“Honey, I’m helping NASA!” Say that when your significant other wants you to help clean the garage. NASA is looking for people to snap a few pics of clouds and upload them to the GLOBE Observer app (iOS or Android). Your photos help NASA predict weather patterns. Neat!
Know someone who has a Ring doorbell?
The check might be in the mail. Yep, Ring is settling a class-action lawsuit.
11 years later
Gamers are still using their PS4s. The PS5 has been out for four years, but nearly 50 million people are still hanging on to their old consoles. Hey, if it ain’t broke, why shell out $400?
Tech how-to: Get YouTube notifications
This is a smart way to always know when your favorite creators (ahem, me!) have a new video live.
Kitboga: Behind the scenes of his scambaiter chronicles
Kitboga joined The Kim Komando Show to talk all things “scambaiter.” He shared lots, including the longest time he has spent with a scammer. Find out on the full podcast here.
Before you buy a house, watch this
Pat Lawlor and his wife were first-time homebuyers, eager and ready to start the process. Things took a turn for the worse when Pat received an email from his “escrow officer” and sent over their down payment. Catch the full interview here. Buyer beware!
What is the Dark Web?
It’s not just hackers and scammers … though, yeah, they are there. Let’s take a closer look.
Ozempic's life-changing side effects
Sure, it’ll help you lose weight, but Ozempic has side effects people aren’t talking about. It may even cancel out birth control.
MrBeast's backstory: Rise to No. 1 on YouTube
MrBeast surpassed the top YouTube channel #tseries, then broke a world record for most subscribers in one day. How did this enormous creator get where he is? We did the digging.
Guy in Target caught looking up woman's dress
This peeping Tom was caught not just looking up her dress, but filming it, too. Three cheers for the other lady who spotted this creep.
Reset your Roku password before it's too late
Roku was hacked over the weekend. To keep yourself protected, I suggest changing your password ASAP!
Security tip: Send unknown calls to voicemail
Do me a favor and send unknown callers to voicemail. If it’s someone who really needs you, they’ll leave a message or call back.
This is so fly: Amazon Prime Air’s delivery drones have received Beyond Visual Line of Sight clearance to go nationwide in 2025. Pilots can operate them remotely, and drones can legally travel farther. Hopefully, this doesn’t turn into people skeet-shooting for “prizes.”
Amazon driver ignores a house fire
A family’s home burned for over three hours. The crazy part is, just 20 minutes in, an Amazon driver arrived to drop off a package. Watch what happens when he enters the smokey garage.
Scammers pretending to be the Social Security office
Be careful what information you give over the phone, especially if you aren’t expecting a call.
60% decrease
In high-paying remote jobs in the past year. Wanna make the big bucks? You’ll probably have to do it in person; only 4% of jobs paying over $250,000 annually are fully remote. And in a survey of 1,000 companies, 90% said they expect a full five-day week back in office by the end of 2024.
'Does incognito keep me private?'
The good news is it does hide some things. The bad news … It’s not nearly as private as you’d think.
New app limits kids bathroom breaks
Are your kids ready for this to become the norm?
Don’t buy this now: Google’s just announced six new Chromebooks, including their AI-enabled Chromebook Plus line. With a Chromebook Plus laptop, you’ll get AI wallpapers, an AI text and photo editor, and Google’s Gemini AI assistant built in for as low as $429. Not bad, but I wouldn’t shell out for a first-gen AI laptop. They’ll only get better.
Allowing specific calls while on Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb keeps calls and texts from bugging you, but what if there’s a person or two you want to get through any time? Here’s how to flag important contacts and silence the rest.