A gig staffing app usually known for line cooks is paying people to strap on a camera and do stuff. Robots can’t learn hand movement from the internet, so companies are buying footage of yours instead.
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.
Not all AI bots guard your info the same. Here’s which ones are worst, what not to type and how to lock your data down.
I’ll show you how to connect Gemini with Angi, Zocdoc, Ticketmaster and Pandora, plus the prompt that handles the searching and the privacy trade-off hiding in the permissions.
Custom Instructions, Memory and Temporary Chat are already in your ChatGPT app. Here’s the 60-second setup for each, the instructions to paste and the privacy catch on incognito chats.
ChatGPT will find open tables, book them and even join a Yelp waitlist without you leaving the chat. Here’s how to do it, the prompt that gets the best results and the catch about cancellations.
Your smart TV has a setting called ACR that’s spying on everything you watch. It’s on by default, and every brand buries it somewhere different in settings. Turn it off and nothing changes except the ads get dumber.
AI smart glasses are the fastest-growing gadget in America, and almost nobody can spot a pair. Learn how to tell when the camera is rolling, what your state allows and three things you can do about it.
Krisp strips barking dogs, traffic and coffee shop noise out of your calls in real time, using AI that runs entirely on your device. Works with Zoom, Teams, Meet and Slack. Free tier covers about an hour of noise-free calls a day.
New FTC data reveals scams starting on social media cost Americans $2.1 billion last year, and Facebook tops the list. Losses have exploded eightfold since 2020. Here are the exact settings that cut scammers off.
Data brokers turn your private life into a product. Here’s what they know, who’s buying and how to yank yourself off the shelf.
The close-door button. The crosswalk button. Your office thermostat. A whole lot of them are fakes, and they’ve been quietly playing you for years.
The tablet that swivels around at checkout doesn’t ask how much you want to tip. It’s running a playbook designed to guilt you into more. Here’s how the trick works and how to take its power away.
That CPAP machine? It tells your insurance company whether you used it enough. And it’s not the only device in your house keeping score. Here’s what’s phoning home while you sleep and what you can do about it.
The smartest travel gear I’ve packed lately, from anti-theft tools to tech that solves your biggest vacation headaches.
From an AI that reads your emails around the clock to smart glasses that snap photos without your phone, Google I/O 2026 was really one big announcement: Google wants in. Every door. Here’s what that means for you.
A man’s phone rang for a month straight after Google’s AI handed his number to anyone who asked. Here’s the data broker pipeline that made it happen, and the only move that protects you.
A passport pic on your phone sells for $600 on the dark web. Your photos contain GPS coordinates, faces, license plates and the inside of your house. The five photos to delete tonight.
Most cars sold since 2018 are basically smartphones with seats. And 8 out of 10 used cars still have prior owners’ data sitting inside. Punch in your VIN and see yours.
I asked AI to build a privacy report card on me. It scored my online exposure 8 out of 10. Here’s the prompt that runs in any chatbot, the fixes you can do tonight and why your number will probably be worse than mine.
