🦠 Fake downloads scam: Hackers rigged Google and Bing with fake GitHub pages for Mac apps like LastPass, Robinhood, 1Password, Audacity and Davinci Resolve. Instead of software, users got “Atomic” malware stealing passwords and crypto. The pages redirected to macprograms-pro[.]com before being pulled, but one still lingers. Pro tip: Only download apps from official sites or the App Store.
You’re sitting on eBook gold
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You’re sitting on a gold mine made of random facts and questionable life skills. I’m talking about things you know, say gardening, budgeting, baking, fixing stuff, navigating tech, prepping, accounting, car repairs, parenting, teaching, you name it.
With a little help from ChatGPT (or your favorite chatbot), turn that know-how into a book and sell it on Amazon. You don’t have to be a writer. You don’t need a publisher. You just need a topic you care about. I helped a family member earn $25,000 with this advice.
🛠 How it works
It’s easier than you think!
- Pick your topic. What do people always ask you about? That’s your gold mine.
- Open ChatGPT. Ask it: “Give me a 10-chapter outline for a beginner’s guide to [your topic].” It’ll spit it out in seconds.
- Expand it. Let the chatbot help fill in each section, then go in and make it yours. Add personal tips, stories and the stuff AI can’t replicate.
- Polish and format. ChatGPT will clean things up, write a title and even create your back cover summary. Then use a free tool like Kindle Create to format it for Amazon. Here’s everything you need to know.
- Publish it on Amazon KDP. It’s free to upload. You set your price. Amazon handles the rest.
💰 How much you can make
If you price your book between $2.99 and $9.99:
✅ You keep 70% of each sale.
❌ Amazon keeps 30%.
Example: Sell a book for $4.99, and you earn about $3.50 per copy.
If your book is under $2.99 or over $9.99:
✅ You keep 35%.
❌ Amazon takes 65%.
Example: Sell a book for $1.99, and you only make about $0.70.
Ideas for you:
- “50 Instant Pot Recipes for Busy Parents”
- “A Beginner’s Guide to Container Gardening”
- “Travel Tips for People Who Hate to Travel”
- “Home Repairs You Can Actually Do Yourself”
- “Budgeting 101 for Retirees”
🤫 Insider secrets
- Give it away for free at first. Amazon lets you run free promos for a few days. Use this to build up downloads and reviews. Reviews = sales.
- Go niche. “Pet care” is broad. “Puppy Owner’s Survival Guide” is niche. Specific = sales.
- Short is fine. Many Kindle eBooks are 40–60 pages.
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Food companies hate this app
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Healthy eating isn’t just trending, it’s something I’ve lived my whole life. I read every label, choose organic whenever I can and try to never eat processed foods. Knowing what’s going into your body matters, and I’ve always believed that.
514% jump
Taobao downloads spiked this month. The Chinese shopping app is now the No. 2 free iPhone app, behind DHgate at No. 1. Folks are buying directly from China after watching TikToks of luxury items being relabeled and marked up. Now for $12.99, you too can own a “Gucchi” belt with radiation.
💾 Free up space on Windows: Low on storage? Clear out temporary files. Go to Settings > System > Storage > Temporary files, check what you don’t need, then hit Remove files. You might gain back a few gigabytes. FYI: Look inside your Downloads folder first. There might be something important in there.
Easy ways to tidy up your tech
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We all love a clean house, but what about your digital life? Clutter builds up fast: old contacts, forgotten files, 127 versions of the same photo and a desktop that’s basically an overflowing junk drawer.
That doesn’t just hog storage, it slows down your tech and drains your focus.
🎙️ Talk is cheap: Startup Inception Point AI is pumping out 3,000+ AI-hosted podcast episodes a week, using AI personalities like Claire Delish and Oly Bennett. The cost? Less than $1 per show. They’ve already racked up 10 million downloads, and now they’re turning these bots into full-blown egoless influencers that don’t need a mic, only an LLM.
📼 Own it? Not really: A new lawsuit says Amazon’s “Buy” button on video downloads is misleading, because what you’re really buying is a long-term rental they can take back anytime. A new California law backs the claim. So if your “purchased” movie vanishes next week, well, that’s legal. Somewhere, your dusty DVD collection is cackling.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Type “Play solitaire” into Google to start a quick game. No downloads or payments. Bonus: Underneath, you’ll find other classics like Snake and PAC-MAN. Fun times.
💻 Share your Chromebook safely: If someone needs to borrow your Chromebook, turn on Guest Mode, so they can’t access your personal data. Sign out, then on the login screen, select Browse as Guest at the bottom, and hit Accept and continue. FYI: Remind them that downloads and bookmarks won’t be saved.
📁 Change where Chrome saves downloads: Want your files to land somewhere other than the default folder? Go to Settings > Downloads > Location > Change and pick where they should go. Or if you’d rather choose each time, go to Settings > Downloads and toggle on Ask where to save each file before downloading.
Clean up your PC automatically: On Windows 11, turn on Storage Sense to help your computer tidy up on its own. Go to Settings > System > Storage > Storage Sense and toggle it On. It can delete temp files, empty the Recycle Bin and clear out Downloads.
📁 Customize your Start Menu: On Windows 11, you can add folders like Documents, Downloads, Music and Pictures next to the Power button. Go to Settings > Personalization > Start > Folders and toggle On what you want. Next time you open the Start Menu, you’ll see those icons right at the bottom.
🎙️ Fix bad audio fast: Adobe Podcast uses AI to clean up echo, remove background noise and boost your voice to studio quality. You can also transcribe and export as text or PDF. The best part? It’s all online, so no software downloads are needed. There’s a free tier, or full access for $9.99/month. Unless you’re a full-on podcaster, you don’t need it.
🍪 93.7 billion cookies for sale: And nope, not the Girl Scouts kind. Hackers are selling browser cookies on the dark web, so they can access your accounts with no login needed. How’d they get them? Infostealer malware from shady downloads. Be careful what you click.
Boost iPhone downloads: When you download multiple apps at once, your iPhone tries to install them all together. That’s fine on fast Wi-Fi, but not great if your connection is spotty. To speed up the one you need, go to App Library > Recently Added > long-press the app > tap Prioritize Download. It’ll go first.
📁 Free up space: Try clearing your temporary files on your Windows PC. Go to Settings > System > Storage > Temporary files, select what you don’t need and click Remove files. You might get a few GBs back. Then, check your Downloads folder: There might be something in there you want to keep.
▶️ Sharing is caring: Tired of ads on YouTube? Get the YouTube Premium Family Plan for $22.99 a month and split it with up to five friends. That’s $4.60 each for perks like background play, offline downloads and YouTube Music Premium.
🍕 Serving up files: Try File.pizza to send large files from your computer without using up your cloud’s storage space. Just drag and drop it into your browser, set a password if you’d like (yes) and hit Start. You’ll get a link and a QR code to share. Keep the site open until whoever you send it to downloads it. Once you click out, the file is gone.