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The FBI built a fake town in Alabama. Then started attacking it.

Empty houses. A hospital. Traffic lights blinking at nobody. The FBI built a whole pretend town for one chilling reason.

7 companies owe you money. Here’s how to claim every dollar.

Amazon, Trader Joe’s, Bank of America, Krispy Kreme and more settled lawsuits over sneaky fees, bad receipts and data breaches. Payouts run from $3.25 to $5,000, most claims take five minutes and the first deadline is Tuesday.

How one cell tower serves a $20 plan and an $80 plan at the same time

Mark from Colorado asked how Consumer Cellular can use the same towers as the big carriers. The answer is the open secret of the wireless world. Once you get it, your whole phone bill starts making sense.

Stanford and Harvard proved AI can outpick your fund manager

Three studies. Some very uncomfortable numbers for the guy in the Patagonia vest.

I mentioned Google Calendar scams on the show. The response was enormous. Here’s everything you wanted to know.

A fake meeting invite shows up on your calendar. Looks completely real. One tap on the link inside and your Google account is gone.

Stop overthinking and start doing: 5 AI productivity hacks

New year, new workload. Use these 5 AI prompts from Kim Komando to turn chaos into clarity and reclaim hours every week.

Weird but genius cleaning gadgets

The weekend’s almost here, and my inbox is full of requests for “that cool cleaning list.” So I rounded up the smartest (and strangest) grime-busting tools that actually live up to the hype. Warning: Some are ridiculously satisfying. 🧽 1. Spinning cordless scrubber ($40, 40% off) Scrub grout, tile, tubs and baseboards in half the […]

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 […]

Can you guess if it’s brand new or not true?

Time for a little game I used to have on the show: Brand New or Not True.

Quick tech cleanup: Do this every 3 months

Is your digital life a mess? You can fix that in just a few minutes.

5 things you should never put on a resume

Now that bots are scanning resumes, an AI program could reject our resume before a hiring manager even sees it. Here’s how to make the cut.

How to make sure emails you want to see don’t end up lost in spam

How to mark an email as not spam in Gmail, Apple Mail and Outlook.

Is your business hiring any time soon? Use this deal to find the right person for free

This year is looking up, and it’s the perfect time to find your next great employee.