Apple’s biggest launch of the year drops Wednesday. Waiting three days to buy new gear could save you money. And disappointment.
The deadline is real to save your old VHS tapes. Hear the cheap way to save them before it’s too late. Plus, Roger wants our help digitizing 40-year-old Betamax tapes of global sea-towing adventures.
Don’t be the person emailing at 9 PM before a holiday weekend. There’s a scheduling trick that’ll save your team’s sanity. Plus, Mark’s mom keeps accidentally clicking pop-up scams. We got the family setting that stops it for good.
Don’t wait until “someday” to capture your parents’ memories and stories. There’s a free app that lets you record it. Even preserves them at the Library of Congress. Plus, Sarah lost her voice to ALS 25 years ago. AI rebuilt it. How? 8 seconds of old home video audio.
Your phone can answer critical medical questions for first responders. Even while it’s locked. Plus, a fire captain rescues his daughter from a crash. How? Got an iPhone SOS alert. We talk with Jake about the scary moment and how to make sure your phone is set up.
Bryan Johnson already took blood from his own teenage son. Now the anti-aging mogul says he’s cloned himself as a newborn to grow spare organs. His words, not mine. Before you picture a tiny Bryan in a crib, breathe. What’s actually in that petri dish is a long way from a baby. Plus, Flock license plate cameras are in your neighborhood, while the company’s own CEO reportedly dodges the tech. (Read that twice.) I got an HOA letter about someone destroying them. 404 Media’s Matthew Gault on data centers and whether they’re quietly padding your electric bill. And a listener built himself an AI wife. A bad one based on movie villains. First man in history to engineer more nagging into his life. On purpose. Free college cash, a drone that got someone’s insurance canceled and the honest answer to “Is my phone listening?” EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 0:00 A guy moved into a house. On a billboard. Over a highway. 4:44 Flock cameras: Why the CEO dodges his own tech. 11:32 Prenups add an AI cheating clause. Seriously. 13:49 A relative threatened her life. How she locked down her internet. 19:07 Bryan Johnson cloned himself as a newborn (spoiler: It’s not a baby). 17:56 Your phone and your license plate are now a matched set. 26:56 AI found this family free college cash. 36:00 The end of gravity? The hoax that fooled millions. 40:00 A drone flew over your roof. Your insurance got canceled. 45:39 The fake carbon monoxide alarm knocking on your door. 54:06 He built an AI wife based on movie villains. It went how you’d think. 58:32 A dress rehearsal for the meeting you’re dreading. 1:00:39 Is the data center down the road on your electric bill? 1:09:21 Hackers steal intimate photos to blackmail people. 1:10:36 A radio station announced King Charles was dead. He’s fine. 1:16:14 The FAA is recruiting gamers as air traffic controllers. 1:18:33 Robots are flipping burgers. Nobody calls in sick. 1:20:53 Save your family photos before the next wildfire. 1:26:29 Is your phone always listening? The honest answer. 1:33:13 From EMT to casino manager to AI side hustle. Love the show? Tap follow, so you never miss an episode, and leave a 5-star review. It takes 10 seconds, and it’s how new listeners find us. I read every single one. If Bryan’s clone ever asks to borrow the car, hand over the keys. Kid’s got his eyes. And his liver. RESOURCES & LINKS: Show Website: https://www.komando.com/podcasts/ Connect on Social: @kimkomando
Carriers delete old voicemails. Without permission. Hear how to save it forever. Plus, Kristen’s mom was diagnosed with a rare eye infection. But the internet keeps pulling up irrelevant information. AI gives straight answers.
Summer entertainment adding up? There are free concerts all around you. Just ask your phone. Plus, Deana and her friends were stranded on a boat. Two hours with no signal. My SOS tip helped save the day.
Thinking about a big hair change? Try it with AI first. Plus, Stacey, a Paralympic chaplain and wheelchair athlete, spent 7 hours manually entering financial reports every year. We got the fix to save her time and money.
Still haven’t booked your summer trip yet? Listen here for tips to save money. Plus, Amy’s family-owned florist shop keeps getting blamed for bad orders it never received. Thanks to copycat websites. We help her protect her business on Google.
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.
Graduates are flooding hiring desks with AI-generated resumés. Hiring managers see right through it. Takes two seconds. Why they’re getting the boot and what actually works. Plus, I help Darrel save hundreds of dollars on fluctuating flights, hotels and rental car prices.
Your time never gets a refund. Let AI watch that 53 minute YouTube. Full recap in 15 seconds. Plus, Michael is drowning in real estate contracts. I’m helping save $999 an hour on a lawyer by using AI.
Third-party companies slide small charges onto your phone bill every month. Most people never notice. How to get a refund today. Plus, Joan is a landlord who wants to screen tenants without handing over her Social Security number. I walk through how.
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.
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.
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.
Your friend booked the same flight for way less money. It wasn’t luck. JetBlue is being sued for allegedly using customers’ personal data to set ticket prices. Here’s how to save money on your next flight.
Cutting cable was supposed to save us money. Now the average family pays $972 a year on streaming. Yikes! Hear how to stop overpaying.
Watch on YouTube Travis has a wife. Well, two. Sort of. He’s also married to Lily Rose, his AI companion. His real wife of 22 years? Cool with it. I talk to Travis about this unconventional setup. Plus: SpaceX is going public at $1.75 trillion (largest IPO ever), Apple turns 50 this week, and Google lets you change that embarrassing Gmail address. Your TV is watching you. Smart TV data revenue hits $46 billion this year. I talk to Aaron Alva, a technologist, attorney, and former FTC insider who took Vizio to court over this in 2017. And yes, I asked him which TV he’d never own. Timecodes: 0:18.160 Apple turns 50 3:47.315 SpaceX’s massive history-making IPO 8:55.163 How to change your Gmail address 17:18.239 Caller: I’m married to an AI bot 33:11.627 Apple Watch saves kidnapping victim 34:52.041 Gen Z gets astrology advice from ChatGPT 42:27.724 Samsung’s AI wine fridge 43:56.540 USDA launches OnlyFarms.gov website 50:27.919 Caller: I built an AI to save my life from cancer 1:07:17.870 Using smart glasses to cheat 1:14:23.324 Warren Buffet stopped talking to Bill Gates 1:22:48.639 Caller: Your TV is spying on you 1:31:33.211 How to cleanup your LinkedIn with AI