Happy Monday, friend. A little history is blasting off this morning at 8:30 a.m. local time in West Texas. Blue Origin’s New Shepard is launching the first all-female space crew since 1963. 

🚀 On board: Lauren Sánchez (yes, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée), Katy Perry, Gayle King, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, activist Amanda Nguyen and producer Kerianne Flynn. It’s an 11-minute ride to the edge of space. Be sure to check out the hot flight suits Lauren designed later in this newsletter. As Katy Perry said, they are “putting the ass in astronaut.” 

Today’s the last chance: Tell one person to try my free newsletter. Even better, have them enter to win an iPhone 16 Pro (a $999 value) at WinFromKim.com. Every entry signs them up, and yes, you can enter, too! Giveaway ends tonight at midnight. — Kim

Michelle in Phoenix asks: “Hello, Kim, do you have recommendations for services that remove your phone number, home address off Google? My son is getting extremely harassing texts and vandalism at his home. We want to remove all our phone numbers and addresses from public viewing.”

Michelle, you’re not alone. 

Googling yourself used to be fun. Now it’s like opening the front door and finding your Social Security number spray-painted on your garage.

It’s not just creepy, it’s a big-time privacy and safety risk.

Google finally lets you do something about it. 

You can request the removal of personal info from search results. It won’t erase the data from the internet entirely, but it can stop it from popping up on Google.

🔎 How to find out what’s out there

Start by Googling your full name, phone number and home address in quotes. For example: “Johnny Hottie” “555-555-5555” “123 Main Street”

If anything pops up, take a screenshot or jot down the URL. You need that next.

✏️ Request removal directly from Google

Visit Google’s “Remove Personal Info” tool and fill out a form. Choose the type of info you want removed, paste the link and submit it.

You can also do this directly from search results. Click the three dots next to a link and choose “Remove result.” Hopefully, the mighty Google will get rid of it.

The problem: Even if they do, Google is just one place your data shows up.

🕵🏼‍♀️ What about all the people-search sites?

They scrape your name, age, relatives, property value and more to sell it to anyone. That’s where Incogni comes in. They go after the shady data brokers and demand your info be removed.

Incogni eliminated records tied to my name from over 1,400 data brokers and people-search sites. The spam texts and calls dropped like magic.

But they’ve taken things to the next level.

👊 Found your info on a site? Just send the link

Incogni lets you now paste in the URL of the page with your info. Real humans then get to work for real results to get it removed. 

Thankfully, Incogni’s plans are super reasonable. Plans start as low as $6.63 per month. Every plan lets you remove three phone numbers, three emails and three mailing addresses from the data brokers. The Family and Friends plans let you add up to four loved ones and scrub their info, too.

✅ Click here now to get 60% off when you sign up. You’ll be so glad you did! I get no kickbacks or residuals if you buy. I use it, it helped me and it will help you, too. 

⚡ Whether you’re cord-cutting or going cordless, I’ve got the tech to help you do it.

• Sale alert! Binge-watch in 4K with a Roku Streaming Stick (24% off).
• This Sonicare toothbrush (27% off) keeps your smile sparkling.
• Flip through e-books hands-free using a remote page turner (20% off).
• Grab a colorful stylus ($12) to make drawing and taking notes a breeze.
• These nifty AirTag ($10) and Tile ($3.50) cases protect your trackers, so they last a long time. 

🪫 Power trio: Charge your phone, smartwatch and earbuds all at once with a 3-in-1 travel station for Apple (32% off) and Samsung (27% off).

✍️ President Trump threw crypto a bone: He signed off on killing an IRS rule that would’ve forced decentralized finance platforms to act like brokers. Yep, meaning they’d have to track and report your activity for taxes. Critics said it was a privacy nightmare and would’ve overloaded the IRS with too much data. One small win for crypto, one giant headache coming for stablecoins.

🔍 Crime authors have a secret weapon: When they need to get the gory details right, they turn to a Facebook group called Cops and Writers. There, authors can ask real officers how much blood would actually come out of a wound, or whether it’s “spatter,” not “splatter” (paywall link). 

🎓 Wharton’s Penn/10: The oldest business school in the country is reworking its curriculum to center around AI. The new classes will cover how AI models work, the ethical impacts of using the tech and more (paywall link). Got someone in college? Be sure they study AI.

🇺🇲 Stars, stripes and sticker shock: Want a “Made in the USA” iPhone? Be ready to shell out as much as $3,500. Labor costs alone could bump the price up 25%. Apple CEO Tim Cook hasn’t ruled out the idea of making phones here in the States, but it would take years to pull off. Buy once, cry at least twice.

💸 Fake it till you fund it: A tech founder got charged with fraud after lying about his shopping app, Nate, using AI for universal checkouts. Turns out it was actually human contractors from the Philippines and Romania behind the scenes (plus a few bots). He still raised over $40 million from investors before getting caught.

🤖 OpenAI is retiring GPT-4 from ChatGPT: Slated to be fully replaced by April 30 by the current default model, GPT-4o, because, well, 4o is just better. It’s stronger at writing, coding, problem-solving and conversational flow. Farewell, GPT-4. We’ll remember your weird poem phase. More models are on the way; we’ll soon see a family of GPT-4.1s and a new o3 “reasoning” bot. 

👀 Microsoft’s Recall is almost here: Yep, it’s the nosy one that takes screenshots of every single thing you do on your PC. Why? To search anything you’ve worked on by browsing a timeline. FYI: It’s rolling out to Windows Insiders first, but soon anyone with a Copilot+ PC will get it. It’s opt-in, not automatic.

👩‍🏫 Feeling left behind? Download NetSuite’s free knowledge drop, “The CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning.”* No matter what you do, you should know more about AI. It’s not going anywhere.

⚡️ 3-second tech genius: On Windows, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager instantly. On a Mac, hit Command + Option + Esc to Force Quit anything stuck.

▶️ Sharing is caring: Tired of ads on YouTube? Get the YouTube Premium Family Plan for $22.99 a month and split it with up to five friends. That’s $4.60 each for perks like background play, offline downloads and YouTube Music Premium.

🔒 Link unlocked: You need 10K followers for Instagram’s “Swipe Up” feature to link directly from your Stories. Not there yet? Just create a new Story and tap the Sticker button (smiling face in a square). Hit Link and add your URL. Pro tip: A call-to-action sticker like “tap here” tells your followers to click.

💪 I order supplements online: One I never skip? Collagen. It supports healthy joints, smoother skin and faster recovery. NativePath makes it so easy. Their collagen blends seamlessly into coffee or smoothies (no clumps, no weird taste). Hit this link for 45% off — that’s why I stock up online and never run out.*

🧠 ChatGPT got a memory upgrade: It can now remember your old conversations to give you more personalized replies. Two new features dropped: one for saved memories (stuff you ask it to remember) and one for chat history (info you’ve mentioned before). Want it off? Go to Settings > Personalization > Memory. FYI: It’s for Pro users now, Plus users later.

💡 I see the light: Make your phone flash so you never miss a call or alert. On iPhone, go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > LED Flash for Alerts and toggle it on. For Android, open Settings > Notifications > Flash notifications. PSA: It’s annoying to anyone around you.

🪐 Houston, we have a storage problem

While the ladies are blasting off into space, your phone’s over here gasping for storage like it’s in zero gravity. At this point, your iPhone isn’t full — it’s emotionally burdened. It’s seen things. It’s tired. Free it. 

It’s time to launch a cleanup mission. Clear out those “just in case” screenshots, blurry selfies and 47 nearly identical pics of your dog. 

On iPhone, head to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and see what’s taking up all the oxygen. Android? Settings > Storage.

🍔 One for the road: Why did the astronaut throw away his vegetarian burger? He wanted something meteor. Yea, that was so bad, it was good!

Appreciate you letting me and the best free tech newsletter in your inbox. Catch you next time, screen queen (or king). 👑 — Kim

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