You're watching the first hour of The Kim Komando Show, recorded March 20, 2021. A cautionary tale after a hacker was able to intercept someone else’s text messages, then take over their online accounts. And it only cost $16. Plus, get ready for vaccine passports as more people travel again. And now you can sabotage your own Zoom meeting with sounds of crying babies and more with this new tool.

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Artificial intelligence is becoming more prevalent in modern technology. It is quickly moving into nearly every industry and if you haven’t had experience with it yet, you may not know just how efficient it can be. So, how exactly does AI work?

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.

We all know that salt water is a great conductor of electricity. So, when lightning strikes the ocean, why do we not see mass deaths of fish? Science has the answer.

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