Most travelers don’t know they can opt out of facial recognition at 65 airport security checkpoints. Three words is all it takes. Plus, Tom BetGeorge got fed up with delivery drivers going to the wrong house. So he used his drones to make directions in the sky.
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Storm Duncan is selling his 14-acre California home. He won’t take cash. He wants Anthropic stock instead. I talk with him about why he’s ditching prime real estate and going all in on the future of AI.
Apple quietly bumped trade-in values on its model devices by $50. The catch? Android trade-in values dropped. Plus, Las Vegas celebrity magician Ben Seidman reveals how easily your tech can be swiped.
The $120 monthly fee can quietly become a $2,000 renewal. Use AI to flag every trap before you sign anything. And a bride-to-be saved over $12,000 on her dream dress. How? She used ChatGPT to make it.
Stalkware hides inside apps you trust. The creepy part? You let them in. Plus, I talk with Shawna. She wants one place to track all her investments, without apps spying on her.
Think your Google history is safe? Think again. Police are using online search history to hunt down suspects. A creepy guy used Meta smart glasses to secretly record Alex outside the club. Video went viral. I talk with her about the fallout.
Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now.
This week on The Kim Komando Show:
1:17.870 Why men shout at AI
30:36.937 AI Tool: Beat AI screening on your next job interview
49:25.418 Caller: Real estate agent spots romance scam
33:05.535 Smart home gadgets are tattling to insurance companies
39:25.634 Chatbots are secretly recording Zoom meetings
1:05:03.889 Your hotel key card livestreams your every move
18:16.841 Caller uses AI to make over family’s 1908 barn
1:06:08.741 Salvage crews are pulling the plug on internet history
1:08:34.962 54% of teens are using AI for homework
1:13:01.303 Meta’s new glasses find your Instagram profile in 90 seconds
1:22:52.725 Caller: Best AI college programs for students
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Vacation photos shouldn’t be a scavenger hunt. One shared album fixes everything. And Jan has thousands of family photos she wants her family to see in 100 years. Spoiler. It won’t last forever. Here’s how to protect your family legacy.
Your phone can do it all. Be a wildlife ranger, field guide, nature camera. Unlock it this summer. Plus, Rob wants to be a fisherman. No clue where to start. I’m reeling him in with the apps to make it happen.
Your kids say there’s nothing to eat. Your fridge says otherwise. AI is settling the argument. Use it to turn random ingredients into real recipes.
AI can clone your Facebook account and scam your closest friends. All they need is your face and name. Here’s how to stop it before it happens.
Americans lost $639 million to text scams in 2025. Crisis mode. AI is writing the bait now. Even the smartest people are falling it. Flip the script. Use AI to outsmart the imposters.
Trapped upside down in a sinking car in freezing water. 19-year-old Andi Burns thought it was the end. Until her Apple Watch called 911. Listen here for her incredible story of survival.
This Memorial Day, honor your family’s heroes by uncovering their history. The National Archives and Fold3 have digitized WWII draft cards, signatures, and records for free.
Every iPhone and Android has an emergency SOS built in. It calls 911 and alerts your emergency contacts automatically. Most people have never touched it. Set it up before you need it.
After cutting 8,000 jobs, Meta told its remaining employees something jaw-dropping: every keystroke you type at work is being recorded. Why? To train the AI that could replace you. If that doesn’t make you put down your coffee, this will. Your AI therapy chats? Not as private as you think. They could be read back to you in a courtroom.
Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy, and your life right now.
This week on The Kim Komando Show:
1:17.870 – Smartphones and falling birth rates. The connection is real.
6:35.184 – AI recovers $400K in forgotten Bitcoin. (You might want to check your old hard drives.)
13:03.114 – Strangers form a human roadblock to stop a swerving driver
38:50.210 – Find your ancestor’s WWI and WWII draft cards online, free
42:53.853 – A CIA scientist claims the government knows about four alien species. (His words.)
50:01.500 – One bride used ChatGPT to design her own wedding dress and saved $12,000
1:02:22.007 – University of Virginia researcher Maria Lungu on AI-powered wrongful arrests
1:15:46.260 – The Air Force wants to land rockets on old oil rigs
1:30:33.282 – A hacker held a Facebook account for ransom
1:39:32.183 – A grandpa uses AI to write a children’s book for his grandkids. (Grab the tissues.)
Plus: delivery drivers kept pulling into the wrong driveway. So Tom did what any totally normal person would do. He programmed a drone to write directions in the sky. It worked.
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Contacts, texts, your garage code. It’s all stored in your car. When you sell or trade it in, the data stays behind. Do this to clear your name before handing over the keys.
Your color laser printer isn’t just a printer. It’s a witness. It’s been secretly tracking every page you’ve ever printed and snitching on you since the 1980’s.
Found a box of old cursive letters and no time to type them out? Your phone can do it in seconds.
The average person takes dozens of photos a day. The duplicates? They’re quietly eating up most of your phone’s storage. Here’s how to clean them out fast.
AI found my neighbor an extra $640 a year in credit card rewards. The same can happen to you. Here’s the prompt to make it happen.

