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A new fake store goes live every three minutes, and the Black Friday ones are already open. Here’s how to spot one before you pay.
Real logos, real product photos, a countdown clock and nothing ever arrives. One scam checker flagged more than 100,000 fake shopping sites this year. Here are the five tells of a fake store, plus the free move that gets your money back. The post A new fake store goes live every…
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🏎️ Fast and curious
A developer reportedly hacked his Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into a personal racing coach that watches the track, draws the fastest line onto the road and calls out when to brake, turn and accelerate. He claims it shaved 5.3 seconds off his lap time in a single session. The post…
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Millions of clocks changed themselves last night. The signal came from a radio tower in a Colorado field.
Your “atomic” clock fell back an hour on its own thanks to one government radio station and 16 atomic clocks in Boulder. Last winter, a power outage made official U.S. time slip. Here’s the story, plus the gadgets you still need to fix by hand. The post Millions of clocks…
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The new branch manager
JR East is using a truck-mounted humanoid robot with one arm to grab branches and another to cut them, clearing trees from train tracks while a human operates it remotely. It’s meant to ease labor shortages, and future AI image recognition could spot obstructions on its own. The…
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15 home upgrades to make before the rush
Clocks fall back tomorrow. Use the extra hour to get your house ready for the holidays with 15 smart gadgets and decorating shortcuts. The post 15 home upgrades to make before the rush appeared first on Komando.com .
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Streaming services quietly swap in edited versions of movies. Here’s how to tell which cut you’re watching and where to find the original.
A scene shortened, a swear word muted, a shot digitally touched up, sometimes with no warning label. Disney+, Netflix and Prime Video have all streamed altered versions of classics. Here’s the 2-minute check that tells you which cut you’ve got. The post Streaming services…
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🏠 House party
Projection mapping is turning ordinary buildings into giant animated light shows, using powerful projectors to make walls appear to move, crumble or come alive with colorful animations. It’s basically a digital Halloween costume for your house, and it beats climbing a ladder to…
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👻 Ghosted by AI
A new ChatGPT trend has people uploading a simple ghost cutout and asking AI to dress it with what it knows about them, and the results are part personality test, part roast. Mine came back in designer bags, matcha and my two golden retrievers, which is uncomfortably accurate.…
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Streaming services quietly swap in edited versions of movies. Here’s how to tell which cut you’re watching and where to find the original.
A scene shortened, a swear word muted, a shot digitally touched up, sometimes with no warning label. Disney+, Netflix and Prime Video have all streamed altered versions of classics. Here’s the 2-minute check that tells you which cut you’ve got. The post Streaming services…
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Your old accounts never died. Here’s the 15-minute zombie hunt that finds them and buries them for good.
That Pandora login from 2012 is still out there with your name, email and old password. Here’s how to find every forgotten account in 15 minutes and shut it down before hackers dig it up. The post Your old accounts never died. Here’s the 15-minute zombie hunt that finds them and…
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What the duck?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled Microduck at a conference, a tiny robot duckling that waddles, chirps like R2-D2, does somersaults and plays dead on command, and preorders hit 20,000 in a single day at $399 each. Move over Furby, there is a new holiday season menace and it is…
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String theory
Ever wish you could grab the TV remote without getting off the couch? Have I got something for you. Meet Stringman, a $795 mini robot that hangs from your ceiling using four motorized strings. Think of it as a tiny claw machine for your house, except instead of winning a stuffed…
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Teens are kicking in front doors for TikTok, and Halloween weekend is prime time. Here’s how to catch them with your doorbell cam.
The Door Kick Challenge is back, and police from Massachusetts to Kansas warn it could end with someone getting shot. Before trick-or-treat night, set up your doorbell cam to catch faces, save the clip and keep your family safe. The post Teens are kicking in front doors for…
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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.…
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School software breach and 23andMe’s $6M settlement: How to protect your family today
Your kid’s school software and your DNA kit both leaked your family’s most personal data. Here’s how to freeze, delete and get your info off the market. The post School software breach and 23andMe’s $6M settlement: How to protect your family today appeared first on Komando.com .
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Bite club
Mosqitter makes smart traps that lure female mosquitoes with fake skin heat, fake human scent and even fake breath, and the company is now adding AI that identifies the species caught and predicts local disease risk. The home model runs $199, which is a reasonable price to fire…
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Data brake check
“Hello, Kim Komando, What is the deal with unlimited cell phone plans? Are they really unlimited? I am an over-the-road truck driver but on Wi-Fi at the stops, Buc-ee’s rocks! And like you, I go Komando! Haha!” — Pete Hey, Pete, thanks for writing in. And yes, I go Komando, too.…
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🥋 Crouching robot, hidden liability
China’s Unitree just unveiled a home security robot that does backflips, survives 13-foot drops and kicks dents into car doors, with demo footage showing it confronting an armed burglar and lifting the front of a car. Package thieves have officially been put on notice. The post…
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🧽 Wash, rinse, extort
A viral AI-generated clip shows a robot dog hopping onto a car hood and detailing a driver’s windshield uninvited, then flashing a QR code when the driver claims he has no cash. It is fake, but the fact that it is completely believable in 2026 says everything. The post 🧽 Wash,…
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🔒 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…