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👩‍🍳 Cooking is way more fun with the right stuff.

These stretchy food huggers ($18) keep your fruits and veggies fresh.
Grab a four-pack of ice cube trays (10% off) to pop ’em without twisting.
Messy microwave? This splatter cover (5% off) means less cleanup later.
Shave your cheese and more with a handheld rotary grater (20% off).
Meat lovers, BBQ like a pro using a set of shredder claws (41% off).

🦖 Jurassic breakfast: This mini-waffle maker (30% off) turns batter into dinosaur-shaped treats in minutes.

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Amazon records everything you tell your Echo

Every embarrassing thing you ask your Echo? That’s being stored and reported back to Amazon. Starting March 28th, every request you make goes straight to them. Plus, Google’s Gemini robot, ChatGPT will roast you for fun, and heat’s aging your DNA.

Floppy air control: Terrifying fun fact, U.S. air traffic control still partially runs on actual floppy disks and Windows 95. And yep, Newark’s had three major outages in five weeks. The FAA wants a $10B-ish tech glow-up, but politics and duct tape might kill the plan before takeoff. If Clippy pops up mid-landing, we’re all in God’s hands.

$550 billion

That’s how much analysts say Google can get for YouTube if forced to sell it. Now the top streaming platform by viewership, YouTube is worth more than Disney, and all it took was 20 years of cat videos and Minecraft speedruns. Fun fact: The YouTube founder sold it to Google for $1.65 billion in 2006.

🎉 You’re invited! This weekend, my award-winning national radio show is broadcasting on 420+ stations across the U.S., and I’d love for you to join the fun. I’m talking tech tips, digital life hacks, wild stories I can’t fit in the newsletter and taking calls from listeners just like you. Find your local station or get the podcast.

Mess around & find out

🧽 Cleaning isn’t exactly fun. But the right gear? Total game changer.

Suck up dust mites and allergens with this UV bed vacuum (41% off).
This double-sided laptop cleaner ($12) digs into tight corners.
The Pink Stuff ($6) is internet-famous for a reason. It cleans like a pro.
Grab these tablets ($25) because even your washing machine needs cleaning.
Microfiber cloths (50% off) handle the smudges without leaving scratches.
Puppy training? These washable pee pads ($21) help you take care of business.

👱🏻‍♀️Anna in Miami asks, “Kim, your hair looks so healthy and thick. What shampoo do you use?” This one right here, all the time.

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⚡️ 3-second tech genius: On your iPhone, search your photos using emojis. 🍕 pulls up pizza pics. 🐶 finds your dog. Weird but fun. I just typed in 💀 and it pulled up my neighbor’s haircut.

🎉 You’re invited! This weekend, my award-winning national radio show is broadcasting on 420+ stations across the U.S. and I’d love for you to join the fun. I’m talking tech tips, digital life hacks, wild stories I can’t fit in the newsletter and taking calls from listeners just like you. Find your local station or get the podcast.

📝 Hey, teachers: Check out Khan Academy’s AI tutor, Khanmigo. It’s free for teachers and runs on OpenAI’s tech. Use it to whip up lesson plans, answer your students’ questions and flag any AI-generated work. Fun fact: “Conmigo” means “with me” in Spanish. Teachers finally get an assistant that isn’t a coffee machine and a deep sigh.

Refresh your routine

😌 You made it to Friday. It’s time to unwind and pamper yourself.

Shower and scroll with a phone holder (11% off) that keeps it safe and dry.
Brighten your bathroom with an extra-soft rug (34% off) in 27 fun colors.
On the go? Pack a rechargeable travel mirror (14% off) to look your best.
These jade tools (50% off) reduce puffiness and reveal your natural glow.
Get every last drop out of your bottles with an emptying kit ($17).

🧼 Number two: Grab a 12-pack of automatic toilet bowl cleaners (28% off) that do all the hard work for you.

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Fun and function for under $20

😋 Useful and cute? And you thought that was only me.

Carry your hot food without the “ouch” with these microwave bowl huggers (12% off).
This little frog (24% off) holds your spoon and lets out steam from your boiling pots.
An adorable gnome knife (12% off) will have you smiling while you slice.
Whip up creamy milk for café-style drinks at home with a mini frother ($5).
Gunky espresso machine? Keep it in shape with these cleaning tablets (15% off).

🧽 Soak it up: From spills to drying dishes, you’ll be all set with a 24-pack of kitchen dish cloths (10% off). Nice.

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🛍️ Buy Now, Pay Later is now Buy Now, Regret Publicly: The WSJ (paywalled) says credit bureaus have officially started tracking your “Buy Now, Pay Later” shopping. So yes, that $89 “ergonomic” beanbag you split into four payments? It might now haunt your credit report. Suddenly, Klarna feels a lot less like a fun hack and more like a fiscal breadcrumb trail leading directly to your FICO score.

📦 Prime, who? Score free shipping without signing up for Amazon Prime. Just add at least $35 worth of goodies to your cart and pick “Free Amazon Shipping” at checkout. That way, you can save $14.99 a month for something fun instead. So good to know!

Ford wants to bring back stick shift: Yep, they filed a patent to add manual transmissions to EVs. There won’t be real gears. It’s all to make EVs feel more fun to drive. Ironic, considering only 18% of all Americans know how to drive manuals and can’t catch a brake.

💅 Feel like a spy: Put a smart NFC chip (paywall link) under your manicure. It’s a neat party trick to share social media links, send texts or open apps with just your finger. Here’s one on Amazon, but they don’t always work smoothly. Fun but could use a bit more … polish (I know you laughed).

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💻 Barrels of fun: Got a Chromebook? Press and hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Refresh (circular arrow key) all at once, your screen does a barrel roll. Give it a try when you need a little break but don’t … flip out.

Up to 48%

Seniors are struggling with insomnia. Building muscle might help. Researchers looked at 24 trials with 2,045 folks 60 and over. They found strength and resistance training worked almost twice as well as just doing aerobic exercises. Turns out, mixing the two helped even less. Fun fact: People with insomnia are pretty cool. They’re up for anything.