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🌐 Use AI to dig up sneaky fees in your 401(k)

📝 This copy-and-paste prompt helps you review expense ratios, admin fees, overlapping funds, and cheaper plan options before your next meeting.

AI can spot if your pet is in pain from one photo. Here’s how to try it tonight.

Cats and dogs are experts at hiding pain, and even loving owners miss it. Now the AI on your phone can read the tiny signs right off their face. Here’s the free way to try it, plus when to skip the app and call the vet.

The $250 billion machine that turns your private hardships into inventory

A company you’ve never heard of knows what time your phone went to sleep last night, your real-time medical worries and your exact income. Here’s how it sells your life for pennies, and how to stop it.

Scammers are mailing fake VA benefit postcards to veterans across the country

The VA issued an official warning June 10 about a wave of fraudulent postcards claiming veterans qualify for extra benefits through something called the “Veterans Savings Program.” No such program exists. The goal is to get you on the phone so scammers can steal your Social Security number and bank account information. Here’s what to do if one shows up in your mailbox.

Your credit card sends a fake number every time you tap. Here’s why that’s good news.

Tapping may feel less secure than the old swipe, but it’s actually the safest way to pay in person. Here’s the hidden trick your card pulls off in under a second and the one payment method you should quit today.

How to know if your identity has already been stolen, and what to do right now

You don’t have to wait for disaster. These are the warning signs and the free checks that tell you whether someone is living as you.

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 401(k) is charging you fees you’ve never seen. Here’s how to find them and fix them today.

Part of your retirement savings disappears every year with no bill, no notification and no explanation. There’s a document your employer is required to give you. Most people have never opened it.

Your county probably got your property tax wrong. Here’s how to find out in 10 minutes.

About 40% of homeowners who appeal their property tax assessment win. Most never try because they don’t know how. AI just changed that.

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.

A data broker was caught selling a list of 435,000 Alzheimer’s patients. Your family could be on it

A Texas company sold names, addresses and phone numbers of people with Alzheimer’s, addictions and disabilities to anyone willing to pay. The fine? Just $45,000.

The eBay mafia: How tech executives tried to silence a newsletter with psychological torture

A bloody pig mask and live cockroaches were just the beginning. The Current exposes the disturbing true story of eBay executives who launched a campaign of psychological terror against a small publication. From anonymous threats to federal prison time, discover how a Fortune 500 giant tried to crush the truth.

Sora 2: The AI video tool that’s already out of control

I have to tell you about Sora 2. It’s OpenAI’s new video-generating app that’s both mind-blowing and terrifying.  It’s the first tool from any AI company that lets you give it a prompt, and in literally seconds, you get a full-blown, AI-generated video up to a minute long. The results aren’t perfect, but they’re close. […]

Scams are an underground industry

You already know the usual scams. Romance, crypto, tech support, job offers, fake investments, and the list goes on. But what you might not realize is that a growing number of people behind these scams aren’t evil masterminds.  They’re victims, too. Across Southeast Asia, scam compounds have become a massive underground industry. These operations run […]

Stop making these AI mistakes

If you’re not using AI in your business or professional life yet, guess what? Your competitors are and they’re getting ahead. Time to change that.  The secret to making AI actually useful? Asking the right questions. A lazy prompt gets you a lazy answer. A smart one is where the magic happens. Here are three […]

Weird things on Google Earth

I spent the first 10 years of my life in New Jersey. I still remember when I knocked out my front tooth on the swings and the time I threw a snowball at a police car and hit the cop inside on the head. That was bad. Seeing the house on Google took me back. […]

Wait, are public phone chargers dangerous?

A few clever ways to keep your devices juiced without fear of being infected with malware

I wasted 36 hours trying to do it myself

Hundreds of sites collect your personal info, and they all make it extremely hard to remove it. Here’s how I reclaimed mine.

Elder fraud is on the rise – These are the most common scams

The hardest-hitting elder scams right now — and my pick for a tool you can use to protect your privacy.

How to stop spam texts for good

Sick of getting spam texts all the time? Kim shares spam text do’s and don’ts, plus a great way to stop the barrage altogether.