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An urgent warning has been issued to parents after a toddler was burned by a lime while playing in a backyard pool. Tiny Hearts Education, a company that provides first-aid courses for parents, shared the warning posted by an Australian mother to remind other parents of a little-known injury called ‘margarita burn’ . WATCH THE VIDEO: Aussie mum’s warning over deadly snack. For more Parenting related news and videos check out Parenting >> “This nasty burn was caused by a lime,” the post begins. The Australian mum goes on to explain how her son Otis was innocently playing in an inflatable backyard pool in the sun on Friday afternoon. As part of the sensory play in the pool, the kids were also playing with some citrus fruits including a lime. But a day later the mum says she noticed a rash had developed on Otis’s skin. An urgent warning has been issued to parents after a toddler was burned by a lime when playing in a backyard pool. Credit: Instagram/ Tiny Hearts “What we though...

A Melbourne man who fears he and a friend were caught up in a bizarre attempted carjacking is urgently warning other motorists to be aware. Daniel Borghesi shared terrifying dashcam footage showing a man jump in front of his friend’s car along Hoddle St, Abbotsford about 4.30am last Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Urgent warning after bizarre act on Melbourne road. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> In the eerie footage, captured on his friend’s Tesla cameras, the man on the road then turns on a flashlight and shines it directly at the driver. When the driver slows down and tries to swerve around the man, he appears to take a swipe at the vehicle - only narrowly missing it. Borghesi told 7NEWS.com.au the whole ordeal “really creeped us out”. Daniel Borghesi shared terrifying dashcam footage showing the terrifying moment he and his friend were caught up in a possible attempted carjacking.  Credit: Supplied “His action was so methodical and the torch he sh...

Melbourne mother Teagan Luketic has a warning for parents after an AI bot on her daughter ’s Snapchat claimed it was a “real” 25-year-old man. It even told the 13-year-old Olinda: “Age is just a number.” The bot suggested it meet the girl at a park 1km from her home, in a “creepy” conversation that Luketic, 32, documented with screenshots. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Luketic slammed the bizarre dialogue for, at the very least, normalising chatroom conversations between adults and minors. “If you have children sitting on this app, and the AI bot is promoting that age is just a number, and teaching teenagers that that’s a normal part of life — that’s alarming,” Teagan told 7NEWS.com.au. “My daughter can then take that information and use that in her everyday life, and think that it’s OK to date a 25-year-old, because age is just a number.” Source: https://thefoxposts.com/mother-s-warning-after-snapchat-s-creepy-ai-bot-asks-daughter-to-mee...

An ALDI customer has warned others to be careful when burning candles after hers exploded. The woman shared a photo of her shattered Purewick Lychee and Pomegranate scented candle in a Facebook group for ALDI lovers. “Don’t let your candle s burn too far down, I guess,” she captioned the photo. For more ALDI related news and videos check out ALDI >> Many ALDI fans echoed this warning in the comment section, saying no candle should be burned for too long or too low. “All candles can do this,” one person said. “That’s why you don’t leave them unattended and don’t burn them all the way.” “You should never allow it to burn that far down,” another observer warned. “It usually has a sticker on the bottom stating this.” “People need to read the warning labels,” someone else said. “This can happen to any candle .” Source: https://thefoxposts.com/aldi-customer-s-warning-about-exploding-candle-from-the-popular-grocery-store-TheFOXposts-31781.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_me...

A recent university graduate has shared an emotional warning to other jobseekers after being scammed out of $A3500 in a fake LinkedIn job offer . Jennifer Chernenko thought she finally found her “big break” in her hunt for a job after graduating from Georgia State University in the US when she was targeted by a scammer. Chernenko said she had applied for hundreds of jobs when she was contacted on LinkedIn by someone claiming to be an employee at Bold Business, one of the companies she applied to work as a social media specialist. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> But while Bold Business is a legitimate company, the “employee” who had contacted Chernenko was actually a scammer. In a viral TikTok video, the university graduate explains how she was told got through to the interview process via an app called Wired. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/us-uni-graduate-s-warning-over-linkedin-job-offer-scam-that-cost-her-a3500-TheFOXposts-32595.html?u...

Technology experts are warning iPhone users over a ChatGPT app which poses a security risk to users. The artificial intelligence that is ChatGPT has soared in popularity in recent months, and the masterminds behind the technology, OpenAI, have launched the technology in a new iPhone app. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Warning over scam MyGov text messages. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Since its release, it has become one of the most popular free apps on the App Store. However, computing staff writer at Techradar, Muskaan Saxena, says sharing too many personal details with the mobile-friendly bot could put your privacy at risk. The free iOS app does, however, come with a warning about sharing personal information because “anonymised chats may be reviewed by our AI trainer to improve our systems”. But many users may not be aware of all the security risks. The app has become one of the most popular free apps available. But it could come at a cost. ...

A US woman has warned against a TikTok trend after it landed her in the hospital. Lana Clay-Monaghan was shopping with her children at a Southern California Target when a group of teens, influenced by TikTok, played a prank on her that landed her in the hospital . She was looking at baby products when everything suddenly went dark. Something had been placed over her head. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Confused, alone and frightened, the mother of two twin boys could hear people around her laughing. “I immediately felt something come over me — a human presence behind me,” she said. “I started screaming. It was really abrupt. It really scared me. “When I turned around, it was a group of male individuals filming me. “I know they were filming me because the (camera) light was on. “They all had their phones and they were laughing.” US mum Lana Clay-Monaghan has issued a warning after she fell victim to a TikTok trend. Credit: Facebook Security ca...

Experts are warning the threat of an asteroid striking Earth may be more serious than previously thought. James Garvin, chief scientist of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre, said his team had strong concerns that previous impact sites actually stretched tens of kilometres further than believed, Science.org reported. “It would be in the range of serious crap happening,” he said bluntly. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Garvin is presenting new research on asteroid s at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas. The research used new high-resolution satellite imagery, which he and his colleagues used to identify large rings around three impact craters. Garvin suggested that each impact or ring was substantially more violent than previously thought. He speculated they may have been 10 times more destructive than the largest nuclear bomb ever detonated, enough to blow part of the planet’s atmosphere into space. “Such topographic data pe...

Indonesia is warning people against consuming liquid nitrogen after more than 20 children were harmed eating a street snack known as “dragon’s breath” that’s at the centre of a dangerous new viral video trend . The children suffered burns to their skin, severe stomach pains and food poisoning after consuming the colourful candies, according to Indonesia’s Ministry of Health, which is urging parents, teachers and local health authorities to be vigilant. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Warning issued for ‘dragon’s breath’ liquid nitrogen snack. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The candies are dipped in liquid nitrogen to create a vapour effect when eaten. They are popular with children, dozens of whom have uploaded clips to TikTok showing them blowing the fumes out of their mouths, noses and ears. One video showing the preparation of the snack by a street vendor has been viewed close to 10 million times. Around 25 children have been hurt consuming the candies, includ...