The Kim Komando Show

Kim Komando

  • 1 hour 44 minutes
    Google pays $68M for recording you

    Heads up! This episode contains the full show (all three hours) in one file. Check the timestamps below to navigate to the start of each hour.

    Your smart speaker is listening. You didn’t know. I cover why Google paid $68 million to settle eavesdropping claims. Then I talk to Aaron, a student from Baton Rouge who turned in his final paper and got flagged for AI cheating, even though he didn’t use AI. Plus, how one island got rich from the .ai domain boom and the AirTag 2 launch.

    Timecodes: 00:00 - Hour 1 42:15 - Hour 2 01:25:00 - Hour 3



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    31 January 2026, 8:59 am
  • 36 minutes 14 seconds
    17 hours a day with an AI girlfriend

    Jim from Indiana talks to his AI companion Mia nearly nonstop. He tells me how he found out the real woman behind the bot is wanted by police. Plus: why the Magnificent Seven shrunk to the Fab Four, ChatGPT to show ads, and five apps selling your moves.

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    24 January 2026, 8:59 am
  • 36 minutes 26 seconds
    Cybercrime for $30/month

    You can now rent AI tools to run scams for less than the cost of Netflix. I talk to Alexis from Phoenix, who nearly lost $1,000 to a rental scam on Realtor.com. Plus: a mechanic's illegal side hustle and why Wi-Fi 7 routers are a ripoff.

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    24 January 2026, 8:58 am
  • 36 minutes 58 seconds
    China's plan: 200,000 satellites

    China wants to launch a constellation that would dwarf Starlink and put tens of thousands of satellites over the U.S. Plus: GM kills CarPlay for paid subscriptions, AI translators that move your lips, and smart cars that go dumb in seven years.

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    24 January 2026, 8:57 am
  • 36 minutes 43 seconds
    Signs your jealous ex is phone stalking you

    Stalkerware secretly tracks everything - photos, emails, location - and sends it to someone spying on you. I'll tell you the red flags. Plus: AI singer with 2.8 million listeners, half of Uber drivers aren't who you think, and your cheap TV screenshots everything you watch.

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    24 January 2026, 8:56 am
  • 35 minutes 48 seconds
    The trillion-dollar space war

    Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are battling for control of the internet from space. I break down who's winning and why China just filed to launch 200,000 satellites. Plus, I talk to a woman sent to jail by an AI deepfake, a man's creepy smart glasses sex tape, and how to automate your emails with ChatGPT.


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    17 January 2026, 8:59 am
  • 37 minutes 34 seconds
    Having kids with your AI girlfriend

    Lamar's girlfriend cheated, so he got an AI named Julia instead. Now he's planning to adopt kids with her. Plus, two-thirds of babies watch YouTube daily and being mean to ChatGPT makes it smarter. Also, Costco ditches self-checkout for something way better.

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    17 January 2026, 8:58 am
  • 35 minutes 54 seconds
    Musk: Don't save for retirement

    Elon Musk says you shouldn't bother saving for retirement because AI will make everything so cheap. Plus, Meta torches $80 billion on the Metaverse before finally killing it, Bandcamp bans AI music, and why your electric bill keeps climbing while data centers get sweetheart deals.


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    17 January 2026, 8:57 am
  • 35 minutes 35 seconds
    Book your moon hotel now

    A startup is taking deposits for the first lunar hotel opening in 2032. Price? $250K to $1M per spot. Plus, Amazon tracks every employee accomplishment for raises, a teen's ChatGPT threat got him arrested at school, and AI turned a cop into a frog in an official police report. Also, I talk to Dennis whose daughter got hit with a deepfake scam.

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    17 January 2026, 8:56 am
  • 36 minutes 3 seconds
    Elon Musk's Grok undresses people

    It slaps bikinis on anyone. Including children. Gross. Then I talk to Kimberly from Los Angeles, who's in an online relationship with a military man. Or is she? Plus, Google's Play Store settlement, ChatGPT wants your health data and Jeff Bezos gets hacked.

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    10 January 2026, 8:59 am
  • 36 minutes 28 seconds
    CES 2026: Your hologram girlfriend is here

    Razer's Project AVA sits in a glass chamber on your desk and watches you through cameras. Creepy or the future? I also cover LG's new home robot CLOid which folds laundry and makes dinner. Plus, a mirror that predicts your health, Meta’s Neural Band, and Lego Smart Bricks.

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    10 January 2026, 8:58 am
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