October 16, 2026
Airless, self-sealing and smart: The tire tech on your car now and what’s coming next

Airless, self-sealing and smart: The tire tech on your car now and what’s coming next

Quick question. When’s the last time you thought about your tires? Right. Nobody does, until one goes flat on the freeway at 9 p.m. Here’s what you need to know. Tires have quietly turned up the tech. Some of it is on your car right now. The next wave sounds like science fiction. 🛞 Already […]

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 13, 2026
Turns a Napkin Doodle Into a Boardroom-Ready Flowchart in Seconds

Turns a Napkin Doodle Into a Boardroom-Ready Flowchart in Seconds

The diagram you scribbled on an envelope during a phone call can be clean and client-ready before the other person finishes their follow-up email. Kim hands you the exact prompt to convert a photographed sketch into a professional flowchart.

October 10, 2026
Car mechanics reveal tech secrets that save you a tow and thousands

Car mechanics reveal tech secrets that save you a tow and thousands

Your car is a rolling computer, and mechanics know its hidden tricks. Here’s how to find your vehicle with your head, dodge a $2,500 repair and more.

October 2, 2026
Life360 vs. HeyPolo: Your family tracker may be peddling your privacy

Life360 vs. HeyPolo: Your family tracker may be peddling your privacy

A listener asked how HeyPolo stacks up against Life360. The real question is who’s making money off your family’s location.

September 28, 2026
How do we control AI? Here’s what to say when it comes up at dinner

How do we control AI? Here’s what to say when it comes up at dinner

Bill Gates just said on “Meet the Press” that AI could cause a billion deaths. Every news media is running that story today. The scarier part was quieter.

September 7, 2026
Companies will pay you to catch chatbots making stuff up. Here’s how much, where to apply and the fake ‘AI trainer’ jobs to dodge.

Companies will pay you to catch chatbots making stuff up. Here’s how much, where to apply and the fake ‘AI trainer’ jobs to dodge.

AI chatbots get facts wrong, friend, and companies pay $15 to $40 an hour if you can catch their errors. Nurses earn $85. No degree needed to start. Here’s where to sign up safely.

September 6, 2026
Musk wants a chip in your skull. Altman paid to have his brain uploaded. Thiel got asked whether humans should survive, and paused.

Musk wants a chip in your skull. Altman paid to have his brain uploaded. Thiel got asked whether humans should survive, and paused.

Three men who already own your feed, your search box and your AI have a plan for the inside of your head, friend. It has a name, it’s not science fiction and nobody asked you.

August 30, 2026
This book has been rolled shut since 79 A.D. A college kid and an AI read it without opening it.

This book has been rolled shut since 79 A.D. A college kid and an AI read it without opening it.

Vesuvius buried a library in 79 A.D. and turned 1,800 books into charcoal. Open one, and it crumbles. This June, friend, scientists read an entire scroll without touching it. A 21-year-old found the first word.

August 22, 2026
Six trade secrets from the pros: The seat map that lies, the $15 fee you can kill and the $12 part that “fixes” a dead dryer.

Six trade secrets from the pros: The seat map that lies, the $15 fee you can kill and the $12 part that “fixes” a dead dryer.

Round 2 of our most-loved format. The airline seat map is a sales floor, not an inventory list. The hotel’s 800 number can’t help you, but the front desk can. Plus, the $15 modem rental fix, the $12 dryer trick, the help desk’s sacred order and the photographer’s one-second habit.

August 21, 2026
A data center three states away just raised your electric bill. Here’s how the trick works and 4 ways to fight back.

A data center three states away just raised your electric bill. Here’s how the trick works and 4 ways to fight back.

You buy electricity from a regional market, and data centers are hitting every one. A power plant auction in the East hit a record $16.4 billion, and families in seven states paid $4.3 billion to connect data centers to the grid. Bills jumped 7.1% last year, double inflation. Four fixes inside.

August 20, 2026
Your $120 copay might be hiding an $8 cash price. Six words at the pharmacy counter unlock it.

Your $120 copay might be hiding an $8 cash price. Six words at the pharmacy counter unlock it.

USC researchers found you overpay on nearly 1 in 4 prescriptions, because a middleman sets your copay higher than the drug’s real price and pockets the difference. Pharmacists couldn’t tell you until 2018, and still aren’t required to bring it up. The six-word question, price-check apps and no-middleman pharmacies inside.

August 19, 2026
The tool-belt generation is getting rich, and AI can’t lay a glove on them

The tool-belt generation is getting rich, and AI can’t lay a glove on them

Trades are booming while AI panic spreads. A SpaceX welder’s $28/hr job turned into $880K stock. Electricians building data centers earn up to $260K debt-free. The FAA hired 2,000+ gamers as $144K controllers. No degree needed, just paid apprenticeships.

August 18, 2026
The man who built America’s biggest camera network reportedly hides from it. Can Flock survive?

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.

August 16, 2026
They live in a convent, pray for hours a day and rack up millions of views on TikTok. The “Media Nuns” figured out something the rest of us haven’t.

They live in a convent, pray for hours a day and rack up millions of views on TikTok. The “Media Nuns” figured out something the rest of us haven’t.

A Catholic sister in a full habit has 198,000 TikTok followers, and one convent video pulled 3.4 million views. The twist: Her order has been chasing the newest media for over a century, from printing presses to trending sounds. Meanwhile, monks in the Wyoming mountains run a thriving online coffee business. How the most unplugged people in America mastered the most online thing there is, without letting it master them.

August 7, 2026
Don’t lose interest

Don’t lose interest

Your savings account might be earning $1 a year on $10,000 while an FDIC-insured online bank pays $400 on the same money, with the same government insurance. A fintech collapse once froze $112 million in customer deposits, so here’s how to verify a bank is real before you move a dime.

August 6, 2026
How to turn one weirdly specific skill into a $200-a-week side hustle

How to turn one weirdly specific skill into a $200-a-week side hustle

Turn your skill list into gig titles people actually search for, plus a pricing prompt that demands comparable listings with working links.

August 1, 2026
5 things tech pros do in their own homes that they rarely tell customers

5 things tech pros do in their own homes that they rarely tell customers

Techs know the “dead” TV usually isn’t dead, the phone that won’t charge just needs a toothpick and the check engine light can be decoded before you ever call a mechanic. Five trade secrets pros use at home but rarely mention at the counter.

July 28, 2026
This free tool turns your kid’s pencil drawing into a 10-page storybook that reads itself aloud

This free tool turns your kid’s pencil drawing into a 10-page storybook that reads itself aloud

Google’s free Storybook tool takes one photo of your kid’s pencil drawing and turns it into a 10-page illustrated book, drawn in their own style, that reads itself aloud. Two minutes, no design skills, print it as a PDF keepsake.

July 27, 2026
Those ordinary-looking glasses at the next table? They might be recording you.

Those ordinary-looking glasses at the next table? They might be recording you.

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.