Futurism

The “Made in America” Trump Phone Appears to be a Disguised Cheapo Chinese Smartphone

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PCMag

Your Phone's Hiding Cool Features. Unlock Them With These Secret Codes

Here's how to easily access powerful tools, system info, and settings buried deep in your phone.
Oregonian

Miss Manners: When with a friend (in real life), is it rude to answer a phone call?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I am with someone in person, I think it is rude to answer the phone (the message being that the caller is more important than our conversation). A friend claims that she only ...
Digital Trends

The iPhone Air shows why compact phones are still the better answer

I get the appeal of super slim phones like the iPhone Air and Galaxy S25 Edge. The moment you pick them up, the device feels immediately distinct from a typical smartphone. The iPhone Air is ...
Wired

The iPhone That Never Was

Imagine a tech company so visionary that it can take an idea public. A “concept IPO,” they called it. Picture the three founders, all former Apple employees, two of whom—software engineers Andy ...
Forbes

Can Machines Be Creative? One Compelling Answer

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The Verge

This modular crafting machine can create custom shirts, phone cases, and molds

The WonderPress can help turn custom cut and printed designs into craft products ready to sell. The WonderPress can help turn custom cut and printed designs into craft products ready to sell. is a ...
The Atlantic

Don’t Call It ‘Intelligence’

I am occasionally asked by colleges to give a version of a talk on how I became a writer. The easy thing to do is to give a sort of guided tour through the woods of literary self-formation: a string ...
Government Executive

Social Security is directing employees who normally process benefits to answer phones instead

The Social Security Administration is shifting more employees to its phone line, a move that employees say risks adding to backlogs and processing times for the public as employees who typically ...
The Atlantic

Your Phone Is a Slot Machine

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Even before the legendary gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead ...
The Boston Globe

AI answering systems are ‘saving the day’ for New England pizzerias. Customers aren’t so sure.

After a long day working two jobs, Jillian Kent was ready to kick back with a low-effort pizza night. The Quincy resident loaded up an online order from nearby Crush Pizza: a large pie, fries, and a ...