Joanna Stern reports that Google's Pixel 11 'HiLight' notification light lets users assign different colors to VIP contacts, but at launch it only works for phone calls, not messaging. Google said it …
Apple is expected to release a revamped Siri in September, and OpenAI plans to launch a doughnut-shaped smart speaker costing $300 or more by early 2027, according to reporting by Bloomberg and interv…
OpenAI President Greg Brockman confirmed the company is building a family of devices for ChatGPT, not just a single gadget, as part of a push toward voice-based computer interaction. Speaking with Joa…
Engadget reported that a $2 sticker can obscure the capture LED on Meta's Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses, bypassing the anti-creep feature designed to alert people when they are being recorded. This co…
OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the company is 'plenty innovative' and uninterested in other companies' trade secrets, responding to Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing confidential inform…
OpenAI president Greg Brockman acknowledged in an interview with Joanna Stern that the new ChatGPT desktop app is 'kind of a mess,' but said the company plans to eliminate the Work tab by end of year …
Apple Books is facing a growing problem with AI-generated fake books, some written in just a few hours, as tech writer Joanna Stern discovered 10 fake versions of her book *I Am Not a Robot* on the pl…
AI-generated knockoffs of legitimate books are flooding Apple Books and Amazon, with author Joanna Stern finding ten AI-generated ebooks mimicking her title "I Am Not A Robot" on Apple Books, priced u…
Unauthorized AI-generated biographies are flooding Amazon, as detailed by New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill, who discovered a fake biography of herself on the platform. Hill interviewed a reti…
Apple released the first public betas of its iOS 27 series, with Siri AI and improved Apple Intelligence tools drawing the most praise. Social media commentary has been highly positive, with Joanna St…
Meta is updating its smart glasses with a mandatory firmware update that disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with or destroyed, following reports of modified glasses being used to recor…
Journalist Joanna Stern spent a year integrating AI into her family's daily life, testing chatbots, robots, and self-driving cars. Her experiment, documented in a book and reported by multiple outlets…
Joanna Stern, author of "I AM NOT A ROBOT: My Year of Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything," found that her year-long experiment with AI changed how she parents her two sons, ages 4 and 8. She emphasize…
Joanna Stern discovered over 10 AI-generated knockoffs of her book 'I Am Not a Robot' on Apple Books, featuring similar covers and a misspelled author name. Apple removed the listings, but new version…
Joanna Stern tested iOS 27's new Siri AI for a week and found it highly capable, particularly in leveraging personal context from on-device data like Messages and Calendar to provide tailored response…
John Gruber hosted a live edition of The Talk Show at WWDC 2026 in San Jose, with guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel discussing Apple's announcements. The episode is available on-demand with immersiv…
Apple has reversed its previous stance on AI photo generation, introducing features in the OS 27 release cycle that allow users to manipulate and alter photographs of real people, contradicting statem…
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8, a model that flags its uncertainty more readily and is roughly four times less likely to let code flaws slip by unremarked. The release comes as industry leaders ar…
Joanna Stern, a former Wall Street Journal technology reporter, spent 2025 integrating over 100 AI-powered products into every aspect of her life, from therapy and marriage to parenting and work, as d…