August 13, 2026

🍝 ChatGPT can book restaurant reservations for you

ChatGPT will find open tables, book them and even join a Yelp waitlist without you leaving the chat. Here’s how to do it, the prompt that gets the best results and the catch about cancellations.

August 6, 2026

🏠 How to search rentals and book apartment tours with AI

Zillow is a connected app on both Gemini and ChatGPT, so you can find listings and schedule tours just by asking. Here’s the 60-second setup, the prompt to try first and the privacy catch.

July 23, 2026

Use AI to cut junk fees from your car quote

VIN etching can cost $199 to $499, and paint or theft packages can hit $2,500. This gives you the AI prompt to audit a dealer quote, spot padded fees, check your state’s doc-fee cap and send a firm out-the-door counteroffer.

July 9, 2026

Your bank already knows it’s you, by the way you type

Banks watch how you type, swipe and hold your phone to catch fraud before it happens. Behavioral monitoring is invisible, it’s everywhere, and a thief can’t fake your rhythms.

June 21, 2026

The password rules you hate came from one man’s 2003 memo, and he’s sorry

Capital letter, number, symbol, change every 90 days. One government engineer invented all of it, then admitted it made your passwords worse. Here’s what actually works.

June 2, 2026

Sailed Carnival, Princess or Holland America? Hackers got your passport number

One employee got tricked. One click. And nearly 6 million cruisers had their passport numbers, birth dates and licenses stolen. Here’s the 3-minute fix.

May 27, 2026

Your Zoom, Teams and Google Meet calls are being transcribed by AI

Every major video platform has AI built in to record, transcribe and summarize your meetings. Here’s what to check and what actually matters.

May 21, 2026

Make AI your contract fine print detective

A $120 monthly fee can become a $2,000+ renewal with one tiny clause. This’ll give you copy-paste AI prompts to turn contracts into plain-English risk checklists, negotiation emails and signing summaries before your deposit gets politely abducted.

April 30, 2026

Your insurance is lying about your rates. AI finds the proof in 5 minutes.

The average American overpays $427 yearly on insurance. Companies recalculate your rates constantly but never lower them automatically. Here are the AI prompts that audit your coverage and give you the exact script to negotiate.

April 21, 2026

Microsoft warns: That ‘IT guy’ messaging you on Teams could be a hacker

Microsoft just sounded the alarm on a scam exploding across American workplaces. Hackers are sliding into Microsoft Teams posing as your help desk and talking employees into handing over their computers. Here’s the exact playbook, and the three moves that shut it down cold.

March 16, 2026

Anthropic just published a bombshell report on AI and jobs. Here’s what the chart means for you.

The blue area is what AI could do. The red area is what it’s actually doing. That gap is the most important thing you’ll look at today.

March 5, 2026

Filing taxes soon? Watch for these red flags

That “urgent” IRS message could cost you big. Here’s how to make sure your refund doesn’t land in a scammer’s bank account.

January 21, 2026

The unsubscribe trap: Why that one click makes you a bigger target

Kim Komando scouts the hidden risks of hitting unsubscribe on junk mail. Learn why one in 644 of these links is a trap designed to steal your data and how to use built-in email safety tools to stay protected.

January 4, 2026

The great lobster heist: How a digital con stole dinner

Criminals used a tiny typo in an email address to steal $400,000 worth of lobster. Read this warning from The Current on how to stop digital impersonators from stealing your assets.

December 26, 2025

Don’t mail that return: A guide to beating AI fraud bots

Retailers are using AI to fight fraud, but it’s flagging honest folks like you.

December 18, 2025

Santa put Bitcoin in my stocking

Gen Z wants crypto more than actual gifts this year.

December 9, 2025

AI is killing off the billable hour

Think lawyers are charging too much? Kim Komando explains how the billable hour is changing and what AI can replace for pennies.

December 5, 2025

I’m cheating on ChatGPT

I’ve been making ChatGPT fight Google Gemini, and man, one of them is getting smoked.

November 17, 2025

How to fix your bad AI output

You are going to love this. I know it. Why? Because we’ve all done it.  You toss ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity or, God forbid, Siri a simple question, and it vomits. Or you tell it, “Write an email,” and out comes a mushy blob of corporate buzzwords no real human would ever say. If you […]

November 5, 2025

You might be yelling at a toaster

Quick question: When’s the last time you really knew if you were chatting with a real human on a customer-service call? Turns out, in more places than you think, it’s not a person at all. It’s AI. That might be fine when you’re asking a dumb question like, “What time do you close?” But what […]