Less mess, more yes

👑 Your bathroom should be fit for a queen (or king).

🛒 Peek at my cart: I’ve got a whole list of essentials I reorder all the time. Nothing flashy, just solid.

Ever own a Tesla?

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Your name could end up on a hit list. A shady site is doxxing people it thinks are Tesla owners, even if they sold the car years ago.

📸 In hot water: Tea, the viral app for women to warn each other about sketchy men, just leaked 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies and IDs, that they admit to. Plot twist: It wasn’t hacked. The pics were sitting in an open cloud folder, completely unsecured. The app went from leading the App Store to the “oh no” list.

$1.5 billion

The biggest copyright payout ever, courtesy of Anthropic. That’s more than some publishers make in a year, and all because Claude was caught with its hand in the pirate library cookie jar. Guess plagiarism does pay, just not in the way Anthropic hoped. If your book was in Anthropic’s pirated dataset, you’re automatically in the settlement class, with attorneys filing the full ~500,000-title list by Oct. 10.

▶️ Find your liked videos on YouTube: Tap the three-line menu in the top left and select Playlists. Your liked videos will be right there. To keep something for later, tap the Save button below the video player and select Watch Later. Head back to Playlists to find it in the list.

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😋 Only food and drink upgrades that slap.

🎁 Got your Father’s Day gift? Shop my ultimate gift list now, so it shows up by this Sunday.

2.5 million

That’s how many people are stuck on the wait list for Raya. The dating app’s a hit with celebs and athletes, but you have to apply, and some people wait years to get in. And if you do? No screenshots, no bragging about who you’ve seen (paywall link). You might find a cougar or maybe a cheetah.

Manage iPhone subscriptions: Apple makes it easy to forget what you’re paying for. Go to Settings, tap your name and select Subscriptions. You’ll see a list of everything active. Choose See All Plans to check for cheaper tiers, or tap Cancel Subscription to drop it completely. 

🎙️ Say the emoji on iPhone: Here’s a fast way to add emojis. Just tap the microphone icon in the text field and say the emoji’s name, like “thumbs up emoji” for 👍. It’ll drop right into your message. The catch? You need the exact name. Don’t worry, I’ve got the full list for you.

49%

Say they’d get into crypto … if someone just explained it better. Nearly half of non-crypto folks aren’t avoiding it out of fear, they don’t know how it works. That’s fixable. And it’s exactly why I’m launching a weekly crypto newsletter this August. No hype, no jargon and no pep rallies. Just straight-up brain upgrade level stuff. Click here to get on the list now.  

The two-minute rule: Overwhelmed by your to-do list? If a task takes two minutes or less, just do it now. No overthinking. If not, save it for later. This simple habit keeps the little stuff from piling up and helps you power through your day. Neat.

📖 Your summer reading list: Bookworms, you’ve got to check out Amazon’s Best Books of 2025 So Far. It’s packed with page-turners across every genre, so there’s something for everyone. After all, reading is a novel idea.

Father’s Day flex

🎁 For the dad who says he “doesn’t need anything.”

🛒 Two weeks to shop: Check out my Ultimate Father’s Day Gift List for more picks he’ll want to use.

🥦 Struggling with meal planning? You don’t have to keep guessing what to buy every week. Try prompting ChatGPT with something like, “Plan a week of simple, healthy meals I can actually cook, and make a grocery list with the exact ingredients.” You can take it a step further by also asking it to stay within your budget or avoid foods you don’t like. Amazing.

Check yourself before you go to google.com/devices. Sign in if you need to. Here, you’ll see a list of devices you’re signed into currently or have been signed into within the last 28 days. See anything that’s not yours? Kick it off your account and change your password ASAP.

No faux pa’s here

📅 Father’s Day is (checks date) just three weeks away. I did the digging for you.

🧢 More dad-approved picks: Check out my Father’s Day Ultimate Gift List for more finds he’ll actually use.

Don’t know what to watch? Hit up moviewiser.com. Type in the mood you’re going for in their AI tab. It’ll spit out a list of movies that fit the bill. I searched for “summer love story,” and the winners include The Notebook and About Time.

🐓 Cluckin’ wild: The Minecraft movie is meh, but Jack Black’s unhinged chicken ballad, “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” shot up to # 78 on Billboard’s Hot 100. It’s now the shortest song ever to hit the famed list, clocking in at 34 seconds, making it both a record and maybe a cry for help for our attention spans. Listen here, you have been warned.

🌿 I’m kind of a big dill: If you live in an apartment or want to meet other plant lovers, check out the American Community Gardening Association’s site. Their map shows over 2,100 gardens from urban farms to family plots. You can even add your own local garden to their list.

⚡️ 3-second tech genius: On Netflix, lock adult profiles with a PIN code to keep little eyes out of your true crime binge list.