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I Feel So Sorry for My A.I. Sunglasses
Plenty of people hate Mark Zuckerberg’s superintelligent, supercharged spectacles. I was ready to hate them, too.
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More in Tech Fix ›A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.
Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.
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CreditSisi Yu The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.
Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.
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CreditSisi Yu A.I. Complicates Old Internet Privacy Risks
Artificial intelligence is convenient and easy to use, but you should think about what you say to the chatbots.
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CreditDerek Abella A.I. Is Giving You a Personalized Internet, but You Have No Say in It
The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.
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CreditDerek Abella A.I. Has Arrived in Gmail. Here’s What to Know.
Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy.
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More in Tech Tip ›Spice Up Your Cooking Skills With Help From Your Phone
Recipe apps and artificial intelligence can give you a boost, but free tools already on your device can also assist with meal planning and preparation.
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CreditJ.D. Biersdorfer How to Follow the Game, Even When You Can’t See It Live
When previous commitments keep you from catching your team on television, keep up with it using free apps that quietly deliver scores and more to your phone.
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CreditApple How to Watch Free Live Television on Your Phone or Tablet
Whether by app or old-school antennas, budget-friendly options abound.
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CreditJ.D. Biersdorfer How to Deal With That Drawer Full of Old Gadgets
This month, resolve to revive or relinquish those old music players and point-and-shoot cameras — and retrieve any files trapped on the devices.
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CreditJ.D. Biersdorfer Save Holiday Time With These Handy Smartphone Features
Try these useful shortcuts for sharing your Wi-Fi with guests, wrangling your to-do list or deciding what to do with family and friends.
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More in Technology ›White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise
Friday’s meeting at the White House followed the introduction of Anthropic’s powerful new artificial intelligence model, Mythos, which U.S. officials believe could be critical for security.
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CreditEric Lee for The New York Times How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom?
A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.
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CreditUlysses Ortega for The New York Times Cerebras, an A.I. Chip Maker, Files to Go Public as Tech Offerings Ramp Up
The Silicon Valley chip maker filed a prospectus just as SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI prepared for their own listings, in what is shaping up to be a wave of enormous initial public offerings.
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CreditChristie Hemm Klok for The New York Times Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media
The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.
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Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create layouts on a virtual pasteboard.
By Michael S. Rosenwald
Travel 101The Apps You Need for Your Next Trip Abroad
Ride-hailing, dining and navigation apps you rely on at home may not be the best options in many countries. Here are local alternatives to download before you go.
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Traveling With Disabilities Is Often Hard. These Tools Can Help.
Three apps and one website help travelers with a variety of disabilities identify potential obstacles, get audio descriptions in 185 languages and book custom trips.
By Liza Weisstuch
How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC
A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.
By Don Clark and Loren Elliott
This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.
Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.
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Tech FixThe Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2026
From talking computers to self-driving cars, here are the trends to watch.
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Tech Fix10 Pieces of Tech Jargon That Confused Us in 2025
Here’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s A.I.-driven tech lingo, from RAG to superintelligence.
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Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data
Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost.
By Adeel Hassan
Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban
After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough action is needed in their own countries.
By Adam Satariano and Lynsey Chutel
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