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  1. Smartphones Can Now Last 7 Years. Here’s How to Keep Them Working.

    Google and Samsung used to update smartphone software for only three years. That has changed.

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditDerek Abella

  2. Hey, A.I. Let’s Talk

    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

    CreditDerek Abella

  3. Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted

    Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s hope for the chatbot to be the smartest, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search.

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditDerek Abella

  4. This Artificially Intelligent Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone

    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

    The Humane A.I. Pin.
    CreditAndri Tambunan for The New York Times

  5. Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings.

    Even if you manage to ditch your iPhone, Apple’s hooks are still there.

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditAriel Davis

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  1. Artificially Intelligent Help for Planning Your Summer Vacation

    Travel-focused A.I. bots and more eco-friendly transportation options in online maps and search tools can help you quickly organize your seasonal getaway.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    Layla is one of the many travel-oriented online services that use artificial intelligence to help plan vacations and other trips.
    CreditLayla

  2. The Basics of Smartphone Backups

    It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    Backing up your iPhone, left, or Android phone can be automated so you don’t have to think about it until you need to restore lost files.
    CreditApple; Google

  3. Time-Saving Tips for Using Your Phone as a … Telephone

    The latest smartphone software includes tools to help you more easily connect with the people you want to contact — and avoid those you don’t.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    Apple’s Siri, shown here, and other virtual assistants can look up and call telephone numbers for you by voice command or tap.
    CreditApple

  4. How to Give Your Photos and Videos a Vintage Look

    Retro-photography apps that mimic the appearance of analog film formats make your digital files seem like they’re from another era.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    A sampling of retro-photography styles from the Hipstamatic and FIMO apps. The images were captured on either an iPhone 14 Pro Max or a Google Pixel 7 and then transformed with filters to give them all a vintage appearance.
    CreditSoftware by Hipstamatic (3) and FIMO; photographs by J.D. Biersdorfer

  5. How to Cut Down Your Screen Time but Still Get Stuff Done

    Google’s Routines and Apple’s Shortcuts combine multiple steps into one command to make your phone or tablet do more of the work for you.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    Apple's Shortcuts app for iPhone, iPad and Mac offers a collection of timesaving automation scripts for specific actions that you can run by voice, tap or tapping.
    CreditApple

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  1. Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way

    The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.

     By Meaghan Tobin and Amy Chang Chien

    For years, Taiwan has been one of the world’s top targets of online disinformation, much of it originating in China.
    CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times

  2. Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91

    He invented DRAM, the technology that allowed for the faster and higher-capacity memory storage that is the basis for modern computing.

     By Steve Lohr

    Robert Dennard in 2005. His invention led to previously unimaginable improvements in the data-handling speed, power and cost of computing.
    CreditAlan Orling/IBM

  3. What Do You Do When A.I. Takes Your Voice?

    Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they’re suing. The company denies it did anything wrong.

     By Cade Metz

    Linnea Sage and Paul Skye Lehrman were shocked when they heard A.I.-generated versions of their voices.
    CreditElianel Clinton for The New York Times

  4. Smartphones Can Now Last 7 Years. Here’s How to Keep Them Working.

    Google and Samsung used to update smartphone software for only three years. That has changed.

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditDerek Abella

  5. Why TikTok Users Are Blocking Celebrities

    A TikTok movement is calling for followers to block famous people over their stances on the Israel-Hamas war. It began at the Met Gala.

     By Elizabeth Paton

    Zendaya at the Met Gala last week in a couture gown. Her image, spliced with photographs of Palestinian children, contributed to a TikTok movement.
    CreditAmir Hamja/The New York Times
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