If technology is slowing you down and you want to find easy shortcuts to make your digital life easier, you've come to the right place! Here are some amazing digital hacks that will make your life easier and make technology a little less scary.

You spent at least a hundred bucks on a pair of Apple AirPods … and then you lose one. If this happens when you’re out and about, there’s a good chance you’ll need to pony up $70 for a replacement.

What about at home? I lose mine more often than I’d like to admit. Luckily, AirPods are easy to find with this simple trick:

• Open the Find My app on your iPhone and tap the devices tab. If your wayward AirPod still has power and is within Bluetooth range, it should show up on the list with the location.
• Tap on Play Sound and start listening for the AirPods to make a noise. It’ll get louder over a two-minute period. Once you’ve found the missing one, just tap Stop.
• If both AirPods are inside the charging case, they won’t play a sound. That’s when you’ll have to rely on the mapped location that shows up in your app.

🎵 Get more out of your tiny sound system: 9 clever Apple AirPods tricks.

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It's a real understatement to say 2020 was a tough year for businesses. But 2021 is looking up and now is the perfect time to add someone to your team. The workforce is packed with qualified people looking for their next role, and if you own a business, you can't afford to miss out. We've got some tips to get you started.

Wake up with Kim every Saturday morning! Grab a cup of coffee and catch up on top tech news, digital tips and how-tos, and highlights of Kim's show.

I don’t trust Big Tech and you shouldn’t, either. You’ve heard me say for years that free email services like Gmail or Yahoo aren’t really free. There’s a big price to pay — your privacy. These free email sites scan, analyze and save details of every email you send and receive, giving Big Tech a very intimate and detailed profile of you so they can easily sell your data to the highest bidder.

That’s why I use StartMail. With StartMail, I can send encrypted emails with one click, even if the recipient doesn’t use encryption. And StartMail never scans or analyzes your emails. Best of all, when you delete an email, it’s gone — forever.

Don’t trust Big Tech with your data and privacy.

Kim received a question from a listener to her radio show on the best ways to stay in contact with a large family. Social media, in this case, wouldn’t do the trick, and instant messaging won’t fulfill the other needs the listener had. The correct answer is to set up a private website only your family can access. Here's how.

Have you ever had a conversation about a product and later saw ads for that exact item on Facebook? Some believe that's because Facebook is always listening through your device to provide targeted ads. With its history of terrible privacy practices, would you put it past the social media giant? To be safe, here's how to block Facebook from listening.

Is your Start menu a mess? Give it a clean up. I'll walk you through all the steps. You can thank me later!

The golden ratio is an extraordinary number that underlies everything from pine cones to The Great Pyramid in Egypt. But is it actually as exceptional as some people say? Is there really one special number that makes up the universe? There isn’t a simple answer.

Want to make half a million dollars? Design a face mask people forget they’re wearing. A new contest called the Mask Innovation Challenge promises riches to anyone who can create the “the next generation of masks.”

The U.S. government wants to fix people's complaints about masks — they can irritate the skin, fog up glasses and muddle speech. If you can come up with the perfect mask that eliminates these issues, you could make big bucks. So sign up to enter if you’ve got a good idea. It could be your ticket to the top! 💰