October 17, 2026
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
📲 What can someone do with your phone number? Too much

📲 What can someone do with your phone number? Too much

A scammer gets your phone number. What happens next? They can dig up your personal details and even take over your accounts. Here’s how to fight back.

October 14, 2026
AI apps want the keys to your computer. Apple just sounded the alarm. Check these 3 settings on your Mac or PC today.

AI apps want the keys to your computer. Apple just sounded the alarm. Check these 3 settings on your Mac or PC today.

Zero clicks from you. Invisible text tells your AI assistant to ship your private files to a stranger, and it happily obeys. Researchers pulled this off against Microsoft’s Copilot.

October 9, 2026
153 million driver’s license scans hit the dark web. Your ID may be in the pile, and you never chose the company that had it.

153 million driver’s license scans hit the dark web. Your ID may be in the pile, and you never chose the company that had it.

You handed your license to a rental desk or a package counter. A middleman you never heard of kept a copy. Now crooks are selling it. Here’s why watching your SSN alone isn’t enough anymore.

October 7, 2026
Last call: 15 Prime Big Deal Days steals I’d buy (most under $25)

Last call: 15 Prime Big Deal Days steals I’d buy (most under $25)

Skip the panic buying. These deals save you time, money and a headache, from a hotel room spy sweeper to TV for $17.

October 6, 2026
Amazon’s Prime sale ends Wednesday at midnight. These 15 deals, from $5 to $80, are the ones worth your money before Thanksgiving.

Amazon’s Prime sale ends Wednesday at midnight. These 15 deals, from $5 to $80, are the ones worth your money before Thanksgiving.

Skip the endless scroll. Here are 15 Prime deals that fix real problems in your kitchen, your house and your car, from a $5 router fix to an $80 dashcam. Prices end Wednesday at midnight.

October 5, 2026
Apps in your car can send your data to outside companies, tests show.

Your car is selling your driving habits, and your insurance bill shows it

A new study of 21 cars and 30 car apps found 19 vehicles leaking data. Here’s what’s tracked, who buys it and how to shut it down.

October 4, 2026
🛍️ Prime deals are already dropping

🛍️ Prime deals are already dropping

Beat the rush! Early Prime savings are up to 60% off smart home tech, kitchen finds, personal care and more.

October 1, 2026
Google changed its search links, and the old “hover over it first” safety trick doesn’t work anymore on many results. Here’s why that matters for your bank login and the 60-second fix.

Google changed its search links, and the old “hover over it first” safety trick doesn’t work anymore on many results. Here’s why that matters for your bank login and the 60-second fix.

You used to be able to hover over a Google result to see where it really goes. Now some show a scrambled Google address instead, right as crooks are planting fake bank logins at the top of search results, friend. Here’s how the trick works and the bookmark that beats it.

September 27, 2026
Incognito mode won’t hide your browsing from your internet provider

Incognito mode won’t hide your browsing from your internet provider

Incognito mode keeps your history off the computer, but your internet company still sees every site you visit. Here’s what they collect and how to shut it down.

September 25, 2026
Kim used AI to quickly generate a website.

I handed AI my husband’s Word doc. 35 minutes later, he had a website.

Kim Komando built a website with AI in about an hour. No coding, no designer. The exact steps, 5 prompts to copy and why Komando.com runs on Hostinger now.

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.

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 22, 2026
Your tech may be reporting to Beijing. Here’s how to find out where your gadgets were made and how to wall them off in five minutes.

Your tech may be reporting to Beijing. Here’s how to find out where your gadgets were made and how to wall them off in five minutes.

Two Chinese companies make nearly half the world’s cellular modules, the chips inside doorbells, thermostats and fridges. Your smart gadgets, friend, may be chatting with Beijing. Five minutes on your router shuts the conversation down.

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 18, 2026
You turned off Location Services, but the booking site still knew your town. That’s the address setting your holiday prices.

You turned off Location Services, but the booking site still knew your town. That’s the address setting your holiday prices.

Holiday flights and gift lists are being priced right now, friend, and the sites doing it know your town even with Location Services off. Your IP does that. Six minutes fixes most of it.

September 14, 2026
Google caught malware that uses AI to rewrite itself every hour. Here’s why your free antivirus may never see it coming, and the 10-minute fix.

Google caught malware that uses AI to rewrite itself every hour. Here’s why your free antivirus may never see it coming, and the 10-minute fix.

Google caught malware that asks AI to rewrite its own code every hour, friend. Your free antivirus is checking mugshots against a face that keeps changing. Ten minutes today puts a real watcher on duty.

They took your kid’s phone this month. Next thing, your boss wants yours. Here’s what he can and can’t legally do.

They took your kid’s phone this month. Next thing, your boss wants yours. Here’s what he can and can’t legally do.

New Jersey students handed over their phones on Sept. 1 under a new all-day ban. The same company making those locking pouches for schools sells a version for your workplace, and employers are buying. Know the line before the memo lands.

September 1, 2026
‘Kim, what if my password manager gets hacked?’ It’s happened. Here’s who lost, who won and which one you’d be.

‘Kim, what if my password manager gets hacked?’ It’s happened. Here’s who lost, who won and which one you’d be.

Crooks stole a password manager’s vaults in 2022. Here’s what happened next, friend: The strong master passwords held. The weak ones funded a $150 million heist. These safeguards decide which side you land on.

August 31, 2026
Delete these apps right now: The 2026 list of malicious Android and iPhone apps

Delete these apps right now: The 2026 list of malicious Android and iPhone apps

Google and Apple pulled a list of more than 75 apps for stealing money, bank logins and more. Removal doesn’t reach your phone. Here’s the list and the 5-minute check.