You chat with a friend about something, then find ads for it everywhere you go on the web. Coincidence? The jury is out, but many believe their phones routinely collect voice data and use it for marketing purposes. In this Komando DIY, we'll show you how to stop the spying for good on an iPhone or Android.

You lose track of an old friend, or you just get nosy and want to find an ex on social media. What do you do? A basic Google search might not be enough, especially if your target has a common name. In this Komando DIY, we'll share pro tips to find just about anyone online. We'll start with the biggest social media network: Facebook.

Having a reliable source of energy is a must-have for anyone living in the civilized world. You need electricity to do basically anything around your house from cooking and cleaning to watching TV. But the way power grids provide us with energy is a lot more fragile than you may think. Even a creature as small as a squirrel can take out entire neighborhoods or even cities.

If you were to travel to the open New Mexico desert, you might run into a place that seems to have dropped out of the sky. This so called “Spaceport” has been touted as the future of commercial space travel, but after over a decade of promise there still hasn't been a launch. What does this mean and when can we expect to see rockets launching from this strange place?

If you’re a parent, you know the struggle of getting your child to put down the phone, tablet, computer or video game. Some are even enlisting help in the battle over screen time.

We’ve all made the silly mistake of leaving a fork on a plate when we put it in the microwave. We hear the zap and see the sparks shooting around, and quickly pull the fork out before something worse happens. What do you think is going on when we see that? What's the science behind it and is it really that harmful?

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