The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie
Julia Herzig, a 22-year-old from Larchmont, N.Y., has “an obsession.” It’s with taking a new kind of selfie — one that doesn’t exactly conform. In some of these selfies, Ms. Herzig’s forehead bulges across half…
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Should You Buy Now, Pay Later? Tread Carefully.
In the summer of 2020, amid fear and uncertainty over the pandemic, Amber Cole of Colorado Springs turned to retail therapy. She browsed Lululemon’s website for trendy athletic apparel like T-shirts and leggings for $50…
Non-Monogamy Advocates Ask Facebook to Be More Open
A group that supports ethical non-monogamy sent an open letter to Meta on Thursday calling for Facebook to allow users to list more than one relationship status in their profiles. The letter, which was initiated…
What Europe’s Universal Charger Mandate Means for You
Most of us own multiple types of chargers to replenish our devices. That’s because many products, like Apple phones and Microsoft Surface computers, are plugged in with wires that use unique connectors. Soon, that may…
How Updates in iOS 16 and Android 13 Will Change Your Phone
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Around this time every year, our smartphones become a reminder to always be ready for change. That’s because Apple and Google announce updates to the operating systems that power our iPhones and…
4 Quick Tips for Managing Email Overload on the Go
Email has been known to stress out some members of Generation Z and others who favor the immediacy of chat apps over a teeming inbox. But the old electronic postal system still has its fans,…
I Tried Apple’s Self-Repair Program With My iPhone. Disaster Ensued.
And now, my tale of defeat. Preparing for repair I started by visiting Apple’s self-repair program website, selfservicerepair.com. There I found the service manual for the iPhone 12 I wanted to repair and ordered the…
How to Digitize Childhood Memories Trapped in Film
Photography began to go digital about 30 years ago, so if you’re older than that your relatives probably documented a portion of your childhood on film-based formats, like slides or prints made from negatives. Or…
How to Free Childhood Memories Trapped in Ancient Film
Photography began to go digital about 30 years ago, so if you’re older than that your relatives probably documented a portion of your childhood on film-based formats, like slides or prints made from negatives. Or…
Some Muslims Are Using Digital Rings to Count Recitations
JERUSALEM — Walking through the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on a recent afternoon, Nisreen Biqwaidar wore a pink Apple Watch on her wrist to count her steps and a green ring on…