Tag: shopping

📲 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.

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.

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.

A dozen of you asked me this in one week. No, your mother does not need a self-driving car. Nobody sells one anyway.

No car for sale drives itself, friend. Not even the one with Full Self-Driving on the window sticker. Don’t buy your mom the car. Set up the rides on her phone instead. Ten minutes, tops.

For the first time ever, Apple announced new iPhones and made the old ones cost MORE. Here’s what’s driving the bump, and how to buy TVs, laptops and phones before prices climb again.

The iPhone 16 was $699 last Tuesday. The next day, it was $799. Same phone. Nothing changed. This is the first time Apple has raised prices on older iPhones at a launch event, and it’s not really about Apple. It’s about the chips inside everything you own, friend.

Six things TV installers and calibrators know that nobody says at the register, including why your price match gets denied and why your TV is dimming itself.

The picture mode the store set is wrong on purpose. Your TV is dimming itself. And that model number was written to make sure Best Buy never has to match Costco’s price. Six insider fixes, friend, and they’re all free.

The man who built America’s biggest camera network reportedly hides from it. Can Flock survive?

Flock’s cameras scan more than 20 billion license plates a month, and they’ve found kidnapped kids and closed murder cases. They’ve also tracked police officers’ ex-girlfriends, shown up in a Virginia woman’s front yard uninvited and nearly ended up on 350,000 Ubers. Now, 30-plus cities have pulled the plug, the company is scrambling to add rules and its own CEO reportedly keeps his plates out of the system. Here’s the whole story, plus the free map that shows every camera near you.

My husband’s credit score fell from 810 to 575 overnight. A week later, the dentures bill arrived.

Three maxed-out credit cards. A $250,000 mortgage application. And a full set of dentures in Florida, ordered by a woman using Barry’s name. He did nothing wrong. It still took months to undo. Here is exactly what we did, in order.

Use AI to cut junk fees from your car quote

VIN etching can cost $199 to $499, and paint or theft packages can hit $2,500. This gives you the AI prompt to audit a dealer quote, spot padded fees, check your state’s doc-fee cap and send a firm out-the-door counteroffer.

That mystery package isn’t a gift. It’s a warning about your data.

That unordered package on your porch isn’t a shipping error. It’s proof a scammer already has your name and address, and the new ones ship with a QR code the FBI says can plant malware. Keep the item, skip the code, then lock down your passwords.

Facebook is the No. 1 place Americans lose money to scammers

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.

Gifts for Dad that arrive before Father’s Day

Inside: Grilling gadgets, golf gear, fitness trackers and more that ship on time. Up to 40% off.

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.

The Amazon return trap: How a secret algorithm could ban you for life

Amazon tracks every return you make. When your ratio tips the wrong way, they can permanently ban your account with no warning, no appeal and no refund on your Prime membership. Here’s what the threshold looks like and how to protect yourself.

Use AI to find a credit card worth $200 to $600 more

A better credit card match can earn $200 to $600 more per year than your current setup. This gives you the exact AI prompt to compare cards by your real spending, annual fees, reward caps, sign-up bonuses and the little traps hiding in the fine print.

Your passwords are already for sale. Here’s the proof.

A family member didn’t believe stolen passwords were for sale online. So I showed him. What we found for $12 will make you change every login tonight.

Your grocery store loyalty card is selling your health data. Here’s the proof.

Every swipe builds a profile. And it’s ending up in the hands of health insurers, data brokers and companies you’ve never heard of.

That store camera isn’t just watching for shoplifters. It’s watching you.

Every time you walk into a grocery store, a big box retailer or a pharmacy, AI-powered cameras track how you move, where you linger and what you almost bought. Here’s what they know.

February’s most loved favorites are still on sale: Up to 80% off

Save on RFID blockers, safer driving and home upgrades everyone’s talking about.

The grocery store is watching you: How ‘smart shelves’ track your face and every move

The Current unmasks the surveillance pricing and hidden cameras taking over Kroger and Walmart aisles. Discover the smart shelf tech that uses facial recognition to detect your age and gender while tracking exactly how long you hesitate in front of a product. Learn why the FTC is investigating these digital tags and find out how to stop the data harvest.