A happy Saturday to you, friend! Here’s today’s trivia. In 2003, a tech CEO was in a helicopter blown off-course by wind. It crashed, but everyone survived. Was the CEO Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page or Jeff Bezos? Answer’s at the end.

📻 A face for radio: The weekend means my national radio show is airing all across the country, loaded with tech goodness not found in this newsletter. Find your local station or hit this link to open The Kim Komando Show as a podcast on your preferred player.

Today’s newsletter is in partnership with Pure-Light LED bulbs. On to the news! — Kim

I’m not an artist. My brain just does not work that way. I tried to learn Photoshop but gave up. Now, I create fun images using AI — like the potato at the bottom of today’s newsletter.

Some AI tech is kind of freaky (like this brain-powered robot), but many of the new AI tools out there are just plain fun. The ones I found for you below are awesome to try and free!

Create custom music tracks

AI to try: Udio
Perfect for: Experimenting with song styles
Starter prompt: "Heartbreak at the movie theater, ‘80s ballad"

Just give Udio a topic for a song and a genre, and it'll do the rest. I asked it to write a yacht rock song about a guy who loves sunsets, and it came up with two one-minute clips that were surprisingly good. You can customize the lyrics, too.

Produce quick video clips

AI to try: Invideo
Perfect for: Quick content creation
Starter prompt: "Cats on a train"

Head to Invideo to produce your very own videos, no experience needed. Your text prompts can be simple, but you’ll get better results if you include more detail.

You can add an AI narration over the top (David Attenborough’s AI voice is just too good). FYI, the free account puts a watermark on your videos, but if you’re just doing it for fun, no biggie.

Draft digital artwork

AI to try: OpenArt
Perfect for: Illustrations and animations
Starter prompt: "A lush meadow with blue skies"

OpenArt starts you off with a simple text prompt, but you can tweak it in all kinds of funky ways, from the image style to the output size. You can also upload images of your own for the AI to take its cues from and even include pictures of yourself (or friends and family) in the art.

If you've caught the AI creative bug and want more of the same, try the OpenArt Sketch to Image generator. It turns your original drawings into full pieces of digital art.

Fun for kids and adults: Google's Quick, Draw! Try to get the AI to recognize your scribblings before time runs out in this next-gen Pictionary-style game.

🎨 Why did the art thief’s van run out of gas as he drove away from the museum? Because he had no Monet to buy Degas to make the van Gogh. (Love this one!)

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Over 100 million people hit by this breach: Every single AT&T cellular customer was caught in a massive breach. The privacy implications are scary. Here’s what to do if you’re one of them. Btw, I sent this out yesterday to my Current Tech Alerts list. You can get on that here.

⚠️ Router warning: Linksys Velop Pro 6E and Velop Pro 7 mesh routers are sending Wi‑Fi login details in plain text to Amazon servers. That means a hacker can gain access to your network. There’s no patch yet. For now, change your network name and password via the web interface.

Smart idea: Android 15 is going to include Desktop mode. In this demo video, you can see multiple apps running side by side with some clunky window snapping (hey, it’s in beta). Sounds snazzy, and Apple will probably copy it within five years.

Rufus, the doofus: Amazon’s AI chatbot, Rufus, is live on the mobile app in the bottom right of the nav bar. It should help you find and compare products. It seems to show me the highest-priced items first, so watch out for those shenanigans.

Too connected: The younger a kid is when they receive their first smartphone, the worse off their mental health is as an adult. Case in point: In the past, young adults were happier than those in middle age. But from 2011 on, there's a big decline in mental health for younger folks. Not a coincidence: Social media and smartphone usage exploded in the 2010s.

👨‍🚀 Real-life stillsuits: Scientists designed a spacesuit that can turn urine into drinking water (seriously). A silicone cup molded around an astronaut’s nether regions sends the liquid into a filtration system that recycles at 87% efficiency. The goal is to use it before 2030. Hey, that’s just in time for “Dune: Part Three!”

You, on the dark web: Google’s dark web report service will soon be free for anyone with a Google account. On the Results about you page, you’ll see any personal info that may have been stolen or found in a data breach. Look for it later this month.

🤝 I want to be your secret helper and mentor: I’ve been around tech forever. My business has thrived for over 20 years without any debt or investors, and I continue to innovate or else I might evaporate. If you have an issue, problem or question about your life or business, I would love to help you. Ask me your questions here on my site. I read every single note.

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Time for a checkup: Hackers just stole 10 billion unique passwords. Your browser’s built-in password checkup can help.

Hiking this weekend? Check your mosquito forecast.

Tech EOL? You’re SOL: Is your old tech at the end of its life? You’re at risk of attack.

Sweet but deadly: A sugar baby murdered her sugar daddy in D.C. Guess what she stole …

Two words: Fart walk.

Hackers are smarter than ever: And they know exactly what to do to get even the savviest among us to click their malicious links. Don’t leave it up to chance. Protect all your devices with one subscription to my recommended award-winning antivirus software.*

Calling all planners: Get the nitty-gritty details of your seat on your next flight with SeatGuru’s seat map tool. On your airline's website, you just see the seat; it’s especially helpful to get more info for the tall and/or claustrophobic among us.

🔖 Easier than bookmarks: Want all your tabs to open up when you start your browser? In Chrome, click the three vertical dots, then Settings. Click On startup > Continue where you left off. Steps for Safari, Firefox and Edge here.

🦈 Fin-tastic app for summer travels: Want to know where the sharks are? Researchers track sharks (not all) in this free app. Or use the map on their site.

Avoid double dosing or forgetting medications with these handy organizers and tools.

• Keep all your pills in one place. This super-duper organizer has six sections, including one extra-large compartment, to streamline your meds or supplements. Grab it on sale for $12.
• Organize your pills by the time and day for a full week. This one gets points for portability — bring the colorful day’s capsule with you. It’s on sale for $9.49.
• Fill this organizer once a month and you’re done, a.m. and p.m.
• Easily see if you (or a loved one) have taken today’s medications by setting out this simple visual tracker. It’s an affordable $14 solution.
• Great for over-the-counter meds while traveling, too, this organizer comes with label stickers, and it’s only $6.99.

I think, therefore I yam.

The answer: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. He was scouting a Texas ranch on which to test spacecraft in 2003. A gust of wind blew his copter off course, but no one was injured in the crash. 🚁 No joke, the pilot’s nickname was “Cheater.” Feels like a bad omen …

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