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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.

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.

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.

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. […]

Stanford and Harvard proved AI can outpick your fund manager

Three studies. Some very uncomfortable numbers for the guy in the Patagonia vest.

He trained an AI to sound like his wife. Now they talk every day.

A category of AI built for grief and caregiving is quietly growing. Here’s what it is, who it’s for and why it might matter more than any productivity app ever will.

Your internet provider can see every show you watch. And they’re using it against you.

You’re paying $80 a month for internet. Your provider is watching exactly what you do with it and quietly punishing you for it. Here’s what’s happening inside your connection.

She lost everything in a wildfire. Then her adjuster paid 38 cents on the dollar. Here’s the 20-minute fix.

Carol couldn’t remember what she owned. Her adjuster took full advantage. Here’s how you can protect yourself with one Sunday afternoon and your phone camera.

Big Tech’s best April Fools’ jokes weren’t jokes. They changed your life.

Gmail. Google Maps. The App Store. Every one was dismissed like an absurd April Fools’ prank. Every one became unavoidable. And every one came with a price tag nobody saw coming.

ChatGPT has been taking notes on you. Here’s how to see them.

ChatGPT’s memory feature is on by default, and it’s been building a personal profile from every conversation you’ve ever had. Here’s what it knows and how to take control in under two minutes.

Google Maps accidentally photographed the world’s strangest secrets

From a village with 400 dolls to a desert landing pad for space travelers, here’s what Google’s cameras found when nobody was watching.

Isn’t my browser’s built-in password saver good enough?

Joe in Phoenix uses Google to save his passwords and wants to know why he’d need anything else. Fair question. Here’s the honest answer.

I mentioned Google Calendar scams on the show. The response was enormous. Here’s everything you wanted to know.

A fake meeting invite shows up on your calendar. Looks completely real. One tap on the link inside and your Google account is gone.

My grandfather had 7 letters on his Ellis Island form. That’s how we got Komando.

My grandparents came from Ukraine with a name nobody could spell. An immigration officer wrote down seven letters, and our family was changed forever. I finally went looking for what came before.

The AI chatbot you use every day has a point of view. Researchers proved it.

Multiple universities tested the biggest AI chatbots on political questions. The results were surprising. And one finding should stop you cold.

Medical identity theft is the one type that doesn’t just wreck your finances. It can wreck your health.

Someone uses your insurance to get surgery. Now their blood type, their allergies, their diagnoses are in your medical file. Your doctor thinks that’s your history. It isn’t.

Pull up your childhood home and go back in time. Here’s how.

Google Maps has a hidden clock that lets you drag time backward to 2007. Your old fence might be there. The car in the driveway. People have found photos of loved ones taken before they passed. Kim shows you five free ways to walk back through your own history, and one AI trick to make something unforgettable out of it.

The silent thief that’s inflating your power bill every single month

Your devices are draining electricity 24/7 even when you think they’re off. It costs the average household $100 to $200 a year. A quick, inexpensive fix stops it cold.

That estimate sitting on your counter is probably wrong. AI can tell you how wrong in about three minutes.

A $900 landscaping quote dropped after a three-minute ChatGPT camera scan revealed $20 plants hiding in the mix. The same trick works on contractor estimates, repair bills and hospital invoices. Here’s exactly how to point your phone and stop paying more than you owe.

AI companies are paying people to do their own chores. Here’s how to get in on it.

Hundreds of people are strapping cameras to their heads and getting paid $20 an hour to wash dishes, fold laundry and clean kitchens. No, really. The robots are watching. And the pay is real.