Your car might be secretly logging your driving habits. Selling them to insurance companies. Hear how to check your own file for free and shut off the tracking. For good. Plus, we help DJ find out if her ex is hacking her car tracker.
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.
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.
Silicon Valley legend and Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki joins us on “5 Minutes from the Future” to reveal how AI is riding shotgun in his daily work. Plus: The internet’s viral fix for sneaky Meta smart glasses, a drone built specifically for dog poop duty and why robot dogs are backflipping off cliffs. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 00:00 The internet’s favorite raccoon. 5:08.552 Chatbots teach weapon-building. 5:50.600 Robot dog backflips off cliffs. 9:24.637 Microwave beep gets a makeover. 11:24.267 Musk’s AI Odyssey. 14:23.860 Drone scoops your dog’s poop. 28:45.665 AI catches hidden dealer fees. 34:51.655 AirTag your kids’ shoes. 30:33.595 Can your ex hack your car? 36:50.613 United boots headphone-free fliers. 39:35.250 Meta glasses? Play Disney. 46:17.556 The 22-hour nonstop flight. 48:52.856 The chatbot that saved his life. 1:04:52.840 Kid drawings become storybooks. 1:12:12.096 9 new emojis drop. 1:17:05.234 Robot teachers, zero humans. 1:23:40.299 Myspace comeback? 1:35:49.120 Secret 401(k) traps. 1:36:57.213 5 Min from the Future: Guy Kawasaki. RESOURCES & LINKS: • Follow Guy Kawasaki: https://www.instagram.com/guykawasaki/ (@guykawasaki) • Show Website: https://www.komando.com/podcasts/ • Connect on Social: @kimkomando Enjoying the episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help new listeners find the show!
Skip the interior designer. AI gives your living room a free makeover. Plus, Steven the school bus driver collected 242 jokes from my newsletter. He shares them with his co-workers everyday.
These four tricks will get you into museums for $0. Plus, we have the wild story of a mom catching her teen driver speeding. On a banking app. And the questions every parent should ask about school monitoring apps.
States are sitting on billions in unclaimed money. There’s a free site to check if some of that belongs to you. Who knows? You could be like Steph. She found $1,200 the same way.
That old shoebox of jewelry could be worth hundreds. AI sorts it out. Plus, we help Debbie find free sites that reveal any home’s mortgage history.
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.
Americans received 52 billion robocalls last year. Your phone can screen unknown callers for free. Plus, Kimberly used my AI tip to restore an old photo of her grandparents. Brought the whole family to happy tears.
Skip the store coloring book. AI turns any photo into a coloring sheet. Free. Plus, Barbara is nervous about selling her dolls on eBay. Listen here for my advice.
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.
Forget the translator app. It’s already built into your devices. And it’s free. Plus, those apps that pay you to scan receipts and gas pumps sound harmless. But you’re actually trading your data. That’s the question Cathay has. We break it down.
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.
Sunscreen protects your skin. But it’s quietly destroying your phone screen. The easy fixes to keep it safe this summer. And Adam has recorded nearly 10,000 concerts on cassette tapes since 1984. From Nirvana to Sonic Youth. Now volunteers are archiving them online for free.
There are two free apps that turns your phone into a star guide. Plus, a fake bail bondsman called Krista demanding $5,000 for her grandson’s arrest. Only problem? Her grandson was upstairs. The whole time. Hear how she turned the tables.
The average person spends 2.5 hours a day on social media. There’s a free lock on your phone that keeps you from sinking in. Plus, I talk to Clark about easy and legit ways his daughter can make money.
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.
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.
