Tag: Google

📲 What can someone do with your phone number? Too much

A scammer gets your phone number. What happens next? They can dig up your personal details and even take over your accounts. Here’s how to fight back.

AI apps want the keys to your computer. Apple just sounded the alarm. Check these 3 settings on your Mac or PC today.

Zero clicks from you. Invisible text tells your AI assistant to ship your private files to a stranger, and it happily obeys. Researchers pulled this off against Microsoft’s Copilot.

Amazon keeps a secret list of guesses about you. Here’s how to read yours in 60 seconds.

One shopper found Amazon had decided she “has flat buttocks.” Here’s where Amazon, Google and Facebook hide what they think you are, and how to fix it.

Amazon keeps a secret list of guesses about you. Here’s how to read yours in 60 seconds.

One Amazon shopper bought a pair of butt-scrunch leggings. Amazon’s takeaway: She “has flat buttocks.” She found that little gem in a hidden corner of her account and posted it on Threads. More than 1 million people saw it in less than a day. (I laughed. Then I went straight to my own account.) Here’s […]

Fall into a better home: Up to 44% off

Inside: 10 smart fixes to warm your home, tackle the mess and save space.

Life360 alternatives for families who want more privacy

Looking for a Life360 alternative? Kim Komando found a family location app that never sells your data. What it does, how to set it up, the fine print and her exclusive deal.

Make Google’s AI watch airfare for you. Free.

Google’s AI Mode will track flight prices and email you when they drop. It can’t buy anything, which is exactly why you should use it.

Delete hundreds of duplicate photos in one tap, then find any picture just by describing it

I remember my parents saying, “Kim, stop wasting the film.” Back then, you got 36 shots a roll and waited days to see if any were keepers. Now we fire off 20 a day without blinking. (Guilty. See my triple selfie above.) Let’s clean up the mess and make finding the good ones easy. Perfect […]

⏰ Wait, you need to see these 25 deals

Two Prime Deep Dives weren’t enough. Here are 25 more deals I had to share before the sale ends tonight.

Last call: 15 Prime Big Deal Days steals I’d buy (most under $25)

Skip the panic buying. These deals save you time, money and a headache, from a hotel room spy sweeper to TV for $17.

Your car is selling your driving habits, and your insurance bill shows it

A new study of 21 cars and 30 car apps found 19 vehicles leaking data. Here’s what’s tracked, who buys it and how to shut it down.

A tiny island nation strapped cameras to sheep to promote itself. Google loved it. Here are six wild places to explore on Google Maps tonight, from a camel’s back to the space station.

Google skipped the Faroe Islands, so locals made their own Street View with sheep. Google showed up. Now you can wander the islands, a desert, the Galapagos and even the International Space Station from your couch. Here’s where to tap.

Google changed its search links, and the old “hover over it first” safety trick doesn’t work anymore on many results. Here’s why that matters for your bank login and the 60-second fix.

You used to be able to hover over a Google result to see where it really goes. Now some show a scrambled Google address instead, right as crooks are planting fake bank logins at the top of search results, friend. Here’s how the trick works and the bookmark that beats it.

Brain dump, done

Your brain keeps nagging you until a task has a plan. The work doesn’t have to be actually finished. Here’s how to brain-dump into AI and walk away with a calendar.

Your phone can record the call, type and summarize it before you hang up. Here’s how on iPhone, Pixel and Samsung, and the legal line you can’t cross.

The doctor who calls back. The contractor who gives you a quote. The insurance rep who talks in numbers. Your phone will record them, transcribe the conversation and write a summary, no app to buy, friend. Steps for iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy below, plus the 12-state rule that keeps you out of court.

I put my driver’s license in my phone. Here’s what the bartender, the TSA agent and the cop see, and the one catch nobody mentions.

Fourteen states plus Puerto Rico let you load your license into Apple Wallet, and your passport works in all 50. Before anything leaves your phone, you see exactly what the bouncer is asking for and tap yes or no. The TSA line moves faster. The traffic cop? Still wants the plastic, friend.

The scam email opens with a photo of your front door, then asks for $1,950. Here’s how they got your house and how to make it disappear.

Scammers grab your address from a people-search site, pull your house from Google Street View and mail you a threat with your own driveway on it. Nobody hacked your webcam, friend. Here’s what to do and how to cut off their supply.

You tapped an ad for Disney+ and landed in a casino. Over 400 brands are being used as bait.

That Delta ad in your feed may not be Delta, friend. NordVPN’s team found crooks using 400-plus real brands to push people into unlicensed casinos. Here’s the tell.

🔒 Stop ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini from using your chats for AI training

Your chatbot conversations can help train AI, and some may be reviewed by humans. Here’s how to tell ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini: Thanks, but no thanks.

“We’ll just unplug it” isn’t a plan

Why the people building AI are the ones sounding the alarm, and what you can do about it