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Locked up tight: In Gmail, click the little padlock icon at the bottom of a new email for Confidential mode. Set an expiration date and a passcode for your recipient to open the email. You’ll both feel like James Bond.

📊 Make your data pop: Biz owners, AI can turn a dry presentation into something more fun. Just share your data with your AI chatbot. Let it know what stats you wanna show off. Then ask, “Can you turn this data into [an infographic, an interactive quiz, a poll, etc.]?” Your clients will remember it.

📘 It’s fundamental, Watson! Project Gutenberg features 75,032 e‑books free for the taking. Don’t have a Kindle or e‑reader? Put one on your phone and read instead of scrolling. Here’s “Crime and Punishment,” if it’s always been on your list.

Smile for the camera: The sweet spot to mount your video doorbell is 48 inches from the ground. Most doorbell cams have a wide scope, so you don’t need to mount them any higher. If you do, you might get notifications every time the sun crosses your porch.

At least 10 of you will yell, “Heck yeah!” On Windows, hold down the Windows key + Shift + S to activate the Snip & Sketch tool. Select a specific area of your screen to capture as a screenshot. On a Mac, the comparable keyboard shortcut for taking screenshots is Cmd + Shift + 4.

🌲 When your backyard needs a makeover: Super-smart idea spotted on Reddit: Use Google Maps to see your space from a different perspective. Sketch the rough outline, then take a photo on your phone. Now you have a template. Print copies and start sketching ideas.

“Kim, help!” Larry asked me how to track his camper. He considered an AirTag but doesn’t want a thief to get the “AirTag detected near you” notification. My pick? The Tracki Pro. It’s a GPS tracker that’s made in the USA, waterproof and easy to hide. It connects to phone and cell networks so you can always find it. Sweet!

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🫥 “Temporary chat”: It’s an option in ChatGPT that’s kinda like Incognito mode for your browser. Find it at the top, where you choose your AI model. The same rules as Incognito mode apply: It’s not private; it just means those chats won’t appear in your history or impact what ChatGPT knows about you.