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June 13, 2026

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Law & Order couldn’t see this coming. A judge threw out four lawyers’ cases. Why? They used AI in court. Made up fake cases. You won’t believe what the judge did next. Plus, ASU augmented intelligence expert Dr. Ross Maciejewski tackles AI jobs. Takes your calls. Gives you the scoop to make AI work for you.

We break it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now. Here’s the complete rundown.

10:34.241 Order DoorDash with AI.

12:02.462 Imitation Tesla self-driving stroller. Jet from New York to London in 3 hours.

26:53.129 Overpacker? AI picks your wardrobe looks.

17:25.360 Waymo cards rider.

30:17.603 Banned contest junkie applies for 200 a day.

34:43.719 Tech geeks spend $5K an hour for escorts.

39:20.853 iOS 27 glow-up.

47:39.480 Robot kicks kid, goes viral.

1:04:16.040 Procrastinator? Goblin fixes your problems.

51:23.474 Tonya plans to prank her twin with AI.

1:05:44.259 Jennifer wants to use AI to battle terminal cancer.

1:12:30.303 Jobs AI is coming for first.

1:21:56.310 Olivia’s college degree is worthless because of AI.

1:26:19.231 Catch AI mistakes for $150 an hour.

1:32:29.861 College grads boo pro-AI speaker.

1:36:19.039 Hollywood trains its AI replacements.

1:48:12.153 Best degrees for high school grads.

Plus, every parent’s worst nightmare. A fire captain rescues his daughter from a crash. How? Got an iPhone SOS alert. We talk with Jake about the scary moment and tell you how to make sure your phone is set up properly.

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June 11, 2026

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Looking for extra cash? You can get paid up to $40 an hour to read, rate and correct AI responses. If AI isn’t your thing, Steve has the ultimate blueprint for turning decades of IT and car dealership experience into a major, high paying remote consulting gig. Listen here for the best way to turn your resume into cash.

June 8, 2026

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Step aside humans. AI bots are running job interviews. Listen here for tips to beat the algorithm. Plus, Jim’s sister thought she found love online. She found a scam. She lost over $700,000 to a man named Robert who never showed.

June 6, 2026

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SpaceX is going public, targeting a valuation of at least $1.75 trillion. Largest IPO in history. Anthropic filed, too. Warren Buffett dropped $10 billion on Alphabet. Plus, your car is being watched. Culprit? Flock’s 80,000 cameras, which are now backed by drones. They log your driving, then the information is sold to private companies. No warrant needed. Fly-by-night surveillance.

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

13:38.994 Teen’s Bluetooth name cancels flight midair

16:34.441 ChatGPT somehow knew her date of birth

26:33.595 Adam dumps AI marketing, goes back to the basics for bagel shop

12:17.418 Attack of the mosquitoes! Why tech titans are releasing millions of bugs

8:20.248 Siri gets smart, Apple makes glasses, and a new Android trap

23:41.688 AI Tool: Turn your digital footprint into art

32:20.758 Use it or lose it. How AI shrinks your brain

34:12.540 Peekabook, a viral fake book, lets parents hide their phone from their kids

45:40.903 AI predicts 2026 NBA Finals winner

47:53.035 Uber’s newest ride option: Professional drifting

1:03:41.967 AI Tool of the Week: Use ChatGPT voice tool to breeze through paperwork

1:10:30.365 Moving to the moon

1:14:44.885 Data centers in your backyard could raise your electric bills

1:21:28.029 Two YouTube creators won the box office

1:26:24.419 Video vs. audio: The best way to reach exhausted caregivers

1:33:31.331 Laid off at 55. How Kristina built a thriving AI consultancy

1:41:19.541 Your router is spying on you

Butterflies, duck sausage, a dishwasher. Oh my! Uber is revealing some of the weirdest things people left in their rides. Award-winning photographer Steven’s entry was so stunning, the competition said it looked too good to be believed. The kicker? It was shot on his Samsung phone. I speak with Steven about how he fought back and got his picture-perfect ending.

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That chair in your online cart is way over budget. But there’s a trick to help you snag discounts off at checkout. And Johanna was moving to Spain with a new baby and a house full of furniture to sell. Fed up with scammers on Facebook Marketplace, she used AI to make her own selling site. Zero coding experience.

June 5, 2026

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You paid $90 at the pharmacy. The person behind you paid $8. Same drug. The simple trick to save you money. Plus, AI companies are paying experts like Dr. Jay up to $150 an hour to train their AI models. Here’s how to get started.

June 4, 2026

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Too much AI is bad for the brain. Ten minutes of it and your mind starts checking out. Researchers tested 1,200 people and found that leaning on chatbots made them significantly worse at thinking on their own. The fix is simple.

June 2, 2026

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Storm Duncan is selling his 14-acre California home. He won’t take cash. He wants Anthropic stock instead. I talk with him about why he’s ditching prime real estate and going all in on the future of AI.

June 1, 2026

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The $120 monthly fee can quietly become a $2,000 renewal. Use AI to flag every trap before you sign anything. And a bride-to-be saved over $12,000 on her dream dress. How? She used ChatGPT to make it.

May 30, 2026

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Think your Google history is safe? Think again. Police are using online search history to hunt down suspects. A creepy guy used Meta smart glasses to secretly record Alex outside the club. Video went viral. I talk with her about the fallout.

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

1:17.870 Why men shout at AI

30:36.937 AI Tool: Beat AI screening on your next job interview

49:25.418 Caller: Real estate agent spots romance scam

33:05.535 Smart home gadgets are tattling to insurance companies

39:25.634 Chatbots are secretly recording Zoom meetings

1:05:03.889 Your hotel key card livestreams your every move

18:16.841 Caller uses AI to make over family’s 1908 barn

1:06:08.741 Salvage crews are pulling the plug on internet history

1:08:34.962 54% of teens are using AI for homework

1:13:01.303 Meta’s new glasses find your Instagram profile in 90 seconds

1:22:52.725 Caller: Best AI college programs for students

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May 28, 2026

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Your kids say there’s nothing to eat. Your fridge says otherwise. AI is settling the argument. Use it to turn random ingredients into real recipes.

May 27, 2026

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AI can clone your Facebook account and scam your closest friends. All they need is your face and name. Here’s how to stop it before it happens.

May 26, 2026

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Americans lost $639 million to text scams in 2025. Crisis mode. AI is writing the bait now. Even the smartest people are falling it. Flip the script. Use AI to outsmart the imposters.

May 23, 2026

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After cutting 8,000 jobs, Meta told its remaining employees something jaw-dropping: every keystroke you type at work is being recorded. Why? To train the AI that could replace you. If that doesn’t make you put down your coffee, this will. Your AI therapy chats? Not as private as you think. They could be read back to you in a courtroom.

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy, and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

1:17.870 – Smartphones and falling birth rates. The connection is real.

6:35.184 – AI recovers $400K in forgotten Bitcoin. (You might want to check your old hard drives.)

13:03.114 – Strangers form a human roadblock to stop a swerving driver

38:50.210 – Find your ancestor’s WWI and WWII draft cards online, free

42:53.853 – A CIA scientist claims the government knows about four alien species. (His words.)

50:01.500 – One bride used ChatGPT to design her own wedding dress and saved $12,000

1:02:22.007 – University of Virginia researcher Maria Lungu on AI-powered wrongful arrests

1:15:46.260 – The Air Force wants to land rockets on old oil rigs

1:30:33.282 – A hacker held a Facebook account for ransom

1:39:32.183 – A grandpa uses AI to write a children’s book for his grandkids. (Grab the tissues.)

Plus: delivery drivers kept pulling into the wrong driveway. So Tom did what any totally normal person would do. He programmed a drone to write directions in the sky. It worked.

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May 19, 2026

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AI found my neighbor an extra $640 a year in credit card rewards. The same can happen to you. Here’s the prompt to make it happen.

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Imagine your pet goes missing, and hours later you get a photo of them on an operating table with a demand for $2,700 to “save” them. It’s a terrifying new scam that happened to a Florida family. I spoke with them about how they were almost duped.

May 18, 2026

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McAfee says voice clones hit 85% accuracy. 70% of us can’t tell what’s real. The one word that’ll save you $18,000.

May 16, 2026

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That innocent peace sign selfie? It may be exposing your fingerprints to criminals. Meanwhile, AI is now stepping into the IVF process in ways that sound straight out of science fiction.

In this episode, Kim breaks down the wildest, creepiest, and most important tech stories changing your life right now.

You’ll hear:

31:21 How thieves steal Apple Watches during handshakes

1:15:32 Why kids beat AI age checks using fake mustaches

1:32:14 The hidden-camera trick Kim used to uncover 11 cameras in an Airbnb

19:33 A terrifying $700,000 romance scam

7:52 AI systems beginning to replicate themselves

40:37 China’s $650,000 transforming rideable robot

1:18:47 Why people booed an AI-generated graduation speech

1:12:58 How Waymo “stole” a passenger’s luggage

Plus, Wall Street Journal writer Danielle Crittenden joins Kim for an emotional conversation about the devices still connected to her late daughter and what happens to our digital lives after we’re gone.

May 13, 2026

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The traditional MBA is flunking out. Enrollment is tanking and schools are slashing tuition by 40%. Even employers aren’t impressed by diplomas anymore. Targeted AI credentials are where the real money is.

May 12, 2026

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5.8 billion people carry the same rectangle Steve Jobs gave us 19 years ago. That’s not changing. But AI is about to rewire it from the inside out, and someone’s already got plans for every secret you whisper into it.