Tag: Typing

Brain dump, done

Your brain keeps nagging you until a task has a plan. The work doesn’t have to be actually finished. Here’s how to brain-dump into AI and walk away with a calendar.

🔒 Stop ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini from using your chats for AI training

Your chatbot conversations can help train AI, and some may be reviewed by humans. Here’s how to tell ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini: Thanks, but no thanks.

Recruit AI to help you haggle down your internet bill

Loyal customers pay the most. Here’s the AI script trick that turns a 10-minute call into hundreds a year, free.

Your bank already knows it’s you, by the way you type

Banks watch how you type, swipe and hold your phone to catch fraud before it happens. Behavioral monitoring is invisible, it’s everywhere, and a thief can’t fake your rhythms.

The password rules you hate came from one man’s 2003 memo, and he’s sorry

Capital letter, number, symbol, change every 90 days. One government engineer invented all of it, then admitted it made your passwords worse. Here’s what actually works.

The government wants AI doctors. One study shows why you should slow down.

Washington is fast-tracking AI chatbots that can diagnose and prescribe. But when 1,300 people asked for a diagnosis, the chatbots got it right just 34.5% of the time, and one missing detail turned a brain bleed emergency into “lie down in a dark room.” Here’s how to use AI for your health the smart way.

You keep failing those ‘click all the traffic lights’ tests for a wild reason: The robots got better at them than you are

That maddening puzzle asking you to prove you’re human? AI aces it faster than you do. Here’s the twist nobody told you: You’re the one who trained it. And what quietly replaced the test should make you look twice at that little checkbox.

Your doctor is using AI to write your medical chart. Here’s what to ask before it starts.

One in three doctor’s offices uses an AI scribe that records your entire visit. Most patients don’t know. Here are the 4 questions to ask.

I used AI to investigate my neighbor’s house. Here’s everything I found in 90 seconds.

Zillow stalking is already a national pastime. But feeding an address into AI with the right prompts? Completely different level. Here’s exactly what to ask.

That estimate sitting on your counter is probably wrong. AI can tell you how wrong in about three minutes.

A $900 landscaping quote dropped after a three-minute ChatGPT camera scan revealed $20 plants hiding in the mix. The same trick works on contractor estimates, repair bills and hospital invoices. Here’s exactly how to point your phone and stop paying more than you owe.

Filing taxes soon? Watch for these red flags

That “urgent” IRS message could cost you big. Here’s how to make sure your refund doesn’t land in a scammer’s bank account.

One sentence changed everything my associate producer got from AI. Here’s the trick no one teaches you.

Most people type a question into ChatGPT and wonder why the answers are meh. The secret isn’t asking better questions. It’s telling the AI who to BE before you ask anything.

Meetings now come with surveillance

It doesn’t bother me anymore, but it used to. Maybe it’s happened to you. You’re in a Zoom call, wearing pajama bottoms, and someone casually says, “Oh, my AI assistant is taking notes of everything everyone is saying.” Wait, what?! There’s a digital stenographer silently documenting every sigh, awkward pause and half-baked idea you mutter? […]

Tech we thought was the future

It’s Friday, and I’m feeling a little nostalgic. Let’s take a fun walk down memory lane back when our gadgets were clunky, slow and somehow magical. Remember when flipping your phone shut made you feel like a movie star? Or hearing the sound of a modem? Good times. Take a look at this list and […]

The future of laptops

My job is to keep you ahead of the curve, so you know what’s worth your hard-earned money and what’s just hype. One reader recently asked me: Where are laptops going next? Let’s break it down. 🤖 AI is baked in As AI gets better, imagine a bot that automates boring laptop tasks like booking […]

15 out-of-the-box ways to make extra cash from anywhere

Love walking dogs? Want to rent your extra rooms or even your pool? We searched the web and found some fun ways to make cash from your home.

Master Excel with these 5 genius tricks

Microsoft Excel can help you visualize data in countless ways. Although it can be complex, these five useful Excel tricks make it easy.