You've heard of porch pirates. These scoundrels sail around neighborhoods looking for shipping packages to snatch. Some of them are coming up with new tricks, like dressing up as Amazon workers or stealing your animals. It's time for you to find some new self-defense tricks, too.

Who hasn’t received a suspicious email? If you have an inbox, you’ve been the recipient of unsolicited messages at some point. Typically sent under the guise of a legitimate or unknown source, they often include a request for personal info or ask you to click a link.

In addition to Kim’s advice about how you should never open questionable emails, and adjust spam settings to reduce the amount of spam you receive, you have several options to track down the origin of suspicious or anonymous emails.

Tap or click to find out who really sent you an email.

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Kim hears from readers all the time who are fed up with QuickBooks. If you're in the same boat, you'll love this. We found an alternative you'll love that solves some of the major problems users have with QuickBooks. Ready to make a change?

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The more we rely on our devices for work, school and our personal lives, the more we have to lose. Whether it’s bank accounts, personal data, photos, conversations — there’s just so much to preserve and protect. That’s why I recommend Total AV’s industry-leading security suite. It’s easy to use and offers the best protection in the business. In fact, they’ve received the renowned VB100 reward for detecting more than 99% of malware samples for the last three years in a row. 

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Nothing is more frustrating than having notifications pop up on your smartphone when you don't want them to. That's why we're going to teach you how to disable all notifications or just those for certain apps so they won't disturb you at inappropriate times.

We're all spending more time online these days, and good internet speed is critical. The last thing you need is your connection slowing to a crawl when you're finishing up an important project for work or taking a video call. Let's break down how much speed you really need and how to check you're getting what you should.

Is your phone ringing off the hook with robocalls? I know how annoying that is — and I can help you stop them with my eBook, "Complete Guide to Robocalls."

You're watching the first hour of The Kim Komando Show, recorded November. 7th, 2020. While all the focus has been on the presidential election, you might not have heard that several tech-related laws were also passed. We have the details. Plus, police in one city have a new plan to convince residents to share their home security camera feed. And, find out why Walmart is giving its shelf-scanning robots the boot.

Over on the Tech You Should Know podcast, we dedicated a whole episode to AI in Hollywood. Later this year, we’ll see a $70 million sci-fi film starring a robot. Her name’s Erica, and she's Hollywood's first artificially intelligent actor. 🤖

However, Hollywood has a long history of robot characters. The very first robot character to appear in a movie was Maria from “Metropolis,” a silent film by German filmmaker Fritz Lang. This was released all the way back in 1927! 😲