Technology, AI & Digital Life
I turned off every notification on my phone on a Sunday evening, not because of any single dramatic incident, but because I had noticed, over the course of an ordinary week, that…
I canceled cable almost a decade ago with the smug satisfaction of someone who had figured out the system, tired of paying for hundreds of channels I never watched and a bill…
I installed a video doorbell for the reason most people do, a vague sense that it would make the house feel safer, a way to see who was at the door before…
I bought a robot vacuum expecting a cleaner apartment and got, somewhat perversely, a messier one. Six months in, I finally admitted the pattern to myself: my living room floor is objectively…
I got genuinely lost three blocks from my own apartment on day two, and that’s when I realized how much I’d outsourced my sense of the city I’ve lived in for six…
My smartwatch buzzed with a stress alert at 2:47 on a Tuesday afternoon, and my first reaction was mild annoyance, because I felt completely fine. I was just sitting at my desk…
I noticed it while trying to parallel park without a backup camera. Not a big deal — I’ve parked cars for over a decade — but there was a strange half-second of…
A few months ago, a friend told me something that stuck with me. She said her ten-year-old son no longer asks her what the weather is like before school. He asks the…
Technology always has a tendency to make promises. The new gadget will help to save time. The app will make your life easier. The smart home device will take care of one…
In the past, there was always some kind of intention behind picking up a phone. Making a call. Receiving a message. Getting an email. Looking something up. Today, the reason for checking…