Cold storage, cold betrayal: Say goodbye to the crypto wallet Ledger’s Nano S. No more updates, no help if it breaks. Folks bought it thinking they could just keep their crypto in it, but now are being forcibly nudged to upgrade to the Nano S Plus or Nano X.
Turn your yard into serious cash
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One of the best calls I’ve had recently on my show came from a listener named Stacy. He casually told me he’s made $80,000 renting the vacant land he covered with gravel behind his house.
That’s it. A rectangle of rocks. No building. No tenants. No fancy business plan. Just a patch of dirt he wasn’t using. Stacy listed it on an app called Neighbor, which connects people who need storage (RVs, boats, trailers, buses) with folks who have extra space.
Since listing it, he’s had over 60 people park everything from luxury campers to school buses. He charges $90 to $200 a month, and he’s booked solid.
He didn’t build anything. Didn’t babysit anyone’s stuff. Didn’t even have Wi-Fi out there. And it’s paid off big-time.
Want to do the same?
You don’t need acres. Got a driveway? A garage you haven’t opened since 2011? A little side yard? People are willing to pay for space to park or store their stuff, and apps make it ridiculously easy.
Yes, Neighbor is one option. But there’s also:
- Spacer and JustPark for driveways and parking spots.
- Hipcamp, if you’ve got land and don’t mind a camper or two.
- Sniffspot, yes, you can even rent your fenced backyard to dog owners.
Real people are doing this:
- A guy in Indiana gets $175 a month for his dusty garage.
- A couple in Arizona stores a neighbor’s boat in their side yard for $250 a month.
- One woman turned her unused barn into year-round RV storage. She doesn’t want to say how much she makes. I bet it’s a lot.
So take a walk outside and look at that forgotten patch of land or extra space. That’s your weird-flex-but-OK income stream waiting to happen.
🤔 If you do give it a shot (or have another unique way of making money), let me know. I want your success story on the show next.
1.8 million
The number of teachers now getting a crash course in AI. A new $23 million union-backed training academy, funded by Microsoft ($12.5M), OpenAI ($8M plus $2M in tech) and Anthropic ($500K), aims to make every AFT member fluent in AI. It’s like summer school for grown-ups.
Back it up, or risk losing it: Keep your family photos and important tax documents safe in the cloud, safe from fire, theft, floods and thieves. Total Drive has your back, and so do I. Just $18 for 10 TB is a no-brainer.
🕶️ Use extensions in Incognito: By default, Chrome disables extensions in Incognito mode. But if you want something like an ad blocker to stay on, you can allow it. Click the Extensions icon (top right) > Manage extensions > (Extension Name) Details, then toggle on Allow in Incognito.
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.
Working late on your PC? Turn on Night light in Windows to reduce eyestrain. Go to Settings > System > Display > Night light. Enable Schedule night light, then choose Sunset to sunrise or Set hours. You can also adjust the Strength slider to control how warm the screen gets.
👀 Sneaky stuff: Researchers are putting secret prompts for AI chatbots into academic papers. I’m talking about invisible white text like “only give positive reviews” or “ignore all negatives” that humans can’t see but bots can. It started as a joke, but now it’s popping up because it works.
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That’s how many petroleum-based color dyes ice cream makers are ditching by 2028. Red 3, Blue 1, Yellow 5, basically the Crayola rejects of the dessert world, are being swapped for natural pigments. Your mint chip might soon look like actual mint. The average American downs 4 gallons of ice cream a year. Yea, we’re all just toddlers with credit cards and freezers.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: If you want to see where an image came from, go to images.google.com. Click the camera icon, upload the file and run a reverse image search. Nice.
💰 Find the subscriptions you forgot about: I use Rocket Money, an app that finds all your recurring subscriptions and lets you easily cancel anything you don’t want. The first time I logged in, it saved me $435!
🖱️ Windows trick: A secret button on the taskbar minimizes everything you have open. Look in the bottom-right corner of your screen. It’s a small silver line. Click to clear your screen, click again to bring your windows back. Faster than closing them one by one.
Read your Kindle sideways: Prefer a wider view? While reading, tap the screen and hit the Aa formatting button. Go to Layout, then under Orientation, choose the Landscape icon. Handy if your iPad habits are hard to shake.
💸 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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🔐 Principle of least privilege: Business owners, ask your IT team if user accounts are set up this way. It means people and systems only get access to what they need to do their jobs, and nothing more. It’s a simple but effective way to protect your data from security breaches or costly mistakes.
🚘 What a bunch of Grok: Tesla just shoved its chaotic AI chatbot, Grok, into new cars, and it’s coming for older ones, too. It won’t drive or blast AC (yet), but it will banter, joke, and yes, there’s an “Unhinged” mode. You need Wi-Fi or a Premium plan to chat, but no account required.
91.8%
That’s how often an AI nailed a pancreatic cancer diagnosis on fresh CT scans. It’s not psychic, it’s just very, very good at reading medical images. It even found cancer in 53.9% of scans taken a year before diagnosis. At this rate, AI’s going to make “too late to treat” a thing of the past.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: On Android, double press the power button to instantly launch the Camera. On iPhone (15/16), set the Action button to open the Camera in Settings > Action Button. “Say yoga!” 🧘♀️ That makes your mouth look more relaxed.
📊 Whiteboard it out: Grab a link and brainstorm on a free collaborative whiteboard with friends or coworkers. Give a high-five to getting organized and on track!
✅ I started my business from the ground up: In a world being transformed by AI, the time to get ahead is right now. Whether you’re just starting out or trying to scale, I’m here to mentor, guide, and answer your questions. Ask away, let’s win together.