How to Manage Streaming Subscriptions As Service Prices Rise
The dream of streaming — watch what you want, whenever you want, for a sliver of the price of cable! — is coming to an end. With all the price increases for video streaming apps…
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How to Make Your Digital Smartphone Photos Look Old
Like the allure of vinyl records, classic video games and even the early internet, the fascination with older photography standards like point-and-shoot cameras or 35-millimeter film persists — even in people too young to remember…
Apple Vision Pro Review: First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose
About 17 years ago, Steve Jobs took the stage at a San Francisco convention center and said he was introducing three products: an iPod, a phone and an internet browser. “These are not three separate…
Vision Pro Goggles are not Safe While Driving a Tesla, U.S. Says
Videos being shared across social media this week depict an almost dystopian, futuristic scene: drivers of Teslas in Autopilot mode while wearing Apple Vision Pro headsets, seemingly unaware of the road in front of them….
Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Costs Closer to $4,600 With Necessary Add-Ons
When Apple unveiled the Vision Pro virtual reality goggles last year at a technology conference, many in the audience gasped at the price: $3,500. That’s more than quadruple the cost of a new iPhone and…
Making VR Headsets Cool Won’t Be Easy, Even for Apple
After years of anticipation, Apple’s first major new product in nearly a decade has arrived. The $3,500 Vision Pro, a face computer that resembles ski goggles, will be released next week. So, what can we…
That Spotify Daylist That Really ‘Gets’ You? It Was Written by A.I.
Have your Sunday scaries ever given way to a “Nervous Ocean Monday Morning”? Does the weekend truly begin on Friday, or on a “Wild and Free Chaotic Thursday Afternoon”? How should one dress for a…
Walking With Your Smartphone Affects How You Walk and Your Mood
Spend time on any crowded sidewalk and you’ll see heads bent over and eyes cast downward. One recent study of college students found that a quarter of people crossing intersections were glued to a device….
How to Cut Down Your Screen Time but Still Get Stuff Done
Worried about smartphone addiction after seeing your latest screen-time statistics? A certain amount of phone use is often necessary these days, but repetitive tasks pile on the minutes. Google’s Assistant Routines and Apple’s Shortcuts app…
The Best and Worst of Tech: Smartphones, Self-Driving Cars, More
Tech companies would like us to believe that their products tell a story about progress. Faster phones! Better cameras! Brighter screens! Yet despite all the improvements, there are pieces of tech that have been flawed…