September 5, 2026
Got a sketchy text or email? AI spots the red flags in seconds. Plus, we help Gee get his Amazon back after crooks hijacked it. Made $2,500 worth of fraudulent purchases.
August 29, 2026
Meta agreed to pay $18 billion. It’s the largest settlement of its kind, over claims the company built Facebook and Instagram to hook children on purpose. Lori Schott knows exactly why that matters. She lost her daughter Annalee to suicide in 2020 after social media consumed her life. Lori has spent every year since fighting to get platforms, and parents, to change. Her story will stop you cold. Plus, a Kentucky family turned down $26 million from an AI data center for their 200-year-old farm. Their answer? They’re waiting for Jesus. (Seriously.) And two viral TikToks worth your time. Maria spotted a security camera right outside her exam room. At a gynecologist’s office. Yikes. B.D. watched his Shake Shack order get more expensive in real time. Why? He didn’t tip at the kiosk. That video is past 4 million views. Milkshakes bring all the fees to the yard. Also this hour: An Amazon drone drops a package in a swimming pool, scammers clone EBT cards at checkout, your router can sense you moving through your house and a $25 antenna gets you football without a cable bill. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 0:00 An Amazon drone dropped a package in the swimming pool. 3:53 Flock drones chase cars on their own. 8:25 Meta to pay $18 billion in social media addiction lawsuit. 23:09 Scammers clone EBT cards at checkout. 14:34 Mother’s fight against Meta. 26:00 Can you use AI as a fitness coach? 38:12 Aerial drone photos cancel listener’s home insurance. 52:37 App delivers your text slowly. With a fake pigeon. On purpose. 55:57 Your router can sense you moving. 1:03:32 Walmart finally adds Tap to Pay at checkout. 1:08:25 Watch football without cable with a $25 antenna. 1:21:36 Let AI schedule your plumber and doctor. 1:13:22 Shake Shack raised his price after he didn’t tip. 1:23:43 Security camera outside OB-GYN exam room crossed a line. 1:51:20 700 messages. One group chat. Mom fights to get her 12-year-old out. 1:31:33 AI warps states’ names. Kentucky was “Venecky.” 1:34:05 Family rejects a $26 million AI data center offer. 1:36:29 Delta AI charges different seat prices for passengers. 1:42:42 Ditto’s chatbots plan your entire date. 1:50:16 Hackers buy expired websites to scam you. 1:57:30 Your job title is costing you money. 2:05:53 Can parents monitor a kid’s school email? Love the show? Tap follow, so you never miss an episode, then leave a 5-star review. Takes 10 seconds, and it’s how new listeners find us. I read every single one. Show website: https://www.komando.com/podcasts/ Connect: @kimkomando Meta pays $18 billion over kids’ social media addiction. A mom fought for changes.
August 25, 2026
A listener’s sister spent five years and emptied out her entire IRA on her “boyfriend.” The kicker? She’s never met him in person. Classic romance scam.
Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses look just like regular shades, making it easy for anyone to record you in public without asking. Kim reveals three dead giveaways that instantly prove someone is spying.
August 22, 2026
A Florida cop ran his ex-wife’s plate 717 times on a camera network watching 120,000 American streets. This week, Flock Safety cofounder Garrett Langley admitted police have abused his license plate cameras but insisted Flock isn’t Big Brother. Both can’t be true. Electronic Frontier Foundations’ Dr. Matthew Guariglia joins me to sort out which one is. Plus, a reporter hid an AirTag in a stack of books to find out what Amazon was really doing with them. Spoiler: shredding them to feed AI. And there’s a T. rex involved. Also, a listener dropped her phone in an airplane toilet. She went in after it. Gloved. Elbow deep. The phone survived. Her dignity did not. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 0:00 McDonald’s app is keeping 515 pages on how you eat. 6:43 Flock’s CEO admits cops abused his cameras. 15:22 AI drafts Andrew’s fantasy football team. It made it go sideways. 20:37 Electricians are pulling $260K. Zero college debt. 21:28 Phone, meet airplane toilet. She got it back. 31:36 Komando merch drop. One week only. 33:33 Telescope ranches let you stargaze from your couch. 39:20 One prank trapped 50 Waymos on a single street. 42:13 Amazon is shredding rare books to feed AI. 47:17 Ferrari’s first EV made history. And $40 million. 50:26 The dating app location trick a listener busted. 1:04:12 Let a chatbot build your home inventory before you need it. 1:06:03 Can someone watch me through my smart TV? 1:08:49 A robotics teacher wants an AI side hustle. 1:15:46 A chatbot boss fired a human. Legally. 1:17:34 A fake FBI call cost this woman $4.3 million. 1:22:08 People are marrying their chatbots. Vows and everything. 1:25:06 EFF’s Dr. Matthew Guariglia on the truth about Flock. 1:32:10 Roommates vs. landlord, settled by diss track. 1:46:31 Are you risking your kids’ privacy every time you upload a photo to AI? Love the show? Tap follow, so you never miss an episode, then leave a 5-star review. Takes 10 seconds, and it’s how new listeners find us. I read every single one. Show website: https://www.komando.com/podcasts/ Connect: @kimkomando A cop ran 717 searches on his ex. That’s not surveillance. That’s a plate of drama.
August 20, 2026
Replying politely to a text from a stranger might seem harmless. But it’s a trap. It’s called a pig butchering scam. Plus, John gets flooded with flattering Facebook friend requests. From random people. We tell him about a man who lost $200,000 for falling for it.
August 15, 2026
The FCC is warning about people posing as commissioners. Threatening fake investigations. There’s one detail that gives it away. Plus, we’re stumped on why a scam call asked a listener to read the logo off his TV remote. And how one woman turned $5,000 in Amazon returns into a multi-million dollar business.
August 8, 2026
Those pre-approved credit card offers could be a crook’s easiest target. There’s a free site to stop it for good. Plus, Byron didn’t find out about his data breach until a year later. We teach him how to protect himself.
August 5, 2026
Smart TVs are screenshotting what you watch and selling it to advertisers. Hear how to turn it off. Plus we talk to Aaron Alva, a technologist, attorney, and former FTC insider who took Vizio to court over this in 2017.
August 4, 2026
Store signups, raffle tickets, and online sellers don’t need your real cell number. Google Voice keeps the scam calls and texts away. Plus, we help Mena and tell her why tapping to pay might be safer than swiping.
July 28, 2026
Thieves are pretending to be the FBI to re-scam victims. Plus, we talk about the real FBI’s new program, Operation Level Up. They warn victims they’re being fooled.
July 25, 2026
Lucky ordered a Waymo for her daughter. Routine, right? Then a man climbed out of the trunk. Police showed up with guns drawn. Lucky joins me to walk through every minute of it, including the part that still gives me chills. Also this week: Recruiters are paying women $7,000 a month to run AI romance scams on lonely men. That’s not a typo. And a stranger at a bar secretly filmed Alex on his Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. The video went viral. She never said yes because she didn’t even know. In this episode: 0:00:00 Your phone is aging your brain by 10 years. 4:12.245 AI cameras are catching drivers texting. 10:15.473 A listener just earned an MIT AI certification. 17:15.263 How to snag a “booked” campsite. 18:50.992 He filmed her on Ray-Ban smart glasses. She had no idea. 23:15.020 A magician made his hand-chip password disappear. 27:35.418 Let AI write your memoir. 36:43.525 Recruiters pay women $7,000 a month to scam men with AI. 45:22.600 She lost $2,000 to a Venmo scam at a stoplight. 49:48.408 Alexa asked a 4-year-old what she’s wearing. 1:07:05.261 ChatGPT helped cure his dog’s cancer. 1:08:23.044 The jobs AI is coming for first. 1:13:03.886 A chatbot drafted her divorce papers. 1:14:58.445 A stranger was hiding in her Waymo trunk. 1:22:31.875 ChatGPT told viewer to go to the ER. She went. 1:28:53.938 His stolen iPhone pinged from China. 1:34:04.481 Get paid to play games. Know someone who thinks a self-driving car is safer than a stranger behind the wheel? Send them this one. Turns out the stranger might already be in the back.
July 21, 2026
Paying for a smart device doesn’t mean you actually own it. How to protect yourself before a company shuts it down. Plus, Michael thought he picked up a regular Uber ride. Turns out it was a scam. He saved an older woman from becoming a victim too.
July 7, 2026
Your Ring doorbell may be doing more than watching porch pirates. Dr. Matthew Guariglia breaks down how home cameras became part of a giant surveillance web. Plus, why so many people are getting rid of it.
June 27, 2026
UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid spent his career detecting AI fakes. Now he can’t tell what’s real. What that means for the rest of us. Plus, a caller slashed a $99,000 medical bill in half. How? AI. And Elliot and his fiancée go on a wild police chase in a Waymo. Against their will. In this episode: 0:00:00 Robot butler does your laundry. 7:40.320 Spy cameras hidden in bushes. 14:56.486 President Nixon goes viral. 27:40.456 AI knows your pet is in pain. 37:50.837 Google home cameras recognize your body. 43:23.418 Shopping carts secretly track you. 48:32.858 Google Pixel Watch could save your life. 49:38.503 Jeff Bezos backs EV Slate truck. 1:01:12.907 Be a graphic designer with AI. 54:20.494 Skip Geek Squad. Ask AI for free. 56:06.807 AI restores old family photos. 1:03:31.051 Uber driver saves woman from scam. 1:12:41.917 Teens stunt-ride Waymos. 1:15:52.283 Data centers controversy. 1:22:06.113 AI lifeguard catches pool drownings. 1:25:48.023 Apple Watch health risks.
June 25, 2026
Big Tech is muscling its way into the movie business. The prize? How you spend your free time. Plus, John’s bank blocked a sneaky $30 scam from a website promising free background checks. I talk with him about the red flags and the public databases he should be using.
June 23, 2026
Nothing ruins your day like spending 45 minutes on hold. I have the cheat codes to talk to humans fast. Plus, Laura lost $250,000 to a romance scam. We break down every red flag.
June 14, 2026
AI is making it hard to spot scam websites. It looks so real, Google sued the cyber thieves who used Gemini to pull it off. The one rule that keeps you safe.
June 8, 2026
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
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.