November 3, 2026
🎚️ Make ChatGPT build you a calculator instead of giving you a lecture

🎚️ Make ChatGPT build you a calculator instead of giving you a lecture

That’s Intelligent UI. With GPT-6, ChatGPT can answer with things you click and drag instead of a wall of text: buttons, forms, charts and checklists.

October 29, 2026
AI sorts your kids’ Halloween candy by allergy risk in minutes

AI sorts your kids’ Halloween candy by allergy risk in minutes

About 1 in 19 U.S. kids has a food allergy, and the fun-size version of a candy doesn’t always match its full-size twin’s ingredients. Here’s how to get AI to inventory the haul, build a sibling trade sheet and schedule the eating, while you still check every wrapper yourself.

October 27, 2026
🔒 How to lock a ChatGPT chat so nobody sees it when you share your screen

🔒 How to lock a ChatGPT chat so nobody sees it when you share your screen

ChatGPT just rolled out Locked Chats, a feature that hides any conversation behind a four-digit PIN or Face ID so it disappears from your sidebar and search results entirely. Before you lock anything, run a quick prompt asking ChatGPT what it remembers about you that you would not want a client to see on your screen, because locking a chat does not erase what it already memorized.

October 23, 2026
New Macs and PCs cost up to 18% more, thanks to AI. Before you pay up, let your favorite chatbot give the computer you own a free checkup.

New Macs and PCs cost up to 18% more, thanks to AI. Before you pay up, let your favorite chatbot give the computer you own a free checkup.

AI is eating the world’s memory chips, friend, and your next laptop is paying the price. Here’s how ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude can read your computer’s hidden health report and tell you exactly what to fix.

October 22, 2026
Why your expensive sound system sounds awful (and how AI fixes it)

Why your expensive sound system sounds awful (and how AI fixes it)

That $500 subwoofer isn’t broken, it’s losing a physics fight with your furniture. Upload one photo, and AI can spot the placement sabotage, then a crawl finds the fix for free.

October 20, 2026
🎚️ These settings make ChatGPT stop sounding like a cheerleader

🎚️ These settings make ChatGPT stop sounding like a cheerleader

ChatGPT has five settings that control how it talks to you, and most people have never opened them. Here’s the 60-second setup for work, the prompt that proves it worked and the one setting that can quietly undo all of it. What’s new: These dials have been sitting inside ChatGPT since last December, and almost […]

October 15, 2026
Fix It or Ditch It? Make ChatGPT Build You a Repair-vs-Replace Calculator

Fix It or Ditch It? Make ChatGPT Build You a Repair-vs-Replace Calculator

To repair or not to repair, the age old question. ChatGPT can now build interactive calculators with sliders, so you can figure in energy costs, how many years the fridge has left and the odds it breaks again before you decide.

October 14, 2026
AI apps want the keys to your computer. Apple just sounded the alarm. Check these 3 settings on your Mac or PC today.

AI apps want the keys to your computer. Apple just sounded the alarm. Check these 3 settings on your Mac or PC today.

Zero clicks from you. Invisible text tells your AI assistant to ship your private files to a stranger, and it happily obeys. Researchers pulled this off against Microsoft’s Copilot.

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 6, 2026
📊 How to build a pitch deck in Claude in 3 minutes

📊 How to build a pitch deck in Claude in 3 minutes

Anthropic launched Claude Slides in September, and it builds a PowerPoint file right inside the chat. Here’s the setting you have to turn on first and the prompt that stops Claude from inventing your numbers.

October 1, 2026
Brain dump, done

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.

September 25, 2026
Kim used AI to quickly generate a website.

I handed AI my husband’s Word doc. 35 minutes later, he had a website.

Kim Komando built a website with AI in about an hour. No coding, no designer. The exact steps, 5 prompts to copy and why Komando.com runs on Hostinger now.

September 24, 2026
🗣️ How to practice difficult conversations with ChatGPT Voice

🗣️ How to practice difficult conversations with ChatGPT Voice

ChatGPT’s GPT-Live voice mode lets you rehearse negotiations, interviews and awkward conversations with natural interruptions. Here’s how to start, the prompt to use and what happens to your audio.

AI made your marketing image? Read this before you post

AI made your marketing image? Read this before you post

You whipped up a slick image with AI for your latest ad. Looks great, saves time and no photographer needed. Nice. But before you hit post, there’s one more question: Do you have to tell people it’s AI?  The rules are a patchwork, and getting them wrong can cost you. Here’s what to know before […]

Robotics companies pay people to film themselves doing dishes and chores

Robotics companies pay people to film themselves doing dishes and chores

A gig staffing app usually known for line cooks is paying people to strap on a camera and do stuff. Robots can’t learn hand movement from the internet, so companies are buying footage of yours instead.

September 19, 2026
Which side of the family do your kids take after? Ask AI, and paste these 5 prompts

Which side of the family do your kids take after? Ask AI, and paste these 5 prompts

Grandma says the chin is Grandpa’s. Your sister says the kid is all you. Upload three photos and let AI referee. Five prompts, one warning about privacy and the science on who babies look like.

September 17, 2026
🔒 Stop ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini from using your chats for AI training

🔒 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.

Use AI to find the cheapest way to upgrade your flight

Use AI to find the cheapest way to upgrade your flight

Cash, miles, points, elite perks and wait lists make airline upgrades a mess. This AI prompt compares every option and shows you what each upgrade really costs before you spend a dime.

September 16, 2026
🤖 AI privacy report card: Which chatbots make the grade?

🤖 AI privacy report card: Which chatbots make the grade?

Not all AI bots guard your info the same. Here’s which ones are worst, what not to type and how to lock your data down.

September 14, 2026
“We’ll just unplug it” isn’t a plan

“We’ll just unplug it” isn’t a plan

Why the people building AI are the ones sounding the alarm, and what you can do about it