These Chinese sanitation workers have to wear location-tracking bracelets now

China has quite the reputation for monitoring its citizens, and it feels like various parts of the country are constantly figuring out new ways to use gadgets to that end — RFID chips in cars, facial recognition sunglasses, and location-tracking uniforms for students each made headlines in the past year. Now, you can add sanitation workers with GPS-equipped tracking bracelets to the list.

On April 3rd, news broke that sanitation workers in Nanjing, China’s Hexi district were being required to wear GPS-tracking smart bracelets to not only monitor their location at all times, but audibly prod them if they stopped moving for more than 20 minutes.

Image: Jiangsu City Channel

Just one day later, the South China Morning…

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Watch Camille Kostek Recreate Margot Robbie’s Classic ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Scene

Rob Gronkowski’s girlfriend, Sports Illustrated model Camille Kostek, just recreated one of Margot Robbie’s steamiest moments from The Wolf of Wall Street, and you can watch it right here.  

In the iconic scene, Robbie plays the upset wife of Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays crooked stockbroker Jordan Belfort. She dresses in a short pink dress while memorably enforcing a strict “look but don’t touch” policy. 

Kostek, who has dated the recently retired New England Patriots star on and off for some time, delivers and abbreviated parody that’s actually pretty damn close to the original, right down to the thick Long Island accent. 

“Mommy doesn’t want to hear it,” she says. “And from now on, there’s gonna be nothing but short, short skirts around the house.” 

It certainly doesn’t hurt that the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and Robbie are similarly stunning. Compare Kostek’s homage to the real thing below: 

She’s not even the first beauty to channel Robbie. Supermodel (and former Maxim cover girl) Stella Maxwell did a similar take for the Love Advent Calendar in 2016. 

The original video has sadly been taken down, but at least we’ll always have this glorious still: 

Perhaps Kostek will take a cue from Sara Underwood next and explain penny stocks from a bathtub a la Robbie’s brief-but-sexy appearance in The Big Short.

If not, we’ll have to settle for her many incredible Instagram pics:  

Our second-favorite universal remote just hit its lowest price ever, plus smart bulb sales

The Logitech Harmony 650 has been our runner-up pick for the best universal remote control; at its typical $40-50 street price, we considered it the budget alternative to the far pricier Harmony Elite.

But today, it’s not $40 or $50. The 8-device infrared remote is $25 at Best Buy, the lowest price we’ve ever seen. (We’ve seen it hit $30, but rarely.)

If you’re in the market for some smart light bulbs, I also have to admit I’m tempted by this 2-pack of TP-Link’s Kasa KL130 multicolor bulbs for $42.98 at Newegg, a considerable savings when even a single bulb can cost $30 when they’re on sale.

Plus, Amazon’s deal of the day today includes a bunch of (refurbished) Philips Hue bulb kits for 25 percent off — though you should probably check…

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