Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Let’s jump in with trivia. Who gets credit for inventing the first usable electric vehicle (EV) and, for extra points, in what year? Thomas Edison in 1893, Nikola Tesla in 1923, Thomas Davenport in 1834 or Karl Benz in 1941. Answer’s at the end, friend!

📚 On Sundays, I share a few longer reads, security smarts and a great video. Ready to dive into more tech know-how? I sure am! — Kim

When you always have a pro-quality camera in hand, you know what happens: You take a ton of pictures and videos. Do you need all six shots of your bagel or three blurry videos of your dog being cute? Uh, no.

But get this. There’s a hidden setting that might be to blame if you’re running low on storage. Since it’s Sunday, this is a great time to check out your phone.

What’s taking up all your storage?

Go ahead, take a look now. I’ll wait for you.

• On iPhone: Open Settings > General > iPhone Storage. 
• On Android: Steps vary depending on your model. On most phones, go to Settings > Storage.

Notice your videos and photos are using up a good chunk?

This setting fills space like no other

You want your videos to look great, so switching on 4K is a no-brainer, right? The problem is those files are a lot larger than the standard-resolution videos. 

• On an iPhone: Go to Settings > Camera > Record Video and select from the list of options. Choose one that doesn’t use 4K.
• On Android: Go into your camera and look for settings. Under video, disable 4K.

Pictures eat up storage, too

You know JPEGs. They’re processed, compressed images ideal for everyday use. RAW files are huge by comparison. RAW files are just that — the raw photo data. Your camera stores the photo as it was taken, without processing or compression.

Apple puts a warning in the camera settings: Each file is 25MB. A JPEG? It takes up about 1MB of space. Whoa, baby.

• On an iPhone: Go to Settings > Camera > Formats, then toggle off Apple ProRAW. 
• On Android: Again, head to your camera settings and look for photo resolution options. If your phone shoots RAW photos, you should see an option to switch it off.

Phew, that was simple enough, right? Now, share this tip with someone you know.

🌗 Speaking of photos … My neighbor showed me a photo he took of a flea on the moon. Turns out, it was just a lunatic.

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I talk to smart, interesting folks on my national radio show and podcast. Some need a helping hand. Here are a few convos on the show this weekend: 

• Jon Keegan is an Investigative Data Journalist for The Markup. He joined me to talk about personalized ads — and how Facebook, Google and Amazon know precisely what you want.
• James from Houston, Texas, is a missionary traveling to a Muslim country soon. He wants to ensure he can find surveillance devices in his government-issued housing.
• Phil Stika is the General Manager at Briarwood Golf Course in Sun City, Arizona. Golf gear is worth a lot and is a big target for thieves. Phil enlisted the help of Apple AirTags to catch these criminals.

Plus, John wants a smartphone helper that’s NOT Siri or Google Assistant, Joan ordered from Temu and wants to clear her data, Cheryl wants ads that reflect where she actually lives, Barry says his ex is a digital stalker and Brian needs a hand making sure his e-bike isn’t a fire hazard.

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Hang out with the cool kids and me at the Komando Community. I’ll give you 30 days to try it for free! For starters, whenever you have a tech question, just head over to the Q&A Forum to get expert, easy-to-understand help and product recommendations from me or my team of IT geniuses, John and Jeremy. No more frustrating Google searches or buying junk tech for you!

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Your email address is your unique passport to a world of online adventures, spanning everything from social media soirees to subscription-based binges. Here are the tricks to conceal it to dodge a storm of spam, outsmart phishing scams and foil the plans of those pesky identity thieves. 

If you use Gmail

Gmail has its own way of keeping your email address hidden: Aliases. You can do this quickly by adding a word and a plus sign to your email address when you give it out.

For example, if you want to make an alias for booking hotels to stop spam, simply give your Gmail address as “youremailaddress+hotel@gmail.com.” 

The email will arrive in your inbox, but the hotel won’t know your address. You can create aliases like this anytime and with any combination of words or letters.

If you use Apple

Whenever you get the option online to “Sign in with Apple,” you can hide your email address to mask the real one. If you have an iCloud+ subscription on an iOS 15 or newer device, you can create random email addresses in email fields in Safari, too.

✅ Keep going! I put the steps to hide your email address on Apple, along with more solutions I don’t have room for here. Find them on my site.

I love real estate. Going to check out open houses is an actual hobby for me, Barry and Ian. But I’ll tell you, I’ve never been in a rotating house. This mansion in San Diego is remarkable.

📺 Check out this video that walks you through the place. The owner’s story of how the place came to be is adorable. Who knew: A 5-horsepower motor to rotate a house is too much! They had to swap it for a 1.5 horsepower.

And some of you actually wish you could go back in time.

🚂 The answer: Thomas Davenport in 1834. The blacksmith from Vermont built a small locomotive powered by a 1.5-volt electric motor — long before the invention of the internal combustion engine. 

One for the road: Two electric car owners were seen today fighting over a charging port. The police have said it was a charged environment and they need to amp up patrols around the area. Many witnesses were shocked and said they saw someone socket to the other. (This one cracked me up!)

🤔 Hey there, got some ideas bouncing around in your head? Reply to this email and let me know if there's anything you're craving more of or maybe something you'd like to see less. Your wishes are my command(o)s! 🧞‍♂️ See ya tomorrow morning! — Kim