Techish Weekly Wrap: AI Slop, Everything-Maxxing, and the new PervPods...
What these prolific buzzwords tell us about an internet — and tech life — that's getting harder to trust by the week.
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I ran the math on Apple's new leasing program, and every road leads to the same price. Plus the $190 air filter that beat a $750 one, and the $68 phone ending the "when can I get one" fight.
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This new feature feels like what Siri should have always been; actually useful and good. Here's how to use it safely, and why you'll want to:
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Photograph the supply list, make the AI show its math, and put the family schedule somewhere everyone can actually see it.
Buy the Laptop Now: AI Is Driving Up Back-to-School Tech Prices
My new buying rules, plus should you beta test iOS 27 now — what I like and what I don't, and wait till you see what genius thing your selfie can do
Podcast: Is Your Child Too Young for a Smartphone? What to Try Before the First Phone
Kids need a way to call home, not the whole internet. Cosmo founder Russell York talks kids smartwatches, parental controls, school phone bans, and the missing step before a smartphone.
Newsletter: Meta Caved. Apple Sued OpenAI. ChatGPT Talks Back.
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Strangers Can Now Create AI Images of You From Your Public Instagram Photos. Here's How to Turn It Off.
Meta new Muse AI is turned on by default for eligible public Instagram accounts. I tested it on my own photos to see what it could do, then changed this one setting immediately.
How to Beat the Heat This Fourth of July
Cooling gadgets that actually work, the viral ice-and-fan hack, better fireworks photos, smarter cookout gear, and the holiday scams hitting phones right now.