Senior technology correspondent at Vox
Apple's new plan to lease iPhones is ultimately a reminder that we don't own anything in the digital world. Even if you do own the hardware, you're just licensing the software that makes it work. www.vox.com/technology/4...
The iPhone lease is too good to be trueApple partnered with Klarna to let you lease a new iPhone. But should you?www.vox.comGen Z rallied behind ephemeral messages on Snapchat while Gen Alpha is secretly recording dates using Granola then uploading the transcripts to Claude to review their performance www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
Don’t get mad but I think AI can be really helpful when it comes to taxes, especially this year. I do not, however, think you should ever ever give your W2 info to ChatGPT. www.vox.com/life/480317/...
How to use AI for your taxes — and how not to use itDon’t let ChatGPT do your taxes. But do let it help.www.vox.comI always suspected that compostable plastics weren't really compostable. While that's not exactly true, it's not false either. www.vox.com/life/479565/...
How plant-based marketing took over everything — even diapersCautious consumerism isn’t a bad thing, but there’s a lot we don’t know about these products.www.vox.comThe new Atlantic cover story has everything: the second Industrial Revolution, zingers, Steve Bannon www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to JobsDoes anyone have a plan for what happens next?www.theatlantic.comI'm not convinced Apple's new call screening feature saves me any time but it does save a little bit of sanity www.vox.com/technology/4...
Apple is trying to make your phone usable as a phone againYou should turn on the new scam-busting iPhone feature right now.www.vox.comChatGPT is great at sounding like a doctor — and sometimes good at diagnosing things your doctor missed — but ultimately it's tricky little text box to trust with your health www.vox.com/technology/4...
Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you?The do’s and don’ts of asking an AI for health advice.www.vox.comOK hear me out: Kids should get phones when they're 3 www.vox.com/even-better/...
This counterintuitive advice about kids and phones makes a lot of senseThe case for giving one to your 3-year-old is not as outlandish as it sounds.www.vox.comDelta created a little dustup when it said it was personalizing airfares with AI. The situation is actually much worse when you zoom out. www.vox.com/technology/4...
Personalized prices sure sound like a bad ideaCompanies are using your personal data to set prices. Here’s how to sidestep them.www.vox.comNobody doomsday preps like billionaire tech bros doomsday prep www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Despite rumors of its demise, the smartphone will continue to be your most important gadget for a very long while. www.vox.com/technology/4...
Revenge of the flip phoneThe future of the smartphone looks a lot like its past.www.vox.comYikes www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
I suspected that the bottomless well of TikTok/Reels/Shorts that’s eating our attention might be bad. Turns out it’s very bad. www.vox.com/technology/4...
Little videos are cooking our brainsThe future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?www.vox.comAI should make your job better, not make it disappear. www.vox.com/technology/4...
Don’t let AI steal your jobIt’s okay to hate AI’s encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.www.vox.comFinally, you can get into an argument with a Google search techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/g...
Google's AI Mode can now have back-and-forth voice conversations | TechCrunchGoogle is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode.techcrunch.com"They consider themselves 'last responders.'" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Green-Wood Cemetery’s Living DeadHow the “forever business” is changing at New York City’s biggest graveyard.www.newyorker.comI spent the last six months wearing every health tracker I could find, from an Oura ring to a continuous glucose monitor. I did not expect to find myself toe-to-toe with RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement. www.vox.com/technology/4...
I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.Do Apple Watches, Oura rings, and glucose monitors actually make us healthier?www.vox.comI've been using Google's new AI Mode and I like it and it terrifies me www.vox.com/technology/4...
What is Google even for anymore?Search as you know it is slowly crumbling.www.vox.comSo do we put the last penny in a museum or just throw it in the trash with the rest of them? apnews.com/article/us-m...
Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the pennyThe U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out.apnews.com