June 21, 2026

The password rules you hate came from one man’s 2003 memo, and he’s sorry

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.

June 20, 2026

Give your sick computer a free AI checkup (without handing over your files)

Before you pay the Geek Squad $100 or panic-buy a laptop you don’t need, let AI read your computer’s own health report. Works on Windows and Mac. And it never touches your files.

June 18, 2026

Three companies just confirmed data breaches in one week. Here’s what to watch for.

One Medical, Kodak and Novo Nordisk all confirmed breaches within days of each other, putting millions of records at risk. A health care network, a household name and a major drugmaker, all hit by the same wave of attacks. Here’s what each breach exposed and what to do if you’re affected.

The collagen I take every single day

I’ve been taking NativePath Collagen every day for over a year. Before I recommended it to you, I looked into exactly what makes it different: single-ingredient, grass-fed, third-party tested on every production lot. Here’s what I found and why I keep coming back to it.

June 15, 2026

That free Spotify tutorial stole your passwords. Here’s what to do.

Criminals are running polished fake tutorial videos on social media promising free Spotify Premium, Microsoft Office and Windows activation. Following the steps installs a password-stealing malware called Vidar that quietly takes every saved login, bank credential and credit card number on your device. One video got 100,000 views. Here’s exactly what it grabs and what to do right now.

June 13, 2026

YouTube can drop you into any video, and strangers can pop into yours

Whoa. That’s me up top on the TV, starring in a futuristic sci-fi flick like I trained for it my whole life. (I didn’t. The closest I get to special effects is yelling at Siri.) And I didn’t shoot a single second of it. At Google I/O, the platform quietly switched on AI tools that […]

June 12, 2026

Scammers are mailing fake VA benefit postcards to veterans across the country

The VA issued an official warning June 10 about a wave of fraudulent postcards claiming veterans qualify for extra benefits through something called the “Veterans Savings Program.” No such program exists. The goal is to get you on the phone so scammers can steal your Social Security number and bank account information. Here’s what to do if one shows up in your mailbox.

Your Wi-Fi password won’t save you. Here’s what will.

A reader asked if he really needs a VPN at home when his network’s already locked. Short answer: Yes. Here’s the part your internet provider hopes you never find out.

June 11, 2026

Your GPS has been receiving secret military messages for 20 years

A security researcher proved every GPS satellite doubles as a Cold War-style “numbers station,” beaming encrypted Pentagon code to every phone, car and smartwatch on Earth.

June 9, 2026

A reader drove China’s $10,300 EV and wants one. Here’s why he can’t have it, and how America fights back

Mark in San Diego test-drove the BYD Seagull in China and would buy one tomorrow. Kim breaks down the national security reason he can’t and the $200 billion American factory boom answering the challenge.

June 8, 2026

Your dentist’s billing company just exposed 2.6 million people’s personal data

A hacker group called ShinyHunters broke into DentaQuest, one of the biggest dental benefits administrators in the country, and leaked 234 gigabytes of data after the company refused to pay. If you’ve ever been on Medicaid or Medicare Advantage, your name, address, birthdate, government ID and health insurance details may now be public. Here’s what to do right now.

June 7, 2026

Crooks are using your Social Security number to build a fake person. It’s the fastest-growing crime in America.

They take one real number, usually a child’s or a senior’s, glue on a fake name and birthday, then create a brand-new “person” who racks up credit and vanishes. You don’t find out until your file is wrecked. Here’s how to catch it.

June 5, 2026

Medical devices in your home are quietly reporting on you to your insurer, which can cost you more.

That CPAP machine? It tells your insurance company whether you used it enough. And it’s not the only device in your house keeping score. Here’s what’s phoning home while you sleep and what you can do about it.

June 4, 2026

Your credit card sends a fake number every time you tap. Here’s why that’s good news.

Tapping may feel less secure than the old swipe, but it’s actually the safest way to pay in person. Here’s the hidden trick your card pulls off in under a second and the one payment method you should quit today.

June 3, 2026

A private company has 80,000 cameras logging where your car goes. Now it’s adding drones.

Those little cameras on the poles in your neighborhood quietly record every car that passes, then feed one giant searchable map. You never agreed to it, and the company behind them started flying drones that read your plate from 2,000 feet. Here’s what’s really happening.

June 2, 2026

Sailed Carnival, Princess or Holland America? Hackers got your passport number

One employee got tricked. One click. And nearly 6 million cruisers had their passport numbers, birth dates and licenses stolen. Here’s the 3-minute fix.

AI predicted a Category 5 hurricane 5 days early. The same tech is in your weather app.

While the old supercomputer models were still guessing, an AI nailed Hurricane Melissa’s path days ahead of time. Here’s how it works, plus the free apps that put that forecasting power in your pocket today.

May 30, 2026

You deleted it. Now it’s gone everywhere.

Two listeners thought they had backups. They didn’t. Here’s the difference that could save your photos, files and five years of memories.

May 29, 2026

The scammers who faked her daughter’s voice already had a file on the family

A Bay Area mom lost thousands after AI cloned her daughter’s voice to fake a kidnapping. Everyone’s talking about the voice clone. Nobody’s asking how scammers knew exactly who to call.

May 28, 2026

The secret formula Netflix uses to make you watch terrible movies

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.