Samsung foldables, the AI that broke free & the payments scammers love (184, July 25, 2026)

Rich talked about Samsung’s new foldables finally being a place where they are really good and polished, of course, right before Apple introduces something very similar.

Carmen in Hollywood wants a cheaper alternative to her AT&T home phone line. Rich recommends Ooma, AT&T Home Phone Advanced, or checking with her cable provider for a lower-cost option.

LG is cracking down on shady smart TV apps that secretly use your internet connection for other purposes.

Andy Vaca, founder of GRYHAT Cybersecurity, explains OpenAI’s reported AI “hack” of Hugging Face may be better understood as an access-control failure, and what consumers can learn from the security basics companies still overlook.

Charlie wants to know why Amazon no longer includes purchase details in its emails. Rich explains it is meant to prevent third-party services from harvesting that information.

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A Verizon roaming outage briefly left international travelers without data, including Rich.

Bob in Dana Point wants to know why ShopBack no longer works with Firefox. Rich says Firefox’s built-in tracking protections probably don’t play nice with it.

Rich visited Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in London, a centuries-old pub where he enjoyed fish and chips.

A caller wants to upgrade her computer’s RAM. Rich recommends Kingston’s PC scanner to check compatibility, plus enabling sleeping tabs in her browser to free up memory.

Rachel Roberts, Samsung’s Director of Smartphone Product Management, joins to discuss Samsung’s latest foldable phones.

Google is adding selfie video verification as an account recovery backup if you lose your password, phone or access to two-factor authentication.