YouTube just joined the streaming hike parade. June 7 is your deadline.

YouTube just joined the streaming hike parade. June 7 is your deadline.

YouTube Premium jumps to $15.99 on June 7. Netflix is already $26.99. The average household pays $972 a year for streaming. Here’s the playbook to slash your bill before the next hike hits.

Microsoft warns: That ‘IT guy’ messaging you on Teams could be a hacker

Microsoft warns: That ‘IT guy’ messaging you on Teams could be a hacker

Microsoft just sounded the alarm on a scam exploding across American workplaces. Hackers are sliding into Microsoft Teams posing as your help desk and talking employees into handing over their computers. Here’s the exact playbook, and the three moves that shut it down cold.

How one cell tower serves a $20 plan and an $80 plan at the same time

How one cell tower serves a $20 plan and an $80 plan at the same time

Mark from Colorado asked how Consumer Cellular can use the same towers as the big carriers. The answer is the open secret of the wireless world. Once you get it, your whole phone bill starts making sense.

Gone but not offline

Gone but not offline

The U.S. Patent Office handed Meta the legal right to simulate you after you’re gone. Your posts, comments and voice messages are the training data. Here’s what you need to do about it today.

Your 401(k) is charging you fees you’ve never seen. Here’s how to find them and fix them today.

Your 401(k) is charging you fees you’ve never seen. Here’s how to find them and fix them today.

Part of your retirement savings disappears every year with no bill, no notification and no explanation. There’s a document your employer is required to give you. Most people have never opened it.

The password is dying. Microsoft, Google and Amazon already started replacing yours.

The password is dying. Microsoft, Google and Amazon already started replacing yours.

A passkey is sitting in your phone. Most people don’t know they have one. Here’s how to get organized before the transition happens to you.

Three spring gadgets worth every penny (and one privacy tip nobody mentions)

Three spring gadgets worth every penny (and one privacy tip nobody mentions)

A wire-free robotic mower, a sprinkler that skips rain days automatically and a bird feeder with a camera that knows its birds. Spring just got smarter.

Your county probably got your property tax wrong. Here’s how to find out in 10 minutes.

Your county probably got your property tax wrong. Here’s how to find out in 10 minutes.

About 40% of homeowners who appeal their property tax assessment win. Most never try because they don’t know how. AI just changed that.

Your car has an emergency SOS button. Most drivers have never used it, set it up or checked if it even works.

Your car has an emergency SOS button. Most drivers have never used it, set it up or checked if it even works.

There’s a red button on the ceiling of your car. Right up there, between the sun visors, probably under a little cover so you don’t hit it by accident. That button can call 911, send your GPS coordinates to emergency services and keep the line open even if you’re unconscious or unable to speak. But […]

Your grocery store loyalty card is selling your health data. Here’s the proof.

Your grocery store loyalty card is selling your health data. Here’s the proof.

Every swipe builds a profile. And it’s ending up in the hands of health insurers, data brokers and companies you’ve never heard of.

A booby-trapped PDF can take over your computer. Adobe just fixed it. Update now.

A booby-trapped PDF can take over your computer. Adobe just fixed it. Update now.

Hackers have been exploiting a flaw in Adobe Acrobat Reader since December. Opening a single PDF is all it takes. Here’s the two-minute fix.

5 things making all your tech miserable right now (and how to fix every one)

5 things making all your tech miserable right now (and how to fix every one)

Your phone, computer, Wi-Fi, battery and sanity all need the same thing: five minutes and this list.

Go look at your Google ad profile right now. I’ll wait.

Go look at your Google ad profile right now. I’ll wait.

Google has a file on you. It lists your age, your income bracket, your health concerns and your relationship status. It’s been there the whole time. Here’s where to find it and exactly what to turn off.

Your antivirus might be the reason your computer runs like it’s moving through wet cement

Your antivirus might be the reason your computer runs like it’s moving through wet cement

You installed antivirus to protect your computer. But what if it’s quietly destroying the thing it’s supposed to protect? This isn’t a hypothetical. Most antivirus software runs constantly in the background, eating RAM, slowing your startup and making every app launch feel like it’s wading through quicksand.  You blame your old computer. You think about […]

I used AI to investigate my neighbor’s house. Here’s everything I found in 90 seconds.

I used AI to investigate my neighbor’s house. Here’s everything I found in 90 seconds.

Zillow stalking is already a national pastime. But feeding an address into AI with the right prompts? Completely different level. Here’s exactly what to ask.

Your emoji means something completely different to your kids. Here’s the decode

Your emoji means something completely different to your kids. Here’s the decode

You sent a thumbs-up. They took it as passive-aggressive. You used the skull. They thought you were hilarious. Nobody told you the rules changed.

That store camera isn’t just watching for shoplifters. It’s watching you.

That store camera isn’t just watching for shoplifters. It’s watching you.

Every time you walk into a grocery store, a big box retailer or a pharmacy, AI-powered cameras track how you move, where you linger and what you almost bought. Here’s what they know.

Before you sign that contractor bid, do this first

Before you sign that contractor bid, do this first

Kim is in the middle of a new AC unit and an ADU build. Here’s the two-step AI move she uses before signing anything.

U.S. Customs searched 55,318 devices last year. No warrant needed. Here’s the one thing that protects you.

U.S. Customs searched 55,318 devices last year. No warrant needed. Here’s the one thing that protects you.

You land at JFK after a fabulous two-week trip seeing all of the crowned heads of Europe. You’re tired, jet-lagged and happy to be home. A customs officer pulls you aside, asks for your phone and starts scrolling through your photos, your texts, your emails. No warrant. No stated reason. No suspicion of any crime. […]