Threads Review: How Meta’s New App Stacks Up Against Twitter
When we — Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac, both longtime tech journalists — got an assignment from our editor last week to review Threads, the new social network from Meta, it was like a…
Mobile Tech
What to Know About ChatGPT’s New Code Interpreter Feature
ChatGPT, the artificial-intelligence-powered chatbot made by OpenAI, has wowed the world in recent months with the text it can generate. Now the chatbot is delighting users anew by creating charts and maps and turning images…
A Tech Checklist for the Dark Side of Summer Weather
Summer is in full swing now, but along with vacation trips, camp and lazy days, extreme weather has arrived for many parts of the country. If you live in an area that’s prone to such…
Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App as Twitter Threatens Meta
Two hours after pressing the launch button on Wednesday on Threads, Instagram’s new app for real-time, public conversations, Mark Zuckerberg posted that more than two million people had downloaded his latest creation. That was just…
Threads: What to Know About Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer’ App
After months of speculation and secrecy, Mark Zuckerberg’s long-rumored competitor app to Twitter is here. The new app, Threads, was unveiled on Wednesday as a companion to Instagram, the popular photo-sharing network that Mr. Zuckerberg’s…
Google Pixel Fold Review: Foldable Phones Are Improving
When I recently turned on Google’s new Pixel Fold smartphone and unfolded it as if it were a book, it transformed into a miniature tablet, similar to an iPad Mini or an Amazon Fire. Then…
Why Is Apple Getting ‘Spatial’?
When it comes to spatial computing, Collins said, “no one knows what that is — and that provides Apple the opportunity to define it.” Collins used an NFT as an example: If someone tells you…
Watch Out for ‘Junk’ Fees When Booking Travel Online
Many of us are desperate to travel this summer after a pandemic stifled our plans for years. But travelers — and I’m sorry to be a killjoy — should beware: Those seemingly cheap plane tickets…
Reddit Communities Go Dark to Protest New App Policy
The moderators of hundreds of Reddit forums, known as subreddits, closed off access to their groups on Monday to protest the company’s plan to charge for access to the data that outside developers need to…
A First Try of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro Headset
I got a sneak peek into Apple’s vision for the future of computing on Monday. For about half an hour, I wore the $3,500 Vision Pro, the company’s first high-tech goggles, which will be released…