September 24, 2026
🗣️ How to practice difficult conversations with ChatGPT Voice

🗣️ How to practice difficult conversations with ChatGPT Voice

ChatGPT’s GPT-Live voice mode lets you rehearse negotiations, interviews and awkward conversations with natural interruptions. Here’s how to start, the prompt to use and what happens to your audio.

September 20, 2026
🏈 Score big on your game-day setup

🏈 Score big on your game-day setup

Kick off football season with 10 practical upgrades: Streaming, grilling and tailgating gear are all on sale.

September 9, 2026
Same towers, half the bill: A couple paying $200 a month asked me what the catch is. Here are all three.

Same towers, half the bill: A couple paying $200 a month asked me what the catch is. Here are all three.

After 20 years of marriage, Dave and his wife agree on one thing: $200 a month for two phones feels wrong. The same signal sells for half. There’s a catch, friend. Three, actually. All smaller than the one they’re living with.

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.

August 27, 2026
Your bank account pays pennies. Let AI find the $750 version in 20 minutes.

Your bank account pays pennies. Let AI find the $750 version in 20 minutes.

You know that pile of cash sitting in your checking account doing nothing? There’s a prompt in here that pulls every current savings rate, minimum and withdrawal penalty into one table, including the teaser rates that quietly drop after three months.

August 11, 2026
Recruit AI to help you haggle down your internet bill

Recruit AI to help you haggle down your internet bill

Loyal customers pay the most. Here’s the AI script trick that turns a 10-minute call into hundreds a year, free.

August 9, 2026
One list of family inside jokes, three free games: the crossword, Jeopardy! board and bingo card that beat every phone

One list of family inside jokes, three free games: the crossword, Jeopardy! board and bingo card that beat every phone

Twenty family facts, like nicknames, old addresses and that one boat story nobody lets go of, are all AI needs to write the clues. Free sites turn them into printable games in about 15 minutes flat, no cost, no login.

August 2, 2026
Music reaches people with dementia when almost nothing else can. Here’s how to build the playlist.

Music reaches people with dementia when almost nothing else can. Here’s how to build the playlist.

A reader named Julie asked how to reach her mom with music. The science is real: The brain’s music regions are among the last dementia touches. One playlist, built from the songs of her mom’s youth, can open a door for a few minutes at a time. Here’s exactly how to make one.

July 26, 2026
Archivists set a deadline to save tapes like yours. It was last year.

Archivists set a deadline to save tapes like yours. It was last year.

Magnetic tape lasts 10 to 30 years, and your wedding video is older than that. Worse, the last VCR on Earth was built in 2016. For less than $200, here’s the weekend kit you’ll need to rescue the whole box, including the exact eBay search phrase that finds a working player.

July 15, 2026
Your carrier deletes voicemails automatically. Save the ones that matter tonight.

Your carrier deletes voicemails automatically. Save the ones that matter tonight.

Your carrier isn’t a filing cabinet. AT&T keeps basic voicemail 14 days, T-Mobile says deleted messages “cannot be retrieved” and Verizon won’t take the blame even for ones you saved. Here’s how to turn a loved one’s message into a file you own forever, in a minute or so.

June 23, 2026
Don’t sleep on these Prime Day tech deals

Don’t sleep on these Prime Day tech deals

Inside: Car gadgets, streaming upgrades, speakers and more smart buys that solve real problems. Up to 44% off.

June 19, 2026
The free AI that brings your old family photos back to life

The free AI that brings your old family photos back to life

That shoebox of cracked, faded photos in your closet? Google’s free Gemini app can restore them, add color and sharpen the faces in seconds. One paste of a prompt does it.

June 10, 2026
You keep failing those ‘click all the traffic lights’ tests for a wild reason: The robots got better at them than you are

You keep failing those ‘click all the traffic lights’ tests for a wild reason: The robots got better at them than you are

That maddening puzzle asking you to prove you’re human? AI aces it faster than you do. Here’s the twist nobody told you: You’re the one who trained it. And what quietly replaced the test should make you look twice at that little checkbox.

June 9, 2026
A reader drove China’s $10,300 EV and wants one. Here’s why he can’t have it, and how America fights back

A reader drove China’s $10,300 EV and wants one. Here’s why he can’t have it, and how America fights back

Mark in San Diego test-drove the BYD Seagull in China and would buy one tomorrow. Kim breaks down the national security reason he can’t and the $200 billion American factory boom answering the challenge.

May 28, 2026
Before you buy, make AI prove it

Before you buy, make AI prove it

AI shopping is here, which means fewer browser tabs and more danger for your wallet. This copy-paste prompt turns ChatGPT into a no-nonsense shopping assistant before you spend a dime.

May 18, 2026
40 million Americans are paying for charges they never authorized on their phone bill. Here’s how to find them and get your money back.

40 million Americans are paying for charges they never authorized on their phone bill. Here’s how to find them and get your money back.

It’s called cramming. Third-party companies slide $3 to $15 a month onto your phone bill, and the FTC says tens of millions of people pay it without knowing. You can get 90 days refunded tonight.

April 24, 2026
Four companies control your printer. And your wallet.

Four companies control your printer. And your wallet.

HP just bricked another batch of printers with a firmware lock. Here’s the part nobody talks about: Four companies run the entire printer market, and they’ve been charging you perfume prices for a decade.

February 16, 2026
What phone does the president use? The answer will make you appreciate yours

What phone does the president use? The answer will make you appreciate yours

Happy Presidents’ Day. The president’s phone has no apps, his car has a fridge full of blood, and someone once sent the nuclear launch codes to the dry cleaners.

December 21, 2025
Turn your selfie into a holiday card: An AI photo guide from The Current

Turn your selfie into a holiday card: An AI photo guide from The Current

Think holiday cards are boring? This AI turns your selfie into an 8K Christmas fantasy, and it gets weird fast.

December 11, 2025
The spy in your rental car

The spy in your rental car

Stop syncing your contacts with a rental car. Even one button tap can share way too much.