The strangest tech to come out of Utah: July Edition: On budget airlines, bluetooth-enabled shoes for horses, and trackable bullets.

• Author: Stone, Zara

THERE'S A LOT OF BRAIN-BOGGLING TECH-TALK emerging from the Beehive State this month: first, the unhappy reveal that 31 percent of algorithmically produced content on Provo-based online text adventure game Al Dungeon, is deeply and explicitly disturbing (like no one saw that coming). Then we have the smartypants at Brigham Young University riling up Apple by informing the world that the iPhone's much-lauded "Night Shift" mode is good at darkening screens, but "will not help you fall or stay asleep." BURN.

But it's time for our stroll down Utah's crazy town of tech, beginning with Two Truths And A Lie, the Utah tech edition--let's see how well those brain cells fared under lockdown, OK? This month's startups focus on all things parenting.

Out of the following three startups, which one is the fake one?

* A startup that buys and resells breast milk for newborn ingestion.

* A startup that sells diaper bags that include a handheld vacuum for spills.

* A startup that loans out toddlers for parenting practice.

(Scroll to the bottom for answers)

BREEZE AIRWAYS ATTENDANTS COMBINE EXAM PREP WITH "PREPARE FOR TAKE OFF"

The state of air travel is pretty dismal right now, down 40 percent from January 2020. The continued paranoia about jetting off makes it an especially rough time to launch an airline, but then again, there's always Florida, so what do I know? Regardless, Utah millionaire David Neelman, founder of WestJet and JetBlue, has decided it's an optimal time to seize the skies with his brand new budget airline, Breeze Airways.

Apparently, the many furloughed pilots are fighting for the chance to fly again (or for health insurance), and the airlines received around 4,400 applications for 85 slots. Competitive salary when there's that much competition ... I wonder. And there's cost-cutting all around, the most major being the attendants themselves, many recruited from the University of Utah.

A promised $6,000 a year toward tuition is dangled over the college hopefuls; in return, they must maintain a solid 3.0 GPA and be willing to sacrifice student socializing for the skies. Oh, and they have to be NICE, capital letters intentional--the job post emphasizes that applicants "just be ... nice," and "seriously nice" to work at the "newest and nicest airline."

No visible tattoos or body piercings allowed, however, because that's not the right kind of nice. Another concern is what happens should the student-stewards grades drop ... Do they get canned...