Apple, Microsoft and Google need more access to our data as they promote new phones and personal computers that are powered by artificial intelligence. Should we trust them?
By Brian X. Chen
Apple and Google are getting up close and personal with user data to craft memos, summarize documents and generate images.
By Brian X. Chen
OpenAI released GPT-4o, its latest chatbot technology, in a partly finished state. It has much to prove.
By Brian X. Chen
Google and Samsung used to update smartphone software for only three years. That has changed.
By Brian X. Chen
Meta, Google and others are driving a renaissance for voice assistants, but people have found the technology uncool for more than a decade.
By Brian X. Chen
Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s hope for the chatbot to be the smartest, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search.
By Brian X. Chen
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.
By Brian X. Chen and Andri Tambunan
Even if you manage to ditch your iPhone, Apple’s hooks are still there.
By Brian X. Chen
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.
By Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac
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.
By Brian X. Chen
A wallet-free lifestyle relying on your phone is attainable, but it requires preparation and some compromise.
By Brian X. Chen and Yiwen Lu
Canceling is simple. The tough part is remembering to do it.
By Brian X. Chen
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
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
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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
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
Meta’s $300 smart glasses look cool but lack a killer app, and they offer a glimpse into a future with even less privacy and more distraction.
By Brian X. Chen
While texting technology will soon get better, the “blue versus green bubble” disparity is far from over.
By Brian X. Chen
We are overpaying for phone plans from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. Budget wireless services, similarly fast and robust, can save thousands.
By Brian X. Chen
The so-called iPhone giveaways marketed by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T can make customers spend more on perks they don’t need.
By Brian X. Chen
Google’s new $700 Pixel 8 lets you use artificial intelligence to add or remove elements from your images. It’s not clear we really need this.
By Brian X. Chen
The new $500 headset lets people see the outside world while immersed in virtual reality. The benefits are to be determined.
By Brian X. Chen
Google says a change takes just a few steps, but a panel of designers found otherwise. The issue is at the heart of a federal antitrust trial.
By Brian X. Chen
The dream of carrying one power cable for all your devices is becoming a reality. But things aren’t as simple as they sound.
By Brian X. Chen
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Many of us stream shows and movies with the subtitles on all the time — and not because it’s cool.
By Brian X. Chen
The mobile wallet service is a cautionary tale of how apps born at least a decade ago may be exposing more information than you would like.
By Brian X. Chen
To mitigate the production and spread of misinformation from chatbots, we can steer them toward high-quality data.
By Brian X. Chen
One of us is a Twitter addict; the other not so much. In the end, we were both unsure how people might use Threads in the long run.
By Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac
Google’s new $1,800 gadget proves that phones with bendable screens are something people might want. Now they just need to get cheaper.
By Brian X. Chen
Hotels and airlines struggling to recoup their losses from the pandemic have been including more hidden charges. Don’t fall for them.
By Brian X. Chen
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