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👕 If your clothes could talk, they’d beg for this glow-up list.

⚡ Fuzz buster: This fabric shaver (20% off) turns old tops from “meh” into “whoa, is that new?”

🧩 Closet Tetris, solved: These space-saving hangers (30% off, six-pack) will double your wardrobe.

🧺 Laundry day lifesaver: Four wheels + removable bag = one sleek rolling hamper (14% off).

🔥 Suck it up: Keep lint from building up and causing a fire with this dryer vent hose (20% off).

🌸 Iron in a bottle: Downy’s wrinkle releaser spray (5% off) is your secret weapon for crumpled shirts.

🛍️ Essentially awesome: From smart gadgets to handy tools, I’ve rounded up the best finds on my Amazon shop.

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Smarter car care starts here

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These free tools track maintenance, log repairs, and send reminders so your ride stays in top shape.

Siri and I are in a toxic relationship. I ask, she lies, I forgive: Apple finally gave up making their own AI. Thank goodness! Instead, GPT-5 will power Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence starting next month with iOS 26. Your iPhone might actually know what you meant. Soon, Siri will analyze photos, translate in real time and help write texts that don’t sound like you drafted them in the drive-thru.

📄 Let Gemini read your Docs: You can now listen to your Docs and even customize the voice and playback speed. Just go to Tools > Audio > Listen to this tab. FYI: It only works for English documents on desktop and is limited to Workspace business, enterprise, education, AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Crumb and get it

✨ Life’s messy. I’ve got the tools that make things shine.

🧲 Dirt magnet: This tiny vacuum & air duster combo (42% off) goes where other cleaners can’t.

🧽 Swipe wipe: Your car deserves a shammy cloth (33% off) that soaks up to 10 times its weight in water.

🚽 Tank you: These toilet bowl cleaners (38% off) descale and deodorize while you scroll on your phone.

💨 Clear winner: One spritz of this anti-fog spray (33% off) and your goggles stay steam-free.

🐜 Bee gone: Finally, natural bug spray (33% off) that smells like plants, not poison.

🧼 Your clean sweep: See what other essentials are on sale here, or hit up my Amazon store for more finds you’ll actually use.

One more thing: By age 60, collagen drops by half! Hello, joint pain and wrinkles. NativePath Collagen is my secret weapon. Just two scoops a day, and boy, what a difference! Get 45% off, free shipping and a bonus gift!*

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💸 Buy cheaper tech: Big brands sell open-box, pre-owned or refurbished gadgets through Amazon Renewed. You can score iPhones, laptops, printers and even power tools at major discounts. Everything’s tested, inspected and should look almost new. Bonus: There’s a 90-day guarantee, so you can return the item if it doesn’t work.

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⚰️ Robot mourning: Funeral homes are turning to AI to write obituaries, automating grief one prompt at a time. Tools like CelebrateAlly and ChatGPT are now ghostwriters for the literal dead. It’s convenient, weird and makes dying feel like a content strategy. One user called his AI-written tribute a “banger.” A real quote. From a real person. About his father.

⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Google Docs can instantly translate text. Go to Tools > Translate document > Choose a language > Translate. It creates a new copy, so your original stays untouched. C’est incroyable!

Swifties, avert your eyes: Grok’s “spicy” video mode just casually turned AI Taylor Swift into a nude dancing avatar on the first try. No warnings, no real age checks. While other tools block NSFW celeb content, Grok was like “Sure, let’s get weird.” Somewhere, a lawyer just woke up sweating and didn’t know why.

Pan-demonium, solved

🏠 Time to evict the grime and get organized.

☕ Brew-tiful: A broken coffee maker will wreck your morning. Descaler solution (41% off) keeps it running for years.

✨ You missed a spot: This crevice brush (20% off) tackles the gunk your mop avoids like the plague.

🕳️ Clogged drain? Don’t call a plumber. Snake cleaners (20% off, eight-pack) pull the plug on nasty blockages.

🧽 Steel the deal: These double-sided wool dishcloths (30% off, 10-pack) scrub and shine without leaving a scratch.

🍽️ Tidy tiers: Fit all your cookware on this organizer rack (15% off). Yes, even your giant roasting pan.

🔥 Fewer hot messes: See what’s cooking on my Amazon store for more kitchen gear and smart tools that’ll make life way easier.

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✨ Manifesting, but make it AI: Vision boards are so 2006. Now it’s all about editing yourself into a trailer for your future. AI tools like Freepik and Runway let you simulate dream jobs, podcast guest spots, even private jets, with your own face (paywall link). Does it help? Maybe. Is it a little Black Mirror? Definitely.

🎨 Can’t pay for Photoshop? GIMP is a free image editor that’s as close to Photoshop as you can get without paying. You can create images, logos, thumbnails or retouch photos. Plus, it’s got all the tools you need, like filters, layers, color tweaks, masking and more. Works on macOS, Windows and Linux, too.

🗣️ Prove you’re a human: OpenAI’s Sam Altman warned the Fed that we’re teetering on a “fraud crisis” due to AI tools that can impersonate you, your voice or your kid’s. AI fakes are calling parents and diplomats. The White House is prepping an “AI Action Plan.” Altman pitched The Orb for human verification. I told you all about this months ago.

This is nuts: Two new AI tools, DAILA and DeepDi, let anyone upload an app file and then it will spit out the source code. Translation: An app will reverse engineer another app in seconds. Companies who thought their proprietary code and tech secrets were safe are screwed.

💸 iSaved you money: AirTag batteries last about a year, but you don’t need to toss the whole thing. Just pop in a new CR2032 coin cell battery … you can literally get them for under $5. No tools needed, it’s a super easy swap. I made a quick video to show you how to do it!

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👁️ Check your Chrome extensions: Some “helpful” Chrome extensions with over 1.7 million installs were secretly tracking your browser moves and even rerouting clicks. They looked benign, like color pickers or VPN tools. Spoiler: They weren’t. Google’s still cleaning up the mess, but some are still live. Time to check your browser like it’s the bedsheets at a seedy motel.

Restore old pics with AI

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Bring faded memories back to life. These simple AI tools let you see your loved ones just as you remember them.

🤖 Use Canva inside ChatGPT: You can now design directly in ChatGPT without switching tabs. Here’s how: Open ChatGPT, go to Tools > Run deep research > Sources and connect your Canva account. From there, you can pull in brand assets, reuse existing designs or whip up something new based on your current chat.

🖼️ Resize images on Mac: Open it in Preview, go to Tools > Adjust Size, then enter your new dimensions under Width and Height. So something like 1920 × 1080 can be scaled down to 1280 × 720. FYI: This replaces the original, so make a copy first.

Must-haves for peace of mind

⚠️ Don’t say, “That won’t happen to me.” Cover all your bases.

🖥️ No peeking, buddy: Keep prying eyes off your pixels with this privacy screen ($60). Easily slaps on and peels off.
Say cheese: Screw this security cam ($50) into any light bulb socket. Works with Alexa & Google Assistant.
🚪 Stop right there: These door reinforcement locks (14% off) hold back 800 pounds. 4.7 stars and 1,100+ reviews.
Protect little fingers: Outlet covers (20% off, 38-pack) turn your plugs into no-go zones for curious kiddos.
💧 Drip happens: Place flood leak alarms ($20, three-pack) near your appliances. Cleanup costs way less.

🛡️ Not done defending yet? Don’t worry. I’ve got a whole arsenal of security tools waiting for you. Click here to explore more.

🥳 Hooray! Take a peek at my Amazon store. I’ve handpicked some great finds just for you.

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