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These days, bad manners aren’t the only reason read receipts are a bad idea.

Lithium-ion battery technology is imperfect, but it’s not going anywhere.

Apple is poised to pay $95 million to users, but denies Siri was eavesdropping on purpose.

The tech innovations that made the world a slightly better place this year.

Cell towers in space are more capable than ever of helping people on the ground.

Apple Intelligence is not that scary, not that advanced, and definitely not finished.

I dove into the scary world of streaming bundles, and now Dolly Parton talks to me while I walk.

Humans are still better than robots at finding correct answers online. Good.

Apple Intelligence wants to be the cool dad of artificial intelligence.

Does Apple have a monopoly on smartphones? The Justice Department thinks so.

Apple’s mixed reality headset heralds a new era of “spatial computing.” We are not ready.

Finally, a way for your phone to know even more about your personal life.

A warning about the NameDrop feature on iOS 17 is just the latest in a long history of misleading Facebook posts from law enforcement.

Apple is adopting Google’s texting standard, but blue bubble elitism will probably continue.

How to buy a new phone for less without paying more.

Tap-to-pay makes spending money fun, easy, and virtually invisible.

Apple is going to sell us $3,500 headsets next year. It still hasn’t said why.

Once again, this year’s phones will look a lot like last year’s. But real innovation is on the horizon.

We know what the Vision Pro does, but we’re still wondering why you would buy it. Apple seems confused, too.

Borrowing money is just a few taps away on an iPhone. What could go wrong?

Phone call? Lol. Voice note? Sure.

We bid adieu to moonshots, Portals, and ad-free Netflix.

The Pegasus spyware leak shows that iPhones are vulnerable to hacks, too.

The bills have the beginnings of bipartisan support, but will likely need even more to actually pass.

The next iOS will make it harder for newsletters, marketers, and websites to track you.

Streaming TV should be easy, but fights among Roku, Amazon, HBO, and NBC are making it hard.

Here are our counterpoints to the points Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook made during their House antitrust hearing.

Making tracking cookies optional is only a half step toward privacy.

Apple built its own screen-time management app. Then things got weird on the App Store.

Haskell took up the reins of New York Magazine this year after its 15-year editor Adam Moss stepped away.

There’s no algorithm for creativity yet, Sapan says on the latest Recode Media.

Apple Music has eclipsed Spotify in the US. Now Apple wants to do the same thing in news, games, and video.

For FAANG companies, everyone is a frenemy.

Oprah? Sure. Reese, Jen, and Steven, too. But Apple’s preview raises more questions than it answers.