September 24, 2026
🗣️ How to practice difficult conversations with ChatGPT Voice

🗣️ How to practice difficult conversations with ChatGPT Voice

ChatGPT’s GPT-Live voice mode lets you rehearse negotiations, interviews and awkward conversations with natural interruptions. Here’s how to start, the prompt to use and what happens to your audio.

September 19, 2026
Which side of the family do your kids take after? Ask AI, and paste these 5 prompts

Which side of the family do your kids take after? Ask AI, and paste these 5 prompts

Grandma says the chin is Grandpa’s. Your sister says the kid is all you. Upload three photos and let AI referee. Five prompts, one warning about privacy and the science on who babies look like.

September 13, 2026
She hadn’t seen her childhood block in 70 years. Then she put on a headset in a California retirement home.

She hadn’t seen her childhood block in 70 years. Then she put on a headset in a California retirement home.

Sue Livingstone, 84, stood on her old street in Queens again. Ginny, 81, swam with dolphins. Bob, 83, hiked Glacier on his birthday with his wife of 61 years beside him. And the part nobody expected: Afterward, they all went to lunch. Together, friend.

September 3, 2026
🗣️ Let Gemini transcribe and translate conversations live

🗣️ Let Gemini transcribe and translate conversations live

Record a conversation, and Gemini turns it into a clean transcript. Or use Google Translate to talk across 70+ languages in real time. Here’s how both work, what to try first and the privacy catch.

August 13, 2026
🍝 ChatGPT can book restaurant reservations for you

🍝 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.

July 22, 2026
Free tool turns a page of handwriting into a font you can type with

Free tool turns a page of handwriting into a font you can type with

You can take a single page of your loved one’s handwriting and turn it into a font that works in Word forever. A son used this free tool to preserve his mother’s handwriting as Parkinson’s slowly took it away. Print the template, fill it in, upload the photo, done in 15 minutes.

July 18, 2026
‘Why would I put ALL my passwords in one place?’ Marilyn, that’s the point. Here’s why.

‘Why would I put ALL my passwords in one place?’ Marilyn, that’s the point. Here’s why.

Hackers stole 30 million password vaults in the worst breach the industry has ever seen. Almost none of them opened. The people who got robbed had one thing in common, and it wasn’t the password manager.

June 21, 2026
🤖 Say hello to my little lens

🤖 Say hello to my little lens

Honor’s new Robot Phone has a camera that physically extends on a robotic arm with three-axis stabilization and AI tracking, so it can follow you around like a tiny cameraman. No tripod, no camera operator, no friend silently resenting you for the 40th take.

June 4, 2026
Stop packing outfit soup

Stop packing outfit soup

Show ChatGPT photos of your clothes and let it build trip outfits before your suitcase becomes a fabric crime scene. You’ll get mix-and-match looks, smart cuts, weather checks and fewer “why did I bring this?” moments.

June 2, 2026
AI predicted a Category 5 hurricane 5 days early. The same tech is in your weather app.

AI predicted a Category 5 hurricane 5 days early. The same tech is in your weather app.

While the old supercomputer models were still guessing, an AI nailed Hurricane Melissa’s path days ahead of time. Here’s how it works, plus the free apps that put that forecasting power in your pocket today.

May 29, 2026
Your credit card will refund a price drop, but you have to ask

Your credit card will refund a price drop, but you have to ask

The average cardholder leaves $300 to $500 in unclaimed benefits on the table every year. One prompt finds the money in five minutes.

May 28, 2026
The secret formula Netflix uses to make you watch terrible movies

The secret formula Netflix uses to make you watch terrible movies

Red Notice was savaged by critics. Netflix called it their most-watched film. Both things are true. Here’s the manipulation hiding in plain sight.

April 28, 2026
ChatGPT has been building a file on you. Here’s what’s in it and how to clear it.

ChatGPT has been building a file on you. Here’s what’s in it and how to clear it.

Memory is on by default. Deleting your chats doesn’t delete what it knows. And a court order means some of that data was never going anywhere. Here’s how to audit it.

April 21, 2026
Microsoft warns: That ‘IT guy’ messaging you on Teams could be a hacker

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 31, 2026
ChatGPT has been taking notes on you. Here’s how to see them.

ChatGPT has been taking notes on you. Here’s how to see them.

ChatGPT’s memory feature is on by default, and it’s been building a personal profile from every conversation you’ve ever had. Here’s what it knows and how to take control in under two minutes.

October 10, 2025
Protecting yourself from voice scams

Protecting yourself from voice scams

Voice cloning has left the lab. Soon enough, you might hear your voice and think, Wait, is that me or an AI? AI isn’t just being used to revive dead rappers or prank your boss with Drake impressions. Scammers are generating voices to fake kidnappings, drain bank accounts and impersonate your kid in crisis.  You […]

May 21, 2025
Why you can’t focus and 3 sneaky fixes that work

Why you can’t focus and 3 sneaky fixes that work

Work got beef with your focus?  You’re not imagining it, according to Microsoft, employees get interrupted every two minutes. Emails. Pings. Meetings that could’ve been Slack messages.  And that doesn’t even include the 37 tabs you’ve got open, YouTube lofi, your notes doc and a recipe for chicken thighs “you’ll definitely make later.” Spoiler: You […]

April 12, 2025
One setting you’ll use all the time

One setting you’ll use all the time

Ever stumble across a setting and think, “Wait, why didn’t I set this up sooner?”  Turn your phone into a shortcut machine with this hidden feature. Let me introduce you to Back Tap.  This Android and iPhone feature lets you double- or triple-tap the back of your phone to trigger actions like turning on the […]

February 23, 2025
Weird things on Google Earth

Weird things on Google Earth

I spent the first 10 years of my life in New Jersey. I still remember when I knocked out my front tooth on the swings and the time I threw a snowball at a police car and hit the cop inside on the head. That was bad. Seeing the house on Google took me back. […]

December 21, 2024
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Tech tip: Share your ETA on the go

Running late? I’ll explain how to share your ETA on the go with this handy hidden maps app feature.