
Kim Komando Daily Tech Update
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Show AI a pic for an answer
You can't Google what you can't describe. Here's how a photo and follow-up questions to your favorite AI chatbot can identify anything from a weird bug to a mystery rash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your iPhone is now a digital bouncer
Unknown callers now have to beg for your attention before your phone even rings. It’s a little aggressive, but it kills spam dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Create email aliases
Find out exactly who sold your data. You can track which companies are leaking your info and block them instantly. Here's how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apple misses again
No in-house AI? Check. Unpopular new iPhone? Check. It’s shaping up to be a rough year for the former king of tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grocery stores are watching
Big Brother is in the cereal aisle. Kroger and Walmart are rolling out AI cameras that track your age, gender, and every move to target ads. Here is how to shop without being watched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The dangerous jury duty scam
Scammers are spoofing police numbers and demanding cold hard cash (up to $30,000) via Venmo, Zelle, crypto, or gift cards to save you from 'arrest.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weekend planning with AI
It's Friday and you're about to spend half your weekend figuring out what to do with your weekend. Stop. There's AI for that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TikTok's obsessed with yellow and pink
The real reason people are color-coding their feelings on TikTok. (Hint: It’s not vulnerability, it’s vanity.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hidden Amazon deals
Forget Prime Day! Find incredible, year-round deals on new, used, and overstock items by exploring Amazon’s secret Resale and Outlet sections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tesla enters the self-driving taxi business
No driver? No thanks. Here is exactly why you need to know the risks before you ever buckle up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How apps sell your data to insurers
Like to speed? Put the pedal to the metal? If you have any of these apps, your rates may have just gone up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spotify: Is payola back?
Old scandal, new algorithm. Is the music industry's history of deception repeating itself? My take in this short podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Save money on your flight
While some people are paying top dollar for spring break flights, you could fly for half the price. Here's how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The appearance of being busy
Amazon's massive layoffs aren't about finances or AI. According to CEO Andy Jassy, it's a culture problem. Here's why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your grocery store is watching you
Big box stores have turned their digital shelves into spy tech. It’s a data collection mission. Here's how to fight back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is that really your Uber driver?
A widespread underground market for rented and shared profiles is reshaping app-based work and raising safety and accountability concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emergency alerts could save your life
Don't let a winter storm catch you off guard. Here's how to quickly check and enable life-saving Emergency and Severe Weather Alerts on your iPhone or Android phone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are tutors out of a job?
Say goodbye to expensive test prep! Google, with a nod from the Princeton Review, is now offering free, on-demand SAT practice tests through Gemini AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Set up your phone's Medical ID now
A major winter storm is here, but setting up your phone's Medical ID takes five minutes and allows first responders to access critical health information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apple's embarrassing AI blunder
After missing the AI revolution and failing with Siri, Apple has been forced to strike a humiliating, multi-year deal with Google to use Gemini on all its products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Redecorate with AI
Thinking of a weekend home glow-up? Try the couch. Try the color. Try the lamp. Fall in love before you buy. Here's how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
730 days
Stop and think for a moment. How has AI changed your life? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to set up location based reminders
Use your phone's GPS superpower to remember tasks like taking out the trash right when you arrive or leave home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Wi-Fi 7 scam
The newest scam hitting America isn't coming from Russia or China. This one's homegrown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Price check anything with Google Lens
Not sure if that item is the best bang for your buck? Here’s how to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Magnificent 7 shrinks to 4
Wall Street’s most exclusive club just cut its membership. Here's the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The lost art of boredom
Science shows that letting your mind wander is the key to problem-solving. Here is how to reclaim your focus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
GM takes over your dashboard
General Motors wants to take over your dashboard screen. They will control the data and all that you’ll hear and see. Here's the scoop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Automate your emails
You are wasting hours every week typing out the same answers over and over again. Try this trick to give your hands a break. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is that big screen a deal?
Find a 75-inch 4K TV for a crazy low price like $300? Watch out. If you aren't paying with money, you're paying in other ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Use AI to negotiate
In a dispute, you either win or lose. Here's how AI can help you win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
China's 200,000 mega-satellite constellation
You think you've heard it all? Think again. China's latest move in the global security game is about to blow the lid off the international playground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Block most scam texts
You get a barrage of them every week. No fun. Stop them with this secret setting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the AI drive-thru
Don't count on getting extra fries. McDonald's weighs the bag before you get it with AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is someone recording you with smart glasses?
Smart glasses with hidden cameras are everywhere now and spotting when you're being recorded is harder than you think. The telltale signs are easy to miss or disable entirely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stop whining about AI pop stars
Sienna Rose is racking up millions of streams by mimicking the hits. The industry is crying foul, but the real lesson here? AI can copy a style, but it can never start a movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truman Show scam
Remember the movie? Jim Carrey's living his whole life on camera and has no idea. There's a scam that works the same way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The kingdom that never was
You aren’t using the Metaverse. Neither is anyone else. Here’s why it still commands headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The AI cure for writer's block
Staring at a blank screen? Stop typing and start talking. Here's how to turn a voice memo into a polished doc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
State of Virginia limits social media
Anxiety, depression, and hostility. The data is clear on what social media does to kids. Here's my take in this short podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're bleeding money
The average person spends more than $200 a month on subscriptions, often underestimating the cost by 40%. That amounts to thousands of dollars annually in unnecessary spending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Worst degrees in the AI age
Landing a gig is tough, but in these industries? It's brutal. Here is where the job market is hurting the most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pegasus spyware hacked Bezos
If $200 billion and a security team couldn't stop it, what chance do you have? I reveal the warning signs this nightmare spyware is on your phone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ChatGPT wants your health data
The world's biggest AI now wants your medical records, fitness data, and health apps all in one place. But with zero laws protecting it, I explain why handing over everything to Big Tech is risky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three Apple Watch tricks you don't know
It can do way more than count steps. I reveal secret features that'll make you wonder how you ever lived without them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CES tech that'll flop
Every January, Vegas unveils the next big thing. Most tank. I cover this year's soon-to-be failures, from creepy AI assistants to a musical lollipop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The smoky car scam
Selling on Craigslist? A buyer brings a mechanic buddy to check your engine. What happens next will shock you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oura Ring is having a moment
Put it on your finger and see your health data? I explain the hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guide to NotebookLM
Don’t have time to read that 40-page report? Turn that dry PDF into an engaging podcast. Here’s how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Smart glasses make a comeback
They have gone from a “fashion don’t” to a “fashion do.” I explain why these shades are finally cool in this quick update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices