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The Youths Have Spoken: Wallets Are Uncool. Go Digital.
A wallet-free lifestyle relying on your phone is attainable, but it requires preparation and some compromise.
By Brian X. Chen and Yiwen Lu
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More in Tech Fix ›Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted
Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s hope for the chatbot to be the smartest, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search.
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CreditDerek Abella This Artificially Intelligent Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone
The $700 Ai Pin, funded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft, can be helpful — until it struggles with tasks like doing math and crafting sandwich recipes.
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CreditAndri Tambunan for The New York Times Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings.
Even if you manage to ditch your iPhone, Apple’s hooks are still there.
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CreditAriel Davis Meta’s Smart Glasses Are Becoming Artificially Intelligent. We Took Them for a Spin.
What happens when a columnist and a reporter use A.I. glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes ensued.
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CreditAaron Wojack for The New York Times Why Tech Companies Are Not Your Friends: Lessons From Roku
Roku recently changed its policy to make it even harder for customers to take legal action. It’s a reminder of how we need to protect ourselves.
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More in Tech Tip ›The Basics of Smartphone Backups
It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency.
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CreditApple; Google Time-Saving Tips for Using Your Phone as a … Telephone
The latest smartphone software includes tools to help you more easily connect with the people you want to contact — and avoid those you don’t.
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CreditApple How to Give Your Photos and Videos a Vintage Look
Retro-photography apps that mimic the appearance of analog film formats make your digital files seem like they’re from another era.
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CreditSoftware by Hipstamatic (3) and FIMO; photographs by J.D. Biersdorfer How to Cut Down Your Screen Time but Still Get Stuff Done
Google’s Routines and Apple’s Shortcuts combine multiple steps into one command to make your phone or tablet do more of the work for you.
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CreditApple Finding the Fun Side of Software Updates for the iPhone and Android
As the year winds down, take the time to explore iOS 17 and Android 14 with new wallpaper and widgets or by creating a digital diary.
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More in Technology ›School Employee Arrested After Racist Deepfake Recording of Principal Spreads
A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.
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CreditKim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun How to Claim Your Part of a $5.6 Million Ring Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.
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CreditJessica Hill/Associated Press ‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.
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CreditIman Al-Dabbagh for The New York Times TikTok on the Clock, Tesla’s Flop Era and How NASA Fixed a ’70s-Era Space Computer
“A clock is ticking on one of America’s most famous apps.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and
CreditPhoto Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Valerii Evlakhov, via Getty Images In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade
The spending that the industry’s giants expect artificial intelligence to require is starting to come into focus — and it is jarringly large.
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Tech FixStreaming Prices Keep Going Up. Here’s How to Manage Subscriptions.
Canceling is simple. The tough part is remembering to do it.
By Brian X. Chen
Tech FixVision Pro Review: Apple’s First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose
Billed as the future of computing, the $3,500 goggles can’t replace a laptop for work. At times, wearing them also made our columnist feel nauseated.
By Brian X. Chen
Stop Wearing Vision Pro Goggles While Driving Your Tesla, U.S. Says
Videos, many of them stunts or jokes, of people wearing Apple’s new virtual reality headset while driving Teslas in Autopilot mode prompted officials to issue warnings.
By Jesus Jiménez
Tech FixThe True Price of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro Is Closer to $4,600
The new headset teaches a valuable lesson about the cost of tech products: The upsells and add-ons will get you.
By Brian X. Chen
That Spotify Daylist That Really ‘Gets’ You? It Was Written by A.I.
The music-streaming platform’s new “daylist” feature serves users three personalized playlists a day, with titles ranging from quirky to bewildering.
By Frank Rojas
Tech FixWhy Making Face Computers Cool Isn’t Easy
Starting with Google Glass, all have been plagued with the same issues, even as Apple plunges into the market with its Vision Pro.
By Brian X. Chen
Walking and Using a Phone Is Bad for Your Health
Hunching over a device can mess with your gait, slow you down and poison your mood. And that’s before you trip and fall.
By Markham Heid
OpenAI Unveils App Store for Custom Chatbots
People who subscribe to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus service will be able to browse the new store for tailored chatbots that perform different tasks.
By Cade Metz
Tech FixThe Tech That Needs Fixing in 2024, and What Got Fixed Last Year
The best tech, from universal power charging to foldable phones, solved practical problems. But the worst tech, including self-driving cars and cryptocurrency, put us in harm’s way.
By Brian X. Chen
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