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This Saturday’s got a beat, friend. Once upon a time, we bought CDs, crafted mixtapes and prayed the radio DJ would stop talking over the intro. Now? Tap, stream, repeat. Spotify counted every play since day one, and one song has climbed into the “5 billion streams” zone. |
🎵 What’s the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify? A) “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran, B) “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, C) “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee or D) “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift? The answer is waiting at the end, no skipping tracks. |
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TODAY’S DEEP DIVE |
Checkup without the copay |
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Image: ChatGPT/Kim Komando |
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⚡ TL;DR |
Your PC and your Mac keep a hidden health report. Hand it to AI and get a plain-English diagnosis in two minutes, free. Know what’s wrong without calling tech support.
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📖 Read time: 3 minutes |
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This is one of those things in life no one will tell you but me. |
Say your computer’s been acting up. Slow to boot, fans roaring, that spinning circle mocking you. |
So you haul it to Best Buy, where the Geek Squad charges about $100 to tell you what’s wrong before they fix a single thing. A virus? That’s another $175. Then, the squad master talks you into panic-buying a $700 replacement you might not even need, along with a $200 annual membership. |
Here’s what I want you to know. |
Your computer can hand you a full health report in two minutes, and AI will read it for you, free. No tech in a polo shirt. No files handed over. No stranger poking through your photos. |
🩺 The free house call |
Every Windows PC and every Mac keeps a detailed report on its own guts: the processor, the memory, the storage, the security settings, the parts that are quietly failing. You just have to pull it out. |
🪟 On Windows: |
Press the Windows key and R at the same time. Type msinfo32 and hit OK. Click File > Export, name the file and save it.
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You’ll get a text report (mine ran 3.4 million characters, which is exactly why a human shouldn’t be the one reading it). |
🍎 On a Mac: |
Hold the Option key and click the Apple menu in the top-left corner. Choose System Information. Click File > Save.
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It drops a file where you select it to go. I vote for right on your desktop. |
🔒 Your power move |
Remember, this is a first opinion, not surgery. If the AI flags something scary, don’t go deleting drivers or messing with your BIOS. Run your updates, check your storage and for a work machine, loop in your IT person. The whole point is knowing what’s wrong before you pay anyone a dime to fix it. |
Now open ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok. Upload that file, and paste this: |
You are a PC and Mac health expert for everyday people. Read this system report in plain English. List anything Critical, anything that Needs Attention and anything Optional. Skip the normal stuff that isn’t a problem, and don’t suggest anything risky like registry edits or reinstalling my operating system. Then give me safe next steps. |
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It spits back a triaged checklist a fifth grader could follow. That’s your hundred bucks, saved. |
I asked my computer guy why the fan gets so loud when my PC starts up. He said don’t worry, it’s taking a second to get its bearings. |
📩 Send this to someone who’s one slow morning away from buying a computer they don’t really need. Use those handy links below. That’s why they are there. For your convenience. |
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📺 YOUTUBE: THE KIM KOMANDO SHOW |
Watch now or bookmark for later |
The FDA is fast-tracking chatbot physicians. Plus, Francesca is getting the “Best Granddaughter of the Year” award. Taught her grandparents how to use Uber Eats. Over 26 million people watched. Also: |
Most OnlyFans influencers make $180 a month. Iranian scammers hack tap water. AI catches dangerous drug combos. Same Uber and Lyft ride. Two different prices. People are ditching Ring cameras. How can AI help second graders write better? Dad fishes daughter’s stolen iPhone from sewer. AI got David arrested twice.
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Listen now before everyone else is talking about it. 👇 |
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KIM’S DAILY DEALS |
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🤖 Gadget while it’s hot |
Amazon Prime Day tech steals are here early. Let’s go. |
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🖥️ Monitor more: Samsung ViewFinity (37% off, $209)
4.5 ⭐ 1,000+ reviews |
Two screens, one package. The borderless design gives you room to multitask without a second monitor eating up half your desk. Eye Saver Mode cuts blue light, so your eyes aren’t wrecked by 5 p.m. |
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All $35 or less: |
📺 Alexa’s favorite: The newest Fire TV Stick 4K Max (42% off, $35) is the only model with Wi-Fi 6E. Translation: smooth streaming, less buffering. |
Bring the beat: Anker’s portable Soundcore 2 speaker (33% off, $30) packs 24 hours of playtime and is waterproof. Pool party? Go for it. |
🧠 Brainy outlets: Matter-compatible smart plugs (24% off, $25, four-pack) work with Apple Home, Alexa, Google and SmartThings. Pick your favorite. |
Port problem? These USB-C-to-USB adapters (30% off, $7, two-pack) plug your old accessories into your new tech. No dongle needed. |
🛒 Cart more, spend less: Find more smart picks on my storefront and early Prime Day deals here. |
Prices and deals were accurate at the time of publication. |
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WEB WATERCOOLER |
📲 Ticket to trouble: I miss when the worst thing on a boarding pass was getting stuck in group 9. A researcher found Frontier’s system leaked passport numbers, home addresses, TSA PreCheck codes, even kids’ birthdays, all from the booking code and last name printed on every pass. No hacker needed. A trashed pass or a posted photo did it. Frontier says it’s been fixed, only 105 days late. So if you ever flew Frontier, your info’s out in the wild. Identity theft, now boarding. |
The fake bill: If you’ve ever paid a bill while distracted and hungry, congratulations, you are exactly who this scam is built for. Crooks are using AI to generate fake invoices that copycat your real vendors with eerie accuracy, then they mail them to accounts payable, hoping someone just pays. The losses pile up unnoticed until a quarterly review. Lock it down. Require human confirmation, and call vendors back on a number you already have, never the one on the invoice. |
🦴 The collagen cliff nobody warned you about: Starting at 25, you lose about 1% of your collagen a year. After menopause, women can lose up to 30% in five years. Gone. That’s the stiff knees and thinning hair. No $80 cream fixes it, because the problem’s under your skin, not on it. I stir NativePath into my morning tea daily. Zero taste. Up to 45% off, free shipping. Grab it here.** |
🏘️ Grand Theft Escrow: GTA 6 doesn’t arrive until Nov. 19, but preorders open June 25. GTA Online, the multiplayer world attached to GTA V, is already getting end-of-an-era rich. Rockstar is finally adding purchasable mansions after 12 years, complete with 20-car garages, pools, gyms, kennels, helipads, security, parties, AI concierge service and trophy room nonsense. You buy them with GTA$, not straight dollars. But yes, you can still grind for it or buy Shark Cash Cards, because fake escrow somehow accepts real money. |
What about them Apples? Bad news, Apple fans. CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal that price hikes are “unavoidable.” Why? AI companies are consuming the memory chips, and Apple can’t absorb the cost anymore. The iPhone Pro coming this fall could jump more than $200, landing near $1,299. Higher-end models with 1 TB of storage will be close to $2,000. For a phone. |
🩸 Bloodwork gets subtitles: Ever nodded at bloodwork as if you understand it like the ABCs, then googled lymphocytes? Labcorp launched MyLabcorp, a free app that uses clinically reviewed AI to explain blood test results, track numbers and flag trends in heart and kidney health. Next up, your liver sends a calendar invite titled We Need to Talk. Get the free app here. |
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DEVICE ADVICE |
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Need to clean up that file mess fast? Create a folder instantly. On Windows, press Ctrl + Shift + N. On macOS, press Shift + Command + N in Finder. Mac folks can also select files first, then press Control + Command + N to tuck them into a new folder. Windows crowd, we still drag like peasants. |
🛡️ Your antivirus is fighting last year’s war: Free and older antivirus work off a list of known threats. But hackers use AI to cook up brand-new malware for every single target, so it’s never on the list. It walks right in the front door. Webroot scans in seconds, blocks threats in real time and won’t bog down your machine. Get 62% off here. A few bucks now beats a wiped hard drive later. Don’t get caught with your protection down. |
Pin your ChatGPT regulars: Always searching for that one useful chat? The dinner ideas, trip planner or email helper can stay at the top. On web, hover over the chat, click the menu icon and choose Pin chat. On mobile, long-press the chat and tap Pin chat. Small change, big time-saver. Remember to sign up for my free weekly Splash of AI newsletter every Thursday. |
🚗 Road trip DJ: If you use YouTube Music through Android Auto, Gemini can take song requests like an actual human. Say “play something chill for a long drive,” and it figures out the vibe. To set it up, make Gemini your phone’s assistant, then open Gemini > Settings > Apps/Connected Apps > YouTube Music. Eyes up, playlist handled. |
Remember writing checks? Criminals do. They fish them out of mailboxes, soak them in everyday chemicals and wash your handwriting clean off. Then they rewrite the payee and the amount to themselves. Get this. Postal inspectors say Americans lose over $1 billion (paywall link) a year this way. I imagine some guy standing over a stolen birthday check with nail polish remover like he’s restoring the Constitution. Two fixes: Drop checks inside the post office, and always sign with a special pen that won’t allow checks to be washed. Buy two anti-fraud pens now for $5.49. |
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WHAT THE TECH? |
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Image: Longevity Mirror |
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🧓 Reflecting on your life choices |
Remember when Mulan sang, “When will my reflection show who I am inside?” |
Welcome to 2026, Mulan. You got your wish. The Longevity Mirror is an AI-powered smart mirror that comes up with health insights from a 30-second selfie. Predictions range across categories like heart health, metabolic wellness, stress levels and something called physiological age. |
Useful? Probably. Does it work? Who knows? The feeling of a product wedging itself into that brief moment you make eye contact with yourself? Not great. |
Give the mirror a peek here. |
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LOGGING OUT … |
✅ Look at everything you walked away with today, free. A two-minute AI checkup that saves you the $100 Geek Squad trip, a free app that finally translates your bloodwork, folder shortcuts and tech fixes. Plus a heads-up that your boarding pass and your checkbook are juicier targets than you realized. Not bad for five minutes and zero dollars. |
🔜 Tomorrow: If you’ve ever changed Password7! to Password8! and called it security, this one’s for you. The password rules we all hate came from outdated advice, and even the guy behind them admits they backfired. I’ll show you the smarter way to protect your accounts. |
Coming up in tomorrow’s trivia, the number of people who never joined the Wi-Fi party is higher than you might think. |
The answer: B) “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd. (Yeah, I thought it would be Taylor Swift, too.) It dropped in late 2019, exploded in 2020 and never came back down. It’s the only song in Spotify history to pass 5 billion streams, sitting around 5.4 billion and still climbing, roughly 500 million ahead of the runner-up, Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You.” |
Listen to it and get a feel for the billion+ listen club here. The 5.4 billion number is on Spotify. |
🎣 How do fish listen to their favorite song? They stream it. (lol) |
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