🌦️ Farewell, farm classic: This is sad. After 208 years, the Farmers’ Almanac is calling it quits. The 2026 issue will be its last, and the site goes down next month. The Maine-based guide says the money isn’t there anymore. It’s been predicting the weather with “a secret formula” involving sunspots and moon cycles, but it couldn’t foresee this storm.
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Let AI plan your plate: Figuring out meals for the week can be exhausting. Get ChatGPT to handle it by prompting, “Plan a week of simple, healthy meals I can cook, and make a grocery list with the exact ingredients.” You can ask it to include cooking steps and portion sizes to match your calorie goals. Pro tip: Tell it what’s in your fridge for meal ideas. Bon appétit!
📧 Fix Gmail notifications on Android: Missing emails? Pull down Quick Settings and check that Do not disturb isn’t on since it silences alerts. If that’s not the issue, open Gmail > Settings > General settings > Manage notifications, and toggle Allow notifications off, then back on. That usually gets alerts flowing again.
Baby-making machine: Here’s a wild one. There’s this startup called Gaia that uses AI to predict whether IVF will actually work before you spend the money. That’s right, child by algorithm. And if it doesn’t lead to a baby, you don’t pay a cent. It’s already helped more than 100 families. AI is turning “hope for the best” into “plan for the best.”
Pick your start page: On Chrome, set your browser to open your favorite website every time it launches. Go to Settings > On startup > Open a specific page or set of pages > Add a new page. Type in a URL like komando.com and hit Add. Next time you open Chrome, you’ll get the latest tech news right away.
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Speaking of videos: If you have a lot of clips taking up space on your PC or Mac, try HandBrake. It’s free and easy to use. Drag and drop a file, choose where to save it, then pick a preset like Fast 1080p30 and click Start Encode.
Love at first chat: Elon Musk’s latest side quest? A hyper-sexualized chatbot named Ani, developed by his xAI team, reportedly under his direct supervision. The Wall Street Journal says staff were told to hand over facial and voice data for “AI avatars,” with no real way to opt out. And get this: Ani strips when flirted with. So, another casual Tuesday at xAI.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: On YouTube, you can bookmark videos so you don’t forget about them. Tap the Save button below any video and choose Watch later. When you’re ready to catch up, go to You > Playlists to find them all.
⚠️ Copy. Paste. Regret: I read about ClickFix again, this malware that uses fake videos to detect your OS, copy malicious commands to your clipboard, then pressure you with a countdown to paste them. If a site tells you to paste something into a command prompt, close your browser.
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📩 Gmail icons explained: Those tiny icons above your emails can be confusing. Switch them to plain text, so it’s clear what each one does. Go to See all settings > General > Button labels, change it to Text, then click Save changes. You’ll now see words like Archive, Delete and Mark as unread.
🌙 Give your eyes a break: If you’re on your Windows PC late at night, that blue glare can make it harder to fall asleep. Go to Settings > System > Display and toggle on Night light. From there, you can adjust the strength to make it warmer or schedule the hours it turns on automatically.
🍏 What’s new in iOS 26.1: Apple’s changed how alarms and timers work. When an alarm goes off, you need to slide to stop it instead of tapping. Tapping still snoozes it, but sliding dismisses it completely. Bonus: In Apple Music, you can swipe the Now Playing bar left or right to skip or go back to a track without opening the full player view.
Push it to the limit: Infinite Jest, meet infinite work. Microsoft says the 9-to-5 is officially toast. Workers now operate on three “peaks”: morning, afternoon and, wait for it, night. Meetings after 8 p.m. are up 16%. Weekend emails are normal. It feels like it’s not a job anymore, but a live stream of your own to-do list. The remedy? Treat your “Do Not Disturb” like self-care.
📖 Screenshot pages on your Kindle: Want to keep a quote or passage for later? Tap the upper-right and lower-left corners at the same time. You’ll see a quick flash, meaning it worked. To find it, plug your Kindle into a computer and open the Screenshots folder (or the Root folder on older models).
Organize your Apple Watch: One of the best ways to clean things up is by customizing the Control Center you open every day. Press the Side button, scroll to the bottom and tap Edit. Drag your most-used icons, like the flashlight, to the top, and remove the ones you don’t need with the minus sign. Bonus: The Apple Watch SE (2nd Gen) is on sale.
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Filter the trolls: Getting rude comments or DMs on Instagram is no fun. You can hide them before anyone else sees. Go to your profile > Settings and activity > How others can interact with you > Hidden Words. Type the words you don’t want showing up and hit Add. Anything similar disappears from your comments and DMs.
⚖️ Kim K (the other one) vs. ChatGPT: So Kim Kardashian (yes, future lawyer Kim) admitted she used ChatGPT to study for her law exams and bombed. Turns out the chatbot’s confidence didn’t match its accuracy. Been there, right? You ask AI for help, and suddenly you’re in the fast lane to Wrongsville. Bad joke time: What’s the difference between an ancient Egyptian prince and a Kardashian? The Egyptian knew from the start that their daddy would become a mummy. (Told ya!) 🐫