Marissa trusted her best friend for 15 years. Then that friend stole photos of Marissa’s baby, posted them online as her own, sent them to strangers and even invented a fake birth story. It’s called “digital kidnapping,” it’s exploding right now, and it could happen to any parent who posts photos of their kids. Marissa joins me to share her story, and I’ll tell you how to lock down your family’s photos before someone else claims them. Plus, a 12-year-old girl goes viral for building an AI receptionist app. The robots are officially here: One cleans your house, another will be your dancing wedding date for $500 an hour. And Sarah found the love of her life on Hinge with one sneaky trick. She changed her location. Turns out romance really is in the city of love. Also this week: School laptops never stop watching your kids, Iran allegedly hacking U.S. water systems, home sellers spy on buyers, and a listener wants AI to help tackle his wife’s $120K cancer bills. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 0:02:01 Cop disguised as bush catches bad driving. 0:05:43 Sam Altman wants AI to help raise your kids. 0:07:37 School laptops never stop watching.  0:14:54 Meet the robot maid. 0:20:08 Best friend “digitally kidnaps” a baby. 0:29:06 AI builds crosswords from your family facts. 0:31:07 Can cars still run without updates? 0:36:06 Spider-Man ads hijack BMW dashboards.  0:39:19 Iran allegedly hacked U.S. water systems.  0:41:03 Home sellers spy on buyers.  0:44:58 Rent a dancing robot escort for $500/hr.  0:47:33 Viral TikTok saves grandmother’s restaurant. 0:54:04 Listener wants AI to cut his wife’s $120K cancer bills. 1:04:01 Got a weird skill? AI turns it into a side hustle.  1:11:29 People trick Gemini into bizarre bits. 1:14:26 College geeks land $1 million salaries.  1:22:07 The private jet with zero windows. 1:24:10 Changed her Hinge location. Found love. 1:31:16 A ventriloquist wants an AI job. 1:43:21 Kid genius builds an AI receptionist. RESOURCES & LINKS: Show Website: https://www.komando.com/podcasts/  Connect on Social: @kimkomando Enjoying the episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help new listeners find the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silicon Valley legend and Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki joins us on “5 Minutes from the Future” to reveal how AI is riding shotgun in his daily work. Plus: The internet’s viral fix for sneaky Meta smart glasses, a drone built specifically for dog poop duty and why robot dogs are backflipping off cliffs. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 00:00 The internet’s favorite raccoon. 5:08.552 Chatbots teach weapon-building.  5:50.600 Robot dog backflips off cliffs.  9:24.637 Microwave beep gets a makeover.  11:24.267 Musk’s AI Odyssey.  14:23.860 Drone scoops your dog’s poop.  28:45.665 AI catches hidden dealer fees.  34:51.655 AirTag your kids’ shoes.  30:33.595 Can your ex hack your car?  36:50.613 United boots headphone-free fliers.  39:35.250 Meta glasses? Play Disney.  46:17.556 The 22-hour nonstop flight.  48:52.856 The chatbot that saved his life. 1:04:52.840 Kid drawings become storybooks. 1:12:12.096 9 new emojis drop. 1:17:05.234 Robot teachers, zero humans. 1:23:40.299 Myspace comeback? 1:35:49.120 Secret 401(k) traps. 1:36:57.213 5 Min from the Future: Guy Kawasaki. RESOURCES & LINKS: • Follow Guy Kawasaki: https://www.instagram.com/guykawasaki/ (@guykawasaki) • Show Website: https://www.komando.com/podcasts/  • Connect on Social: @kimkomando Enjoying the episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help new listeners find the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucky ordered a Waymo for her daughter. Routine, right? Then a man climbed out of the trunk. Police showed up with guns drawn. Lucky joins me to walk through every minute of it, including the part that still gives me chills. Also this week: Recruiters are paying women $7,000 a month to run AI romance scams on lonely men. That’s not a typo. And a stranger at a bar secretly filmed Alex on his Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. The video went viral. She never said yes because she didn’t even know. In this episode: 0:00:00 Your phone is aging your brain by 10 years. 4:12.245 AI cameras are catching drivers texting. 10:15.473 A listener just earned an MIT AI certification. 17:15.263 How to snag a “booked” campsite. 18:50.992 He filmed her on Ray-Ban smart glasses. She had no idea. 23:15.020 A magician made his hand-chip password disappear. 27:35.418 Let AI write your memoir. 36:43.525 Recruiters pay women $7,000 a month to scam men with AI. 45:22.600 She lost $2,000 to a Venmo scam at a stoplight. 49:48.408 Alexa asked a 4-year-old what she’s wearing. 1:07:05.261 ChatGPT helped cure his dog’s cancer. 1:08:23.044 The jobs AI is coming for first. 1:13:03.886 A chatbot drafted her divorce papers. 1:14:58.445 A stranger was hiding in her Waymo trunk. 1:22:31.875 ChatGPT told viewer to go to the ER. She went. 1:28:53.938 His stolen iPhone pinged from China. 1:34:04.481 Get paid to play games. Know someone who thinks a self-driving car is safer than a stranger behind the wheel? Send them this one. Turns out the stranger might already be in the back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police ambushed Joel Feder and his wife in a Kohl’s parking lot. Guns drawn. The tipster? Flock cameras. Wrongly tracked him for days over stolen plates he never took. We talk to The Drive journalist one-on-one.  Plus, remember that viral three-finger trick to catch a deepfake? Doesn’t work anymore. AI already caught up. And Lisa went viral for her “Marry Lisa” billboards. Nearly 4,000 submissions later, she found the love of her life. On an app. In this episode: 0:00:00 FBI’s fake phone company. 4:57.168 Is the American EV dream already dead? 15:18.636 Elton John gets hologram residency.  17:53.232 Flock cameras tracked the wrong car.  30:45.386 UChicago Law school bans screens.  29:57.905 3-finger deepfake test fails.  36:27.215 Sunshine for sale. 42:41.742 “Why do data centers have a disclaimer?” 45:52.185 MLB uses tech to challenge calls.  52:29.830 3 words upgrade AI answers Pt. 1.  1:02:30.770 AI inventories your house. 1:03:39.654 Fob thieves steal your car key’s signal.  54:56.203 Comedian Jason Gowin creates AI Robo-Dad.  1:04:25.945 “Marry Lisa” billboards go viral.  1:29:07.863 2 words upgrade AI answers Pt. 2.  1:37:11.178 AI spots hidden treasure in clutter.  1:47:38.684 Banks don’t FaceTime.  1:30:35.418 How do I start an AI career?  1:40:49.595 Tips to market new apps. Check out Joel Feder’s full story from The Drive: https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-tracked-me-for-days-over-stolen-plates-and-sent-police-after-me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A billion-dollar startup wants to clone your body. The catch? The cloned bodies would be used as a source to harvest organs or even house transplanted brains. Creepy? Or intriguing? Plus, your smart devices could be weapons in disguise. Botnets are tied to 300,000 attacks. Intelligence analyst Allan Liska breaks it down. And watch out for fake rideshare drivers. They’re “scooping” passengers up and stealing their money. In this episode: 0:00:00 Gen Z asks AI for horoscopes. 8:21.350 Meta smart glasses turned food narc. 16:02.418 Steve built an AI that saved his life from cancer. 24:52.957 Chat aloud with Gemini Live. 26:38.042 Fix your laptop’s sun glare. 35:43.535 Real creator of Bitcoin unmasked. 40:38.723 Alexa+ orders Uber Eats and Grubhub. 43:45.856 Kid bit by wolves. Parents on their phones. 1:09:28.443 AI adult stars clones. 1:12:17.351 American Airlines duped by bus bookings. 1:14:20.763 Amazon’s new supercenters are run by robots. 1:17:03.469 NVIDIA’s new AI sounds human. 1:23:01.235 AI reunites woman and her lost dog. 1:35:39.841 This app made $5K in 3 days. By moaning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John had a heart attack behind the wheel. He called his son for help. One problem: His son was an entire state away. Didn’t matter. From his phone, the son rerouted his dad’s Tesla straight to the ER. Doctors say those minutes saved John’s life. Plus, drones are the new fireworks. 17x Guinness World Record holder Sky Elements tells us how it’s done.  In this episode: 0:00:00 Mexico’s Batman tapes thieves to lampposts. 5:32.503 Woman watched ex’s Ring camera for 700 hours. 7:28.646 Drone hits JetBlue plane. 12:47.055 AI flowers and animals fool the internet. 29:23.589 Turn your phone into a star map.17:24.662 Viral LEGO trick tames tangled cords. 38:50.661 Do’s and dont’s for AI dating help. 49:14.979 UV light zaps germs in Hyundais and Kias. 1:01:02.675 Google Finance’s AI makeover. 50:50.680 SOS tip saves stranded boaters. 1:04:54.641 AI ad or dog doppelgänger? 1:10:33.527 AR contact lenses exist. 1:15:32.489 Ford fired engineers for AI. Then hired them back. 1:19:09.588 Star Wars droids are Disney’s new servers. 1:26:15.818 Meet Roy. The original GPS voice. 1:36:12.582 Use AI to turn clutter into cash. 1:44:08.743 Stranger raises $149K for AMC employee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid spent his career detecting AI fakes. Now he can’t tell what’s real. What that means for the rest of us.  Plus, a caller slashed a $99,000 medical bill in half. How? AI. And Elliot and his fiancée go on a wild police chase in a Waymo. Against their will. In this episode: 0:00:00 Robot butler does your laundry.  7:40.320 Spy cameras hidden in bushes.  14:56.486 President Nixon goes viral.  27:40.456 AI knows your pet is in pain.  37:50.837 Google home cameras recognize your body.   43:23.418 Shopping carts secretly track you.  48:32.858 Google Pixel Watch could save your life.  49:38.503 Jeff Bezos backs EV Slate truck.  1:01:12.907 Be a graphic designer with AI. 54:20.494 Skip Geek Squad. Ask AI for free.  56:06.807 AI restores old family photos.  1:03:31.051 Uber driver saves woman from scam.  1:12:41.917 Teens stunt-ride Waymos.  1:15:52.283 Data centers controversy.  1:22:06.113 AI lifeguard catches pool drownings.  1:25:48.023 Apple Watch health risks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Ring doorbell may be doing more than watching porch pirates. This week, we break down how home cameras became part of a giant surveillance web, why smart glasses keep trying to make “face cameras” happen and how AI tools can now drop you into someone else’s YouTube video. Normal stuff. Also this week: Iranian hackers targeting water systems, Snap’s pricey new smart glasses, robot beggars, and the phrases that get you past customer-service bots. Plus, a caller asks how to save old Betamax tapes, and a granddaughter goes viral teaching her 102-year-old grandpa how to order Uber Eats. In this episode: 0:00.000 What most OnlyFans influencers make 8:57.941 Iranian scammers hack tap water. 9:59.359 Snap unveils new $2,195 smart glasses.  13:08.546 Begging robot goes viral.  34:49.227 How many people don’t use the internet?  41:05.957 FBI built a fake town to fight cyberattacks.  45:03.132 Meta watches your posts.  1:03:20.917 AI brings your old family photos back to life.  51:17.890 People are ditching Ring cameras. 1:09:12.496 Dad fishes daughter’s stolen iPhone from sewer. 1:17:06.238 Data centers are moving to the ocean. 1:21:17.836 “I got arrested because of AI. Twice.” New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe now, so you never miss a thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Law & Order couldn’t see this coming. A judge threw out four lawyers’ cases. Why? They used AI in court. Made up fake cases. You won’t believe what the judge did next. Plus, ASU augmented intelligence expert Dr. Ross Maciejewski tackles AI jobs. Takes your calls. Gives you the scoop to make AI work for you.  We break it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now. Here’s the complete rundown. 10:34.241 Order DoorDash with AI. 12:02.462 Imitation Tesla self-driving stroller. Jet from New York to London in 3 hours. 26:53.129 Overpacker? AI picks your wardrobe looks. 17:25.360 Waymo cards rider. 30:17.603 Banned contest junkie applies for 200 a day. 34:43.719 Tech geeks spend $5K an hour for escorts. 39:20.853 iOS 27 glow-up. 47:39.480 Robot kicks kid, goes viral. 1:04:16.040 Procrastinator? Goblin fixes your problems. 51:23.474 Tonya plans to prank her twin with AI. 1:05:44.259 Jennifer wants to use AI to battle terminal cancer. 1:12:30.303 Jobs AI is coming for first. 1:21:56.310 Olivia’s college degree is worthless because of AI. 1:26:19.231 Catch AI mistakes for $150 an hour. 1:32:29.861 College grads boo pro-AI speaker. 1:36:19.039 Hollywood trains its AI replacements. 1:48:12.153 Best degrees for high school grads. Plus, every parent’s worst nightmare. A fire captain rescues his daughter from a crash. How? Got an iPhone SOS alert. We talk with Jake about the scary moment and tell you how to make sure your phone is set up properly.  New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe now, so you never miss a thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices