September 11, 2026

On September 11, the phones didn’t break. They filled up. Here’s what still worked.

Twenty-five years ago, millions of Americans picked up the phone at the same moment, and most of them couldn’t get through. The network wasn’t destroyed. It was busy. That continues to happen in hurricanes and blackouts, and there are four things you can set up tonight that make you reachable when everyone else isn’t.

September 10, 2026

🧠 How to see and delete what ChatGPT remembers about you

ChatGPT keeps a running profile of you, and the Memory Summary may not show everything it remembers from past chats. Here’s how to read and clean it up.

Make AI run the break-even mortgage math the bank skipped

That $200-a-month refi savings pitch can cost you way more than you’re saving. Here’s the exact prompt to paste into any AI chatbot so it does the loan officer’s math for you, in your favor, before you sign anything.

The ads were timed on seven streaming services. Here’s who steals the most from your evening and which ad-free upgrade is worth it.

Prime Video doubled its ad load since launch. HBO Max went up and never announced it. But the service that feels the worst isn’t the one taking most of your time. Here are the stopwatch numbers and the one upgrade worth your $10 a month.

September 9, 2026

Same towers, half the bill: A couple paying $200 a month asked me what the catch is. Here are all three.

After 20 years of marriage, Dave and his wife agree on one thing: $200 a month for two phones feels wrong. The same signal sells for half. There’s a catch, friend. Three, actually. All smaller than the one they’re living with.

September 8, 2026

Your ring and watch are guessing. Calorie counts miss by up to 93%, and sleep stages are a bluff. Here’s how to wear one without letting it lie to you.

Stanford tested seven fitness trackers against lab gear. Heart rate passed. Calories missed by up to 93%, friend. Your ring is guessing at sleep stages and blood oxygen. Here’s how to stop it from fooling you.

September 7, 2026

Companies will pay you to catch chatbots making stuff up. Here’s how much, where to apply and the fake ‘AI trainer’ jobs to dodge.

AI chatbots get facts wrong, friend, and companies pay $15 to $40 an hour if you can catch their errors. Nurses earn $85. No degree needed to start. Here’s where to sign up safely.

September 6, 2026

Your Labor Day savings start here

Inside: Save on smart home gear, kitchen helpers, beauty picks and more. Up to 48% off.

Musk wants a chip in your skull. Altman paid to have his brain uploaded. Thiel got asked whether humans should survive, and paused.

Three men who already own your feed, your search box and your AI have a plan for the inside of your head, friend. It has a name, it’s not science fiction and nobody asked you.

September 5, 2026

The defense secretary’s driver’s license was for sale on the dark web. A listener asks: Why bother protecting yours?

Cameron in Houston figures identity protection is a lost cause when even Pete Hegseth’s driver’s license hit the dark web. Kim’s answer: Leaked data is only step one. Here’s where you still win.

September 4, 2026

The Labor Day watch list: Dolly’s ‘9 to 5’ kicks off seven shows and movies about work this weekend, plus the free site that shows where each one streams.

We lost Dolly Parton last month, friend. So the Labor Day watch list starts with her: seven shows and movies about work, Succession to the GameStop story, with a trailer for each and directions to find streaming.

🍉 One in a melon

A new AI model called Atlas can take footage from just a few regular cameras and turn it into a full 3D scene you can spin around and view from any angle. One demo used nothing but phones on tripods filming a watermelon drop, and honestly, the results look like something out of a big budget movie. I get this 5-star-rated newsletter.

September 3, 2026

Redesign your room with AI before you spend a dime

Upload a few room photos, give AI a hard budget and make it tell you what to keep, move, sell or replace before you buy another piece of furniture.

🗣️ Let Gemini transcribe and translate conversations live

Record a conversation, and Gemini turns it into a clean transcript. Or use Google Translate to talk across 70+ languages in real time. Here’s how both work, what to try first and the privacy catch.

Apple’s biggest launch in years lands September 9. Buy nothing with an Apple logo until then.

Apple’s biggest launch in years lands Sept. 9: the iPhone 18 Pro, the first foldable, new Watches and AirPods. Buy anything Apple before then, friend, and you’re paying the impatience tax. Full wait list below.

🦷 Say cheese for $499

Nine out of 10 people don’t floss regularly, so Dyson responded in the most Dyson way possible: engineering around human laziness and charging a fortune for it.

September 2, 2026

56 battery fires on planes this year. Three rules (and three safe chargers) keep your gadgets from becoming another one.

A laptop caught fire midair last month, the 56th battery incident on a plane this year. Three rules keep your gadgets from grounding a flight, friend, and rule number one starts with your checked bag.

September 1, 2026

The collagen I take every single day

I’ve been taking NativePath Collagen every day for over a year. After looking into multi-collagen formulas, sourcing and quality, I found that more isn’t necessarily better. Here’s why I chose a simple, single-source formula with Types I and III collagen.

‘Kim, what if my password manager gets hacked?’ It’s happened. Here’s who lost, who won and which one you’d be.

Crooks stole a password manager’s vaults in 2022. Here’s what happened next, friend: The strong master passwords held. The weak ones funded a $150 million heist. These safeguards decide which side you land on.

August 31, 2026

Delete these apps right now: The 2026 list of malicious Android and iPhone apps

Google and Apple pulled a list of more than 75 apps for stealing money, bank logins and more. Removal doesn’t reach your phone. Here’s the list and the 5-minute check.

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