Shop Smart: How to Avoid Scams and Mid Products on Amazon
…I'll use the Google Pixel 10a as an example of a product you might search for. It is our pick for the best affordable phone after all. Step 1: Search for…
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I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend. Its Answers Were All Wrong
…s being misquoted or incorrectly incorporated into search queries,” says WIRED’s headphone expert Ryan Waniata. Mistakes like these can confuse readers about products our reviewers actually have tested. How About Laptops…
Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription
…The company has a multiyear deal with Google to embed Google Gemini into Apple products. If this latest tie-up is as lucrative as Apple’s Safari search deal with Google has…
Chinese Drivers Are Using Tiny Plastic Heads to Fool Tesla’s Autopilot Safeguards
…Tesla drivers in other markets, including the US, have long searched for ways to get around their car’s safety controls. People have tried everything from wearing sunglasses to make it harder…
7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change
…If you're into your tech, for example, then under Brands you might see Samsung—and you might get served ads for Samsung products. If you'd rather this didn't happen…
Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface
This is part of Google's overall strategy of adding Gemini to all its products. (Like that Portlandia sketch where the duo visits a boutique and puts bird decals on everything in…
Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal
Since November, Walmart has let some ChatGPT users order a limited selection of products without ever leaving OpenAI’s chatbot interface. Sales have been disappointing, a Walmart executive vice president exclusively tells…
OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users
…On Thursday, OpenAI sent an email to users laying out major changes to the AI company’s privacy policy in the US. “We’ll now use cookies to promote OpenAI products and…
OpenAI’s Fidji Simo Is Taking Medical Leave Amid an Executive Shake-Up
…OpenAI will begin searching for a new CMO, Simo said. The company is also looking for a chief communications officer to replace Hannah Wong, who left her position in January. Chris Lehane…
Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
…online, your entire search history, and just say, "Hey, go do this. Remind me of this, do that." Leah Feiger: I couldn't be less interested in a product. Zoë Schiffer: We…