Kim Komando

AI shopping is here, which means fewer browser tabs and more danger for your wallet. This copy-paste prompt turns ChatGPT into a no-nonsense shopping assistant before you spend a dime.

Red Notice was savaged by critics. Netflix called it their most-watched film. Both things are true. Here’s the manipulation hiding in plain sight.

Every major video platform has AI built in to record, transcribe and summarize your meetings. Here’s what to check and what actually matters.

The group that hit Ticketmaster just targeted your internet provider. Here’s what was stolen, why Charter’s statement doesn’t add up and what to do before May 27.

From an AI that reads your emails around the clock to smart glasses that snap photos without your phone, Google I/O 2026 was really one big announcement: Google wants in. Every door. Here’s what that means for you.

You can pull your veteran’s actual handwritten draft card, service records and medals, most of it for free. Here’s where to look.

You don’t have to wait for disaster. These are the warning signs and the free checks that tell you whether someone is living as you.

The Secret Service asked printer companies to embed invisible tracking dots on every page, starting in the 1980s. The dots reveal your printer’s serial number, the date and exact time of printing. The program never stopped.

Gmail. Google Drive. Google Photos. All of it gone after two years of no activity. And without a legacy contact set up, your family can’t access any of it if something happens to you. Here’s how to fix it today.

A $120 monthly fee can become a $2,000+ renewal with one tiny clause. This’ll give you copy-paste AI prompts to turn contracts into plain-English risk checklists, negotiation emails and signing summaries before your deposit gets politely abducted.

A man’s phone rang for a month straight after Google’s AI handed his number to anyone who asked. Here’s the data broker pipeline that made it happen, and the only move that protects you.

Amazon tracks every return you make. When your ratio tips the wrong way, they can permanently ban your account with no warning, no appeal and no refund on your Prime membership. Here’s what the threshold looks like and how to protect yourself.

Millions are being laid off because of AI. Here’s what the headlines don’t tell you: AI companies are desperate to hire people whose expertise they can’t replicate. And they’re paying handsomely.

It’s called cramming. Third-party companies slide $3 to $15 a month onto your phone bill, and the FTC says tens of millions of people pay it without knowing. You can get 90 days refunded tonight.

A passport pic on your phone sells for $600 on the dark web. Your photos contain GPS coordinates, faces, license plates and the inside of your house. The five photos to delete tonight.

Most people don’t know Amazon built its own Temu. It’s called Amazon Haul. The hidden gems of $5-$10 are legit, backed by real Amazon protection.

As of May 8, Instagram removed end-to-end encryption from direct messages. Every photo, voice note and message you send is readable by Meta and shareable with law enforcement.

Most cars sold since 2018 are basically smartphones with seats. And 8 out of 10 used cars still have prior owners’ data sitting inside. Punch in your VIN and see yours.

I asked AI to build a privacy report card on me. It scored my online exposure 8 out of 10. Here’s the prompt that runs in any chatbot, the fixes you can do tonight and why your number will probably be worse than mine.