Kim Komando

No telescope, no chart, no clue what you’re looking at? Doesn’t matter. The free app already in your pocket names every star you point it at, and one trick lets you see the stars beneath your feet. Plus, the farthest thing your eyes can ever reach.

The Fourth of July used to be about lighting things on fire and hoping nobody’s uncle lost a thumb. Now it’s drones. Lots of drones. This video opens with a Benjamin Franklin stunt double surveying rows of electricity’s neediest children. The juice is worth the squeeze. They rise into the sky and become glowing rockets, […]

Fireworks are free. Those three streaming services you forgot you’re paying for are not. Here’s how to hunt down and cancel every sneaky recurring charge in under 15 minutes.

It’s a long holiday weekend, and I’m doing something a little different. I’m queuing up the movies that called it: the ones that predicted the digital world we’re all living in. AI assistants, video calls, screens on everything. Hollywood saw it coming decades ago.  Grab the popcorn, and watch along with me. These flicks were […]

One shelf, one photo session and one smart prompt can tell you what to sell, bundle, donate or toss.

Everyone uses Zillow to gawk at dream homes. The savvy ones go straight for the boring tabs, where a stranger’s mortgage rate quietly reveals whether they’re a motivated seller or going nowhere. Here’s how to read it, and how to hide yours.

More than a third of summer travelers still haven’t bought their tickets. Good news: Google Flights’ hidden features can land you a deal. Here’s how to use them.

Cats and dogs are experts at hiding pain, and even loving owners miss it. Now the AI on your phone can read the tiny signs right off their face. Here’s the free way to try it, plus when to skip the app and call the vet.

If you keep “running into” the same person or your gut says you’re being followed, you might be carrying a $30 tracker without knowing it. Here’s how to find it, what your phone misses and what to do before you touch it.

A reader swears he’d catch identity theft himself because he checks his bank account. I had to break the bad news. The theft that ruins you never shows up there. Here’s what happens and how to catch it before the damage piles up.

Every photo, text and ChatGPT question runs through a real building full of computers that never sleep. Here’s why those buildings are quietly showing up on your electric bill, draining your town’s water and pocketing your tax dollars.

Prime Day wraps tonight. I rounded up 15 great finds across kitchen, tech and under-$15 bargains. I cut the clutter, so you can shop fast.

“Get healthier” isn’t a plan. It’s a wish. Here are two copy-paste prompts that turn a vague goal into a 90-day capacity map built around your life, plus a one-page dashboard you’ll actually look at.

The close-door button. The crosswalk button. Your office thermostat. A whole lot of them are fakes, and they’ve been quietly playing you for years.

A company you’ve never heard of knows what time your phone went to sleep last night, your real-time medical worries and your exact income. Here’s how it sells your life for pennies, and how to stop it.

Stalkerware hides in plain sight, feeding your texts, calls and location to a partner, ex or relative. Here are the warning signs and how to check without putting yourself at risk.

Empty houses. A hospital. Traffic lights blinking at nobody. The FBI built a whole pretend town for one chilling reason.

Honor’s new Robot Phone has a camera that physically extends on a robotic arm with three-axis stabilization and AI tracking, so it can follow you around like a tiny cameraman. No tripod, no camera operator, no friend silently resenting you for the 40th take.

Capital letter, number, symbol, change every 90 days. One government engineer invented all of it, then admitted it made your passwords worse. Here’s what actually works.