October 20, 2026
Stop typing your address, email and “running late” text over and over. Five free shortcuts give you back an hour every week.

Stop typing your address, email and “running late” text over and over. Five free shortcuts give you back an hour every week.

Your phone, Mac and Gmail can type whole sentences when you enter a few letters. Here’s how to set up the free shortcuts in minutes, plus the five every busy person should make today.

October 19, 2026
You turned off location, but AI can still figure out where your photo was taken. Here’s how to test your own pictures and hide your home in 5 seconds.

You turned off location, but AI can still figure out where your photo was taken. Here’s how to test your own pictures and hide your home in 5 seconds.

Chatbots can study the trees, rooflines and curbs in an ordinary photo and pin down where you live. Test one of your own pictures, then use this checklist before you post another one.

October 17, 2026
A Texas man bought a 3D printer to make toy dragons. Now he prints free wheelchairs for toddlers.

A Texas man bought a 3D printer to make toy dragons. Now he prints free wheelchairs for toddlers.

Luke Saintignan of Longview, Texas, uses two home 3D printers to build free mobility chairs for little kids. Volunteers like him have built 1,400 of them in 49 countries, and more than 1,000 families are waiting for one. Here’s how you can help, with or without a printer.

Your Social Security number sells for $1 on the dark web. Here’s the full price list for your identity and how to make it worthless to crooks.

Your Social Security number sells for $1 on the dark web. Here’s the full price list for your identity and how to make it worthless to crooks.

A new dark web price index shows crooks buy your Social Security number for less than a cup of coffee. Your medical record costs more. Here’s the menu and how to get off it.

October 15, 2026
Fix It or Ditch It? Make ChatGPT Build You a Repair-vs-Replace Calculator

Fix It or Ditch It? Make ChatGPT Build You a Repair-vs-Replace Calculator

To repair or not to repair, the age old question. ChatGPT can now build interactive calculators with sliders, so you can figure in energy costs, how many years the fridge has left and the odds it breaks again before you decide.

You’re paying $139 a year for Amazon Prime. Here are the hidden perks you’re probably not using, plus two that pay for the whole membership.

You’re paying $139 a year for Amazon Prime. Here are the hidden perks you’re probably not using, plus two that pay for the whole membership.

Most Prime members use free shipping and watch a movie now and then. Meanwhile, free food delivery, gas discounts, unlimited photo storage, free books and cheap prescriptions sit untouched. Here’s how to claim them tonight.

October 14, 2026
AI deepfake attack ads are flooding the midterms: How to tell what’s real before you vote

AI deepfake attack ads are flooding the midterms: How to tell what’s real before you vote

Campaigns have spent $80 million on AI-generated ads that put words in mouths and stage scenes that never happened. Most carry no AI label. Here’s how to spot a fake in seconds.

October 7, 2026
⏰ Wait, you need to see these 25 deals

⏰ 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.

September 28, 2026
AI facial recognition got a Florida dad wrongfully arrested for a crime 300 miles from home

AI facial recognition got a Florida dad wrongfully arrested for a crime 300 miles from home

The suspect was clean-shaven. Robert Dillon had a full beard. Police arrested him anyway. Here’s his story and how to protect yourself.

September 25, 2026
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.

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.

September 24, 2026
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.

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.

September 21, 2026
She was asleep at home. A license plate camera put her in jail for 13 days, facing 145 years.

She was asleep at home. A license plate camera put her in jail for 13 days, facing 145 years.

Lindsey Isaacs’ black Durango passed a Flock camera two minutes before a deadly crash. The car actually involved was maroon. The 911 callers read a different plate. Troopers arrested her anyway. She tells Kim what happened and what’s left of her life.

September 20, 2026
SpaceX to launch satellites the size of a pickup, which could make your internet 10x faster

SpaceX to launch satellites the size of a pickup, which could make your internet 10x faster

Starship will carry 26 next-gen Starlinks into orbit. Here’s how big they are, how fast they’ll be, how long they’ll last and what happens when one dies (nobody reboots it).

September 17, 2026
A dozen of you asked me this in one week. No, your mother does not need a self-driving car. Nobody sells one anyway.

A dozen of you asked me this in one week. No, your mother does not need a self-driving car. Nobody sells one anyway.

No car for sale drives itself, friend. Not even the one with Full Self-Driving on the window sticker. Don’t buy your mom the car. Set up the rides on her phone instead. Ten minutes, tops.

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 12, 2026
Six things TV installers and calibrators know that nobody says at the register, including why your price match gets denied and why your TV is dimming itself.

Six things TV installers and calibrators know that nobody says at the register, including why your price match gets denied and why your TV is dimming itself.

The picture mode the store set is wrong on purpose. Your TV is dimming itself. And that model number was written to make sure Best Buy never has to match Costco’s price. Six insider fixes, friend, and they’re all free.

September 7, 2026
Companies will pay you to catch chatbots making stuff up. Here’s how much, where to apply and the fake ‘AI trainer’ jobs to dodge.

Companies will pay you to catch chatbots making stuff up. Here’s how much, where to apply and the fake ‘AI trainer’ jobs to dodge.

AI chatbots get facts wrong, friend, and companies pay $15 to $40 an hour if you can catch their errors. Nurses earn $85. No degree needed to start. Here’s where to sign up safely.

September 6, 2026
Your Labor Day savings start here

Your Labor Day savings start here

Inside: Save on smart home gear, kitchen helpers, beauty picks and more. Up to 48% off.

September 3, 2026
Apple’s biggest launch in years lands September 9. Buy nothing with an Apple logo until then.

Apple’s biggest launch in years lands September 9. Buy nothing with an Apple logo until then.

Apple’s biggest launch in years lands Sept. 9: the iPhone 18 Pro, the first foldable, new Watches and AirPods. Buy anything Apple before then, friend, and you’re paying the impatience tax. Full wait list below.

September 2, 2026
56 battery fires on planes this year. Three rules (and three safe chargers) keep your gadgets from becoming another one.

56 battery fires on planes this year. Three rules (and three safe chargers) keep your gadgets from becoming another one.

A laptop caught fire midair last month, the 56th battery incident on a plane this year. Three rules keep your gadgets from grounding a flight, friend, and rule number one starts with your checked bag.