Shira Ovide
Washington Post
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Your iPhone 15 could be free. It might still be a bad deal.
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon offer free or discounted new iPhone 15 models when you trade in old devices. We ran the math on “free” iPhones for two households. → Read More
Apple event 2023 highlights: iPhone 15, Pro features and Apple Watch 9 announced
Apple’s 2023 event showcased the new iPhone 15, Pro and its colors alongside the new Apple Watch series 9. → Read More
The do’s and don’ts of using ChatGPT in your daily life
Chatbots can be amazingly helpful — but only if you learn how to use them well. Here’s our advice. → Read More
You can say no to a TSA face scan. But even a senator had trouble.
Some airport travelers, including a U.S. senator, are having trouble saying no to security technology that's supposed to be voluntary. → Read More
The most popular app in the U.S. deleted mentions of its Chinese owner
The shopping app Temu says it's from Boston and social app Lemon8 says it's based in Singapore. That's true but not the whole story. → Read More
Public WiFi is safe and 4 other tech fears you can stop worrying about
Don’t waste your energy on these minimal, overhyped privacy and security risks. → Read More
The do’s and don’ts for sharing the roads with driverless cars
Here's what you need to know about what driverless test cars are like when they hit your town and mix with humans. → Read More
We all should worry about the Dish and Sling TV cyberattack
A cyberattack on Dish Networks froze accounts and may have stolen customers' personal information. How does this keep happening? → Read More
How to spot the Trump and Pope AI fakes
Here are five clues to spot AI-generated images and why we shouldn't freak out about them. → Read More
AI doesn’t belong everywhere. Stop using a hammer to make lasagna.
Just because you can apply AI to a task, it doesn't mean that you should. → Read More
Hotel WiFi can be terrible. Here are four tips to deal with it.
We don’t put up with balky hotel plumbing, and we shouldn’t accept unreliable WiFi, either. → Read More
Don’t do that. Four mistakes you’re making with home internet.
Don't shove the router in a corner and other mistakes that might be making your home internet worse. → Read More
Why are we so afraid of AI?
New polls find that AI has not won Americans' trust. → Read More
Meet the latest Chinese apps shaking up your shopping
Temu and Shein are among the world's hottest shopping apps. They are also Chinese. Is that a problem? → Read More
Do you have a moral duty to watch the police beating of Tyre Nichols?
If you choose, apps give you control to restrict graphic images. → Read More
Remember Zoom-bombing? This is how Zoom tamed meeting intrusions.
The success of reducing Zoom-bombing shows how making technology less easy to use can make you safer. → Read More
Fingerprint gunk and arm fatigue: Are touch-screen laptops a good idea?
Apple might make Macs with touch screens and there are more Windows models with them, too. Is a touch-screen laptop worth it for you? → Read More
Can a severed finger unlock a phone? Answers to your security questions.
Don't freak out about fingerprint and face scans on your phones -- or the risk of a crook using your severed finger to unlock your iPhone. → Read More
Four realistic steps to upgrade your online security
Those strings of symbols and numbers are probably bad passwords. Also the whole system of online passwords must die. → Read More
Ads took over shopping in 2022. It’s now harder to trust what you buy.
More online and real-world stores make extra money to steer you to buy one brand of TV set or toothpaste over another. Is this good for you? → Read More