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Artificial intelligence

“We’ll just unplug it” isn’t a plan

Sept. 14, 2026

Why the people building AI are the ones sounding the alarm, and what you can do about it

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Google caught malware that uses AI to rewrite itself every hour. Here’s why your free antivirus may never see it coming, and the 10-minute fix.

Sept. 14, 2026

Devices

They took your kid’s phone this month. Next thing, your boss wants yours. Here’s what he can and can’t legally do.

Sept. 14, 2026

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📱 New phone? Here’s what it’s missing

Sept. 13, 2026

Devices

She hadn’t seen her childhood block in 70 years. Then she put on a headset in a California retirement home.

Sept. 13, 2026

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Six things TV installers and calibrators know that nobody says at the register, including why your price match gets denied and why your TV is dimming itself.

Sept. 12, 2026

Kim’s picks

🧠 How to see and delete what ChatGPT remembers about you

Sept. 10, 2026

Same towers, half the bill: A couple paying $200 a month asked me what the catch is. Here are all three.

Sept. 9, 2026

Your ring and watch are guessing. Calorie counts miss by up to 93%, and sleep stages are a bluff. Here’s how to wear one without letting it lie to you.

Sept. 8, 2026

Companies will pay you to catch chatbots making stuff up. Here’s how much, where to apply and the fake ‘AI trainer’ jobs to dodge.

Sept. 7, 2026

Musk wants a chip in your skull. Altman paid to have his brain uploaded. Thiel got asked whether humans should survive, and paused.

Sept. 6, 2026

The defense secretary’s driver’s license was for sale on the dark web. A listener asks: Why bother protecting yours?

Sept. 5, 2026

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