The Kim Komando Show

SpaceX is going public, targeting a valuation of at least $1.75 trillion. Largest IPO in history. Anthropic filed, too. Warren Buffett dropped $10 billion on Alphabet. Plus, your car is being watched. Culprit? Flock’s 80,000 cameras, which are now backed by drones. They log your driving, then the information is sold to private companies. No warrant needed. Fly-by-night surveillance. 

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

13:38.994 Teen’s Bluetooth name cancels flight midair 

16:34.441 ChatGPT somehow knew her date of birth 

26:33.595 Adam dumps AI marketing, goes back to the basics for bagel shop 

12:17.418 Attack of the mosquitoes! Why tech titans are releasing millions of bugs 

8:20.248 Siri gets smart, Apple makes glasses, and a new Android trap 

23:41.688 AI Tool: Turn your digital footprint into art 

32:20.758 Use it or lose it. How AI shrinks your brain 

34:12.540 Peekabook, a viral fake book, lets parents hide their phone from their kids 

45:40.903 AI predicts 2026 NBA Finals winner 

47:53.035 Uber’s newest ride option: Professional drifting 

1:03:41.967 AI Tool of the Week: Use ChatGPT voice tool to breeze through paperwork 

1:10:30.365 Moving to the moon

1:14:44.885 Data centers in your backyard could raise your electric bills

1:21:28.029 Two YouTube creators won the box office

1:26:24.419 Video vs. audio: The best way to reach exhausted caregivers

1:33:31.331 Laid off at 55. How Kristina built a thriving AI consultancy

1:41:19.541 Your router is spying on you

Butterflies, duck sausage, a dishwasher. Oh my! Uber is revealing some of the weirdest things people left in their rides. Award-winning photographer Steven’s entry was so stunning, the competition said it looked too good to be believed. The kicker? It was shot on his Samsung phone. I speak with Steven about how he fought back and got his picture-perfect ending.

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Think your Google history is safe? Think again. Police are using online search history to hunt down suspects. A creepy guy used Meta smart glasses to secretly record Alex outside the club. Video went viral. I talk with her about the fallout.

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

1:17.870 Why men shout at AI

30:36.937 AI Tool: Beat AI screening on your next job interview

49:25.418 Caller: Real estate agent spots romance scam

33:05.535 Smart home gadgets are tattling to insurance companies

39:25.634 Chatbots are secretly recording Zoom meetings

1:05:03.889 Your hotel key card livestreams your every move

18:16.841 Caller uses AI to make over family’s 1908 barn

1:06:08.741 Salvage crews are pulling the plug on internet history

1:08:34.962 54% of teens are using AI for homework

1:13:01.303 Meta’s new glasses find your Instagram profile in 90 seconds

1:22:52.725 Caller: Best AI college programs for students

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After cutting 8,000 jobs, Meta told its remaining employees something jaw-dropping: every keystroke you type at work is being recorded. Why? To train the AI that could replace you. If that doesn't make you put down your coffee, this will. Your AI therapy chats? Not as private as you think. They could be read back to you in a courtroom.

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy, and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:


1:17.870 - Smartphones and falling birth rates. The connection is real.

6:35.184 - AI recovers $400K in forgotten Bitcoin. (You might want to check your old hard drives.)

13:03.114 - Strangers form a human roadblock to stop a swerving driver

38:50.210 - Find your ancestor's WWI and WWII draft cards online, free

42:53.853 - A CIA scientist claims the government knows about four alien species. (His words.)

50:01.500 - One bride used ChatGPT to design her own wedding dress and saved $12,000

1:02:22.007 - University of Virginia researcher Maria Lungu on AI-powered wrongful arrests

1:15:46.260 - The Air Force wants to land rockets on old oil rigs

1:30:33.282 - A hacker held a Facebook account for ransom

1:39:32.183 - A grandpa uses AI to write a children's book for his grandkids. (Grab the tissues.)

Plus: delivery drivers kept pulling into the wrong driveway. So Tom did what any totally normal person would do. He programmed a drone to write directions in the sky. It worked.

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That innocent peace sign selfie? It may be exposing your fingerprints to criminals. Meanwhile, AI is now stepping into the IVF process in ways that sound straight out of science fiction.

In this episode, Kim breaks down the wildest, creepiest, and most important tech stories changing your life right now.

You’ll hear:

31:21 How thieves steal Apple Watches during handshakes

1:15:32 Why kids beat AI age checks using fake mustaches

1:32:14 The hidden-camera trick Kim used to uncover 11 cameras in an Airbnb

19:33 A terrifying $700,000 romance scam

7:52 AI systems beginning to replicate themselves

40:37 China’s $650,000 transforming rideable robot

1:18:47 Why people booed an AI-generated graduation speech

1:12:58 How Waymo “stole” a passenger’s luggage

Plus, Wall Street Journal writer Danielle Crittenden joins Kim for an emotional conversation about the devices still connected to her late daughter and what happens to our digital lives after we’re gone.
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Kathleen Tierney posted a Game of Thrones GIF as a joke on a city council Facebook page. A month later, she ended up in handcuffs for it. And lost her a six-figure job. Now, she’s suing for $3 million to prove that snark isn't a crime.

Plus,  Bill Gates's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, inside Zuckerberg's $170M Florida mansion and how your gas app snitches to your insurance company. 

And I talk to Sarah from Colorado. She has a drone problem. One is being flown outside her bathroom window. She's pretty sure she knows who's doing it. I give her the tools to find out.

Timecodes

00:00  Gen Zers are bringing mom to job interviews

02:43  Show intro

03:30  How Israel used AI and Tehran's traffic cameras

06:30  AI-faked war videos flooding social media

07:08  Where your Meta Ray-Ban footage actually ends up

08:24  Inside Zuckerberg's $170M Florida mansion

10:20  Bill Gates' name in the Epstein files

13:00  Why Kim is done paying Microsoft

15:09  Splash of AI newsletter launch

16:47  Caller Sarah: Drone outside her bathroom window

26:11  Caller Graham: Fooled by an AI musician on AGT

32:46  Use a VPN to score cheaper hotel rates

34:11  Washington's "Spanish" AI line that speaks English

36:25  Why tech CEOs won't let their own kids on social media

39:46  Apple's new budget iPhone, iPad, and MacBook

40:34  Google Home's new Gemini live search

41:07  Burger King's AI bot named Patty

43:07  Apple Watch saves a 15-year-old after a crash

44:46  Caller Pastor Jennifer: Scammers cloned her voice and face

49:57  Allstate sued for tracking 45 million drivers

51:09  Caller Rob: Earning an AI certificate from MIT

58:27  Caller Melissa: Battery exploded into flames on her flight

1:06:00  Amazon Prime members charged more on some items

1:11:57  Tempe woman arrested over a Game of Thrones GIF

1:14:30  Allstate's massive driver-tracking lawsuit

1:15:48  Don't ask ChatGPT if you're dying

1:17:50  Mr. Beast is buying a bank

1:19:41  Caller Emile: A fake Zoom link gave a hacker control

1:24:35  How AI cut a $195K medical bill to $33K

1:25:51  Caller: Realtor.com's 3D fly-around of her house

1:35:12  Caller Amber: Pivoting from software dev to sales

1:39:47  How to try DeepSeek AI safely

1:40:52  Outro
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