Happy Tuesday, friend. You ever wish life had an instant replay button? Like, nailing that parallel parking job in front of a packed outdoor seating restaurant in one try? 

🏆 Can you guess which sport was the first to use tech to call a time-out and say, “Let’s roll that tape”? A) Baseball, B) Tennis, C) Football or D) Soccer? Your highlight-reel answer is waiting for you at the end! 

🚂 Thanks for hopping aboard the Komando Tech Train. Whoo-whoo! No AI-curated content or loco motives here, just passing along tremendous, valuable intel you can use to impress your friends and co‑workers. Let’s keep making inbox history together. — Kim

One question I get all the time is, “Kim, can AI help me pick stocks?” 

Spoiler: Not only can it help, it might do a better job than a guy in a Patagonia vest yelling about yield curves.

A finance professor from Canada tested the stock-picking skills of ChatGPT, Elon Musk’s Grok and communist China’s DeepSeek. Each AI was fed the same market conditions and prompts and asked to build a stock portfolio.

Then he compared those AI-created portfolios to real-world funds managed by professionals. Yup, the ones who get paid big bucks to grow your money.

🏆 These AI tools didn’t just do OK 

They beat the pros. And not just once. Over the course of several trials, AI regularly outperformed human-managed funds.

That doesn’t mean it’s time to fire your financial adviser, but it does mean we’re entering a new phase in how we invest. AI isn’t just for emails and generating recipes anymore. It’s parsing financial data, reading between the lines of earnings calls and spotting trends most people overlook.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, you could just as easily get bad advice, or worse, convince yourself it’s genius guidance because it came from a robot.

💬 3 smart prompts to try

Want to experiment with ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or another AI model? 

1. “Act as a financial adviser for a [your age goes here]-year-old investor saving for retirement. Recommend a diversified stock portfolio with U.S. and international exposure, moderate risk tolerance and a 10-year horizon. Explain why each stock was selected using current market data.”

2. “You are a stock analyst. Compare the investment potential of [list the companies here] using the latest earnings reports, P/E ratios, market trends and analyst sentiment. Summarize the pros and cons of each.”

3. “I’m a [say what you are, conservative or aggressive] investor with [insert your dollar amount here]. Suggest five stocks across different sectors that offer long-term growth potential. For each pick, give a one-paragraph summary explaining recent performance and future outlook.”

📌 My take

AI can give you smart ideas to research, especially if you already understand the market. It’s a tool and not a Magic 8 Ball. 

AI makes mistakes, sometimes big mistakes, that could wipe out your savings and have people around you singing a new theme song, “If you ain’t got no money, take your broke a## home.”

🙋‍♀️ Seriously, do you have a question about how to use AI for a certain task? Drop me a note here or when you rate the newsletter at the end.

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🍏 Apple’s WWDC sour highlights: Just as I predicted, major disappointment. Apple’s iOS 26 is coming in the fall. Will it have a ton of AI? Will it work on the new Apple flip phone? No on both counts. But there’s the new Liquid Glass theme. The screen and app tiles will become translucent, less reflective. Wowsie. You can have polls in group texts, get live translation in calls and see alerts for spam for incoming calls. And you can have two windows open on your iPad. Finally.

🚨 Cyberattack hits major food supplier: Might want to stock up on your favorites now. United Natural Foods says hackers got into their systems, so they’ve shut down parts of the network. This means delays with order fulfillment and distribution. FYI: They supply products to over 30,000 stores, including Whole Foods. This one could cause some serious ripple effects.

AI vs. cancer: AI just helped design a new breast cancer treatment … with zero cancer drugs. Using high-cholesterol and anti-booze meds, GPT-4 suggested combos, and some worked better than standard care. Yes, it spit out actual useful science instead of writing a bad screenplay. GPT is slowly turning into Dr. House without the Vicodin.

👀 Deleted ≠ gone: Turns out your deleted ChatGPT chats are being kept forever, because The New York Times is suing and might need them. Even OpenAI is calling foul, but until courts chill, your zany prompts are on permanent record. Yes, even that one. Somewhere in a vault, “Make me an empowering Garfield poem” lives on.

Lies, but with filters: Misinformation is mutating harder than Chernobyl deer. AI-made photos, videos and text are now scary good, blurring reality at scale. Nobody knows what’s real … except that picture of aliens in the White House your uncle reposted, saying he told you so.

📉 Pocket, zipped: Mozilla’s Pocket app — yes, the “save it for later” one — is shutting down July 8. Mozilla reasoned it needs to focus on Firefox, of all things. Data vanishes in October. If you’ve got a decade of unread articles, now’s your moment. Or just accept you’ll never finish that 2016 “Rise and Fall of Vine” op-ed.

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⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Press the space bar to scroll down a web page faster.

Prompt like a pro: Not happy with your AI bot’s answer? Type “Try again” to get a new version. Use phrases like “Make it shorter,” “Add more detail” or “Include 10 examples” for even more control. Now that so-so reply is exactly what you need.

🙈 No peeking: Disabling message previews keeps prying off your texts. On iPhone, go to Settings > Notifications > Messages. For Android, it’s Settings > Notifications > App Notifications > Messages > Lock screen. Now that “urgent code” from your bank won’t show up while your phone’s unattended at a café.

Alexa’s on the case: Wondering where your Amazon package is? You could hit this link or just say, “Alexa, where’s my stuff?” or “Alexa, track my order.” She’ll give you a quick update on your delivery status. Hands-free and hassle-free.

😊 Add emojis fast: Want to add some spice to your messages? You don’t have to hunt for the right emoji or symbol. On Windows, press the Windows key + period (.). On Mac, hit Control + Command + Space. The full emoji panel will pop up right where your cursor is.

🏈 Answer: C) Football was the first sport to use instant replay during a live broadcast, debuting in 1963 during an Army vs. Navy game. Viewers were so confused they thought the team had scored twice. 

Today, replay tech is everywhere from tennis’ Hawk-Eye system to MLB’s challenge reviews, all thanks to that one game. Great if your team is winning, heart-wrenching slo-mo if your team is on the bad end of a highlight reel.

🥳 Here’s one you can tell your friends: “My wife just left me. She says life revolves around football and she’s sick of it. I’m quite upset. We were together for seven seasons.”

Speaking of highlight reels, the show continues on the #1 tech newsletter in the U.S. Tomorrow, we’re talking about Kawasaki’s hydrogen-powered robot horse (yes, seriously), demystifying airplane mode and more tech goodness to keep you ahead.

Take a deep breath. You’ve got the edge in this digital world! 🔧 — Kim

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