployed the inflatable slide while the plane was taxiing, according to police.

The incident triggered a security scare at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and prompted the Amsterdam-bound aircraft to return to the gate, where officers boarded the plane. 

Flight 622, operated by KLM Airlines, was then canceled out of safety concerns, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.

The Atlanta Police Department said the passenger, 32-year-old Johannes Van Heertum, had called 911 from inside the aircraft, claiming he saw another traveler with a weapon. Investigators said Van Heertum seemed to have panicked and acted out, forcing the aircraft to return to its ramp.

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A KLM Airlines jet parked on the tarmac at an airport. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

Police said Van Heertum appeared to be experiencing a mental health episode and was evaluated by EMTs before being taken into custody. He was charged with reckless conduct, criminal damage to property and interfering with security measures. 

He was then transported to the Clayton County Jail without incident, and APD’s Homeland Security Unit was notified.

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Aerial view of taxiways and terminal building at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta.  (Smith Collection/Gado)

KLM said that all remaining passengers were rebooked on the next available flights, FOX 5 added. No weapons were found onboard.

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Emergency exits near passenger seats of an airplane. (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis)

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Passengers told the local outlet that the incident unfolded quickly and was “terrifying,” though no injuries were reported.

KLM Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Bonny Chu is a Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital.

Massive phishing attack targets Microsoft 365 users across 1,000 domains

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Attackers have a new tool that targets Microsoft 365 users at a massive scale. 

Security researchers say a phishing platform called Quantum Route Redirect, or QRR, is behind a growing wave of fake login pages hosted on nearly 1,000 domains. These pages look real enough to fool many users while also slipping past some automated scanners.

QRR runs realistic email lures that mimic DocuSign requests, payment notices, voicemail alerts or QR-code prompts. Each message routes victims to a fake Microsoft 365 login page built to harvest usernames and passwords. The kit often lives on parked or compromised legitimate domains that add a false sense of safety for anyone who clicks.

Researchers tracked QRR in 90 countries. About 76% of attacks hit US users. That scale makes QRR one of the largest phishing operations active right now.

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Attackers use fake Microsoft security alerts to trick people into entering their Microsoft 365 passwords. (Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A fast follow to other major Microsoft credential attacks

QRR appeared soon after Microsoft disrupted a major phishing network known as RaccoonO365. That service sold ready-made Microsoft login copies used to steal more than 5,000 sets of credentials, including accounts tied to over 20 US healthcare organizations. Subscribers paid as little as $12 a day to send thousands of phishing emails.

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit later shut down 338 related websites and identified Joshua Ogundipe from Nigeria as the operator. Investigators tied him to the phishing code and a crypto wallet that earned more than $100,000. Microsoft and Health-ISAC have since filed a lawsuit in New York that accuses him of multiple cybercrime violations.

Other recent examples include kits like VoidProxy, Darcula, Morphing Meerkat and Tycoon2FA. QRR builds on these tools with automation, bot filtering and a dashboard that helps attackers run large campaigns fast.

What makes QRR so effective

QRR uses about 1,000 domains. Many are real sites that were parked or compromised, which helps the pages pass as legitimate. The URLs also follow a predictable pattern that can look normal to users at a glance.

The kit includes automated filtering that detects bots. It sends scanners to harmless pages and sends real people to the credential-harvesting site. Attackers can manage campaigns inside a control panel that logs traffic and activity. These features let them scale up quickly without technical skill.

Security analysts say organizations can no longer depend on URL scanning alone. Layered defenses and behavioral analysis have become essential for spotting threats that use domain rotation and automated evasion.

Microsoft was contacted by CyberGuy for comment but did not have anything to add at this time.

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Why this matters for Microsoft 365 users

When attackers get your Microsoft 365 login, they can see your email, grab files and even send new phishing messages that look like they came from you. That can create a chain reaction that spreads fast. This is why the steps below all work together to block these threats before they turn into something bigger.

Steps to stay safe from QRR and other Microsoft 365 phishing attacks

Use these simple actions to shrink the risk from fake Microsoft 365 pages and look-alike emails.

1) Check the sender before you click

Take a second to look at who the email is really from. A slight misspelling, an unexpected attachment or wording that feels off is a big clue the message may be fake. 

2) Hover over links first

Before you open any link, hover your mouse over it to preview the URL. If it does not lead to the official Microsoft login page or looks odd in any way, skip it.

3) Turn on multifactor authentication (MFA)

MFA adds an extra layer adds an extra layer that makes it much harder for attackers to break in even if they have your password. Use options like app-based codes or hardware keys so phishing kits cannot bypass them.

4) Use a data removal service

Attackers often gather personal details from data broker sites to craft convincing phishing emails. A trusted data removal service scrubs your information from these sites, which cuts down on targeted scams and makes it harder for criminals to tailor fake Microsoft alerts that look real.

While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice. They aren’t cheap, and neither is your privacy. These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites. It’s what gives me peace of mind and has proven to be the most effective way to erase your personal data from the internet. By limiting the information available, you reduce the risk of scammers cross-referencing data from breaches with information they might find on the dark web, making it harder for them to target you.

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QRR hides its phishing pages across nearly 1,000 domains, making the fake login screens look convincing at first glance. (Microsoft)

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5) Update your browser and apps

Keep everything on your device up to date. Updates seal off security holes that attackers often rely on when building phishing kits like QRR.

6) Never click unknown links and use strong antivirus software

If you need to visit a sensitive site, type the address into your browser instead of tapping a link. Strong antivirus tools also help by warning you about fake websites and blocking scripts that phishing kits use to steal login details.

The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe.

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7) Use advanced spam filtering

Most email providers offer stronger filtering settings that block risky messages before they reach you. Turn on the highest level your account allows to keep more fake Microsoft alerts out of your inbox.

8) Watch for login alerts

Turn on Microsoft account sign-in notifications so you get an alert anytime someone tries to access your account. To do this, sign in to your Microsoft account online, open Security, choose Advanced security options and switch on Sign-in alerts for any suspicious activity.

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Strong sign-in alerts and phishing-resistant MFA help block these scams before criminals can take over your account.  (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Kurt’s key takeaways

QRR is a reminder of how quickly scammers change their tactics. Tools like this make it easy for criminals to send huge waves of fake Microsoft emails that look real at first glance. The good news is that a few smart habits can put you a step ahead. When you add stronger sign-in protection, turn on alerts and stay aware of the newest tricks, you make it much harder for attackers to sneak in.

Do you think most people can tell the difference between a real Microsoft login page and a fake one, or have phishing kits become too convincing? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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African politician named Adolf Hitler expected to win council election

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A local Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona is widely expected to retain his council seat in the country’s latest round of regional elections, drawing international attention for a name he says carries no ideological meaning.

A longtime member of Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party, he is running again in the Ompundja constituency in the northern Oshana region. 

While final tallies have not yet been released, several international outlets report he is projected to win by a wide margin, consistent with previous elections. SWAPO, which has governed Namibia since independence in 1990, has shifted from its socialist liberation roots toward a more centrist, market-oriented governing approach.

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Adolf Hitler Uunona, a local Namibian politician, is widely expected to retain his council seat, drawing global attention for a name he says has no link to extremist beliefs. (Oshana regional council )

His German dictator-linked name — “Adolf Hitler” — was given to him by his father, he told the German outlet Bild, who he claimed did not understand the historical weight the name carried.

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“It was a perfectly normal name for me when I was a kid,” Uunona told Bild. “It wasn’t until I grew older that I realized this man wanted to subjugate the whole world and killed millions of Jews.”

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A police officer stands in front of a cache of Nazi artifacts discovered in 2017 during a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 2, 2019.  (Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)

He said his childhood name reflected no political intent and stressed that he has never held extremist beliefs. 

“The fact I have this name does not mean I want to conquer Oshana,” he said, adding in earlier interviews he generally goes by Adolf Uunona in daily life.

Namibia was a German colony from 1884 to 1915, and Germanic names and place names remain common in some communities. Historians note that this legacy sometimes results in unusual or jarring combinations by modern standards, though they carry no inherent ideological meaning.

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Namibian flags are waved by a crowd. (Getty Images)

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According to official information from the Oshana regional government, the Ompundja constituency has 4,659 inhabitants, 19 administrative centers and covers 466 square kilometers.

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New national park passes put US residents first with lower fees, will launch in 2026

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The Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced the launch of “America the Beautiful passes,” offering digital and physical passes to access our nation’s most prized treasures.

The passes are intended to put “American families first” by implementing a new resident-focused fee beginning Jan. 1, 2026.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said in a press release that the improvements aim to make the parks more accessible, affordable and efficient.

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“These policies ensure that U.S. taxpayers, who already support the National Park System, continue to enjoy affordable access, while international visitors contribute their fair share to maintaining and improving our parks for future generations,” said Burgum.

Americans can purchase annual passes for $80. Specials are being offered for seniors, allowing them to purchase a $20 annual pass or a lifetime pass for $80.

The Department of Interior has launched new “America the Beautiful” national park passes.  (iStock; Department of Interior)

Free passes are offered to miliary members, veterans and Americans with permanent disabilities. 

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Through the program Every Kid Outdoors, all U.S. fourth-grade students can get a free pass for their school year as well. 

Federal recreation site volunteers who serve 250 hours of volunteering can also get free passes.

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Nonresidents will have to pay $250 for annual passes to ensure the “American taxpayers who already support the National Park System receive the greatest benefit,” the department said. 

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“U.S. residents will continue to enjoy affordable pricing, while nonresidents will pay a higher rate to help support the care and maintenance of America’s parks,” said the Department of the Interior. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

“U.S. residents will continue to enjoy affordable pricing, while nonresidents will pay a higher rate to help support the care and maintenance of America’s parks,” the press release notes.

Nonresidents who do not obtain an annual pass will need to fork over a $100-per-person fee to enter 11 parks on top of the standard entrance fee.  

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The 11 parks are: Acadia, Bryce Canyon, Everglades, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Zion.

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Non-residents will pay $250 for annual passes. (iStock; Department of Interior)

Over 330 million people visited America’s national parks in 2024, according to NPS.

Funds from the passes purchased online will support the entire National Park System, while passes purchased on site will primarily benefit that specific park, a DOI spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

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“This revenue will help keep our parks beautiful and running well, including [addressing] the deferred maintenance backlog,” said the spokesperson. “The nonresident surcharge is a small fraction of total trip costs (airfare, lodging, transport) for foreign tourists.”

The passes will support upgrades to visitor facilities, essential maintenance and overall improved services.

Over 330 million people visited America's national parks in 2024.

Over 330 million people visited America’s national parks in 2024. (iStock)

Revenue generated from new fee policies will be invested directly back into America’s national parks, supporting upgrades to visitor facilities, essential maintenance and improved services nationwide. 

The passes include photos of animals, parks, President Donald Trump with George Washington, plus Theodore Roosevelt — the president most associated with the creation of our national parks.

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Affordability and access are also being expanded under the new policy, with the passes covering two motorcycles.

Ashley J. DiMella is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital. 

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Maybe you order sparkling water, start every meal with an appetizer or prefer dining right when the restaurant opens. You might not track these habits. OpenTable might.

Some restaurants are now seeing new AI-assisted tags about diners when they book a table. These tags can note drink patterns, spending levels, review habits and last-minute cancellations.

These insights surfaced after Kat Menter, a host at a Michelin-starred restaurant who posts about food under the name Eating Out Austin, spotted the new “AI-assisted” tags at work. She shared a look at the system in a TikTok video that quickly caught attention. Media outlets then confirmed the test with additional restaurants.

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The AI tags pull from reservation and POS data to highlight patterns like drink choices, spending ranges and dining habits across visits. (Jeffrey Greenberg/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How OpenTable gathers this information

OpenTable integrates with POS (Point of Sale) platforms such as Toast or Epos. These systems handle orders, payments and timing during a meal. When your contact details match your OpenTable account, the platform can connect your visit to your profile.

This can include arrival time, general order details, time spent and bill totals. Reporting shows that these items help OpenTable generate AI summaries of non-identifiable guest data when the restaurant uses a supported POS system and has enabled data sharing. You do not need to book through OpenTable for this to happen. You only need an account and matching contact information.

Some users who pulled their data through OpenTable’s privacy request form saw very limited information. Basic contact details and a list of past reservations were the main items. That suggests the insight level depends on which restaurants use POS integrations and how long they have used them.

Why restaurants want these insights

Restaurants have tracked guest preferences for years. Staff may note favorite dishes or preferred seating. They may watch for frequent lateness or recurring celebrations. This helps them shape a smooth visit.

OpenTable’s AI-summarized guest insights aim to offer a simplified version of these notes. They highlight drink categories, spending ranges or behavior patterns. However, Menter notes the tags can be off base. A single business dinner can mark someone as a high spender. Eating with friends who order cocktails can make a person look like a cocktail lover. Because of this, Menter treats the tags as loose suggestions rather than reliable signals.

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How the AI works

OpenTable says the AI does not process personal guest data. Instead, it is employed for high-level classification and categorization of large, anonymized data sets. For instance, the AI analyzes various point-of-sale descriptions (like “glass of cabernet”) to consistently categorize them as “red wine,” “white wine,” etc., without ever interacting with specific guest profiles.

The platform says these insights can help staff suggest dishes or set a relaxed pace. OpenTable also says the use of POS information depends on the privacy settings you choose, and you can review, adjust or opt out of data sharing at any time. Still, the privacy policy uses broad terms like dining preferences.

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A TikTok video from a Michelin-starred restaurant host first revealed the AI-assisted diner tags now being tested in OpenTable’s Pro tools. (iStock)

“Guest insights are the engine of personalization, allowing restaurants to optimize their service and deliver the kind of thoughtful hospitality that both benefits the business and offers a special experience for the diner,” an OpenTable representative told CyberGuy. “These insights come from a mix of sources — including OpenTable, our restaurant partners, and POS partners — and are limited to non-confidential information.”

“They might help a server suggest a dish you’ll love or recognize that you prefer a more relaxed dining pace,” the representative said. “We also share these insights across our network so restaurants can learn and improve the hospitality experience for everyone, not just individual guests. You’re in charge of what data you share. Through your OpenTable preferences and settings, you can review, adjust, or opt out of data sharing at any time. What we share with restaurants is guided by the choices you’ve made in your privacy preferences.”

What data gets shared and how to limit it

If a diner is opted in, OpenTable shares your name, contact details, party size and special requests with the restaurant you book. The company also confirms that participating restaurants share POS data with OpenTable. This can include items ordered, bill totals and how long you stayed. OpenTable then turns this into aggregated insights.

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OpenTable reportedly shares insights across its broader restaurant network. This applies only where enabled and only for restaurants on the OpenTable Pro plan, and is a feature in Beta.

How to turn off the “Point of sale information” toggle 

If you want more privacy, you can turn off the “Point of sale information” setting:

  • Log in to your OpenTable account
  • Tap on your profile in the upper right corner
  • Click Account settings 
  • Tap Communications
  • Scroll down and toggle off Allow OpenTable to use Point of Sale information
  • Click Save 

This stops your order history from contributing to future insights.

What this means to you

Your dining habits may move with you when you dine at restaurants that use OpenTable Pro.

This awareness helps you understand what your apps track. It also gives you the chance to adjust your privacy settings so you stay in control of your information.

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Diners can limit how much data contributes to these insights by turning off OpenTable’s point-of-sale sharing setting in their account. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Kurt’s key takeaways

Dining out should feel simple, yet today’s tech adds a new layer to the experience. These AI-assisted tags give restaurants extra insight, but they also remind you how much of your behavior gets logged behind the scenes. By checking your privacy settings and turning off POS data sharing, you keep more control over what follows you from one meal to the next. Staying aware makes a big difference. It helps you enjoy your night out without wondering who’s tracking your habits or how your data might appear on a screen. With a few quick choices, you can shape what restaurants see and keep your preferences truly personal.

Would you change how you dine out if you knew your ordering habits might follow you to restaurants you have never visited? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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Unusual sinkhole collapse reveals 300-year-old vault on English churchyard grounds

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An unusual structural failure recently caused a dramatic, sinkhole-like collapse in an historic English churchyard — revealing a 300-year-old family vault.

The hole opened up on Saturday, Nov. 8, at All Saints Church in Martock, Somerset. That was the same weekend the parish observed its Remembrance Sunday services.

Pictures show the collapsed stone box tomb exposing the underground vault in the church’s grass-covered yard.

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A box tomb, also called a false crypt, is an above-ground structure that covers a grave, but does not contain remains itself. The destroyed tomb exposed the family vault, though the remains inside were undisturbed.

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Rev. Paul Fillery, a church official, said the collapse caused “a rather hectic week” for the parish.

A sudden collapse in the churchyard of All Saints Church in Martock, Somerset, revealed a centuries-old family vault. (Google Maps; Rev. Paul Fillery)

“The weight of the box tomb on the weakened ceiling led to the whole thing collapsing through the ceiling of the vault and creating a very large hole,” said Fillery. 

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The ancient vault, made of locally mined hamstone and built with stone shelves for each family member’s coffin, was sealed once all were laid to rest, he added.

The ornate box tomb was then placed above the ground as “a very grand gravestone,” the reverend said.

Split image of collapsed stone in vault

“The weight of the box tomb on the weakened ceiling led to the whole thing collapsing through the ceiling of the vault and creating a very large hole,” said a reverend. (Rev. Paul Fillery)

The vault contains the remains of Rev. Charles Lewis, a local church leader who died in the mid-18th century. 

His wife’s remains were also in the vault, as were the remains of five other adult members of the Lewis family.

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Two children were buried in the vault; one died at age 6 and another died as an infant.

“We know this because someone recorded all the graves some years ago and their inscriptions,” said Fillery.

Wide view of collapsed stone in churchyard

The structural collapse was called “incredibly rare” — and unrelated to weather or soil erosion. (Rev. Paul Fillery)

Contrary to previous reports, the church official said the cause of the collapse was structural failure, not rainfall or soil erosion. 

He described the incident as “incredibly rare.”

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“We have several of these box tombs in the churchyard and the others all seem fine,” Fillery said.

He added that restoring the vault and the Grade II-listed tomb will likely cost tens of thousands of pounds, and that the church is accepting donations for the cause.

Google street view of All Saints Church in Martock

The churchyard is still home to several other box tombs, all appearing structurally sound, according to Rev. Fillery, a church official. (Google Maps)

“The aim will be to repair and restore the vault and the box tomb as much as we can, while paying all respects to the family who have been laid to rest there,” Fillery said.

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“When it is all done,” he added, “I propose holding a brief service at the grave site to commend them once again to God and to a peaceful rest in the days and years to come.”

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As Americans around the nation prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a video on social media that features a montage of Republican lawmakers expressing their gratitude for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement workers.

Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa noted that with Thanksgiving approaching, she wanted to provide her “heartfelt thanks to the great men and women of ICE.”

“This Thanksgiving, I thank you for your service, and for deporting the illegal invaders who’ve flooded our communities,” Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee said.

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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) personnel provides security in the French Quarter prior to Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 8, 2025 in New Orleans, La.  (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

The DHS post on X that features the video reads, “This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful to the dedicated men and women of @ICEgov who are working through the holiday to keep our communities safe. From the halls of Congress, thank you for your continued service and commitment.”

The video, which also includes House Speaker Mike Johnson and various other Republicans, comes as President Donald Trump’s administration has been conducting an illegal immigration crackdown around the country.

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“From January 21, 2024, through November 21, 2024, there were only 19 reported assaults against ICE law enforcement, while in the same timeframe in 2025 there were 238 reported assaults. This is a 1,153% increase in assaults,” a DHS release noted.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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