Technology, AI & Digital Life
I deleted TikTok on a Friday night, the way people quit smoking: dramatically, at midnight, with a mental speech about reclaiming my attention. I expected the first few days to be the…
My refrigerator stopped making ice on a Sunday, which is exactly the kind of small domestic failure that shouldn’t matter and somehow does. I called an appliance repair technician on Monday, and…
Three years ago I paid $59 one time for a note-taking app that promised “lifetime access, forever.” Last month I opened it and found a banner telling me the developer had shut…
It happened on a Tuesday morning, the kind of morning where nothing dramatic is supposed to happen. I was refilling my coffee and glancing at my banking app out of habit rather…
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…