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  1. What the Arrival of A.I. Phones and Computers Means for Our Data

    Apple, Microsoft and Google need more access to our data as they promote new phones and personal computers that are powered by artificial intelligence. Should we trust them?

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditDerek Abella

  2. Welcome to the Era of the A.I. Smartphone

    Apple and Google are getting up close and personal with user data to craft memos, summarize documents and generate images.

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditSisi Yu

  3. The New ChatGPT Offers a Lesson in A.I. Hype

    OpenAI released GPT-4o, its latest chatbot technology, in a partly finished state. It has much to prove.

     By Brian X. Chen

    ChatGPT-4o trying to solve a geometry problem
    CreditArsenii Vaselenko for The New York Times

  4. Smartphones Can Now Last 7 Years. Here’s How to Keep Them Working.

    Google and Samsung used to update smartphone software for only three years. That has changed.

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditDerek Abella

  5. Hey, A.I. Let’s Talk

    Meta, Google and others are driving a renaissance for voice assistants, but people have found the technology uncool for more than a decade.

     By Brian X. Chen

    CreditDerek Abella

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  1. How to Clean Up Your Phone’s Photo Library to Free Up Space

    Deleting duplicates, bad shots and other unwanted files makes it easier to find the good pictures — and gives you room to take more.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    It may take some time, but scrolling back through your photo library to get rid of similar, boring or blurry pictures can be a space saver.
    CreditApple

  2. Artificially Intelligent Help for Planning Your Summer Vacation

    Travel-focused A.I. bots and more eco-friendly transportation options in online maps and search tools can help you quickly organize your seasonal getaway.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    Layla is one of the many travel-oriented online services that use artificial intelligence to help plan vacations and other trips.
    CreditLayla

  3. The Basics of Smartphone Backups

    It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    Backing up your iPhone, left, or Android phone can be automated so you don’t have to think about it until you need to restore lost files.
    CreditApple; Google

  4. Time-Saving Tips for Using Your Phone as a … Telephone

    The latest smartphone software includes tools to help you more easily connect with the people you want to contact — and avoid those you don’t.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    Apple’s Siri, shown here, and other virtual assistants can look up and call telephone numbers for you by voice command or tap.
    CreditApple

  5. How to Give Your Photos and Videos a Vintage Look

    Retro-photography apps that mimic the appearance of analog film formats make your digital files seem like they’re from another era.

     By J. D. Biersdorfer

    A sampling of retro-photography styles from the Hipstamatic and FIMO apps. The images were captured on either an iPhone 14 Pro Max or a Google Pixel 7 and then transformed with filters to give them all a vintage appearance.
    CreditSoftware by Hipstamatic (3) and FIMO; photographs by J.D. Biersdorfer

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  1. It’s Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Valley as Political Fights Escalate

    Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and other tech billionaires, many of whom are part of the “PayPal Mafia,” are openly brawling with one another over politics as tensions rise.

     By Ryan MacErin Griffith and Mike Isaac

    CreditAnastasiia Sapon for The New York Times; Kenny Holston/The New York Times; Clara Mokri for The New York Times; Kevin Mohatt/Reuters

  2. Business Is Buzzing Again for the Meme Makers of the Left

    After a few sluggish years under President Biden, liberal social media creators are seeing their messages resonate as Kamala Harris campaigns for the White House.

     By Kevin Roose

    CreditGluekit

  3. A Digital Coin Based on Baby Trump? Yup.

    One of the wildest, most scam-ridden corners of the cryptocurrency industry — memecoins, which are rooted in internet memes — has roared back.

     By David Yaffe-Bellany

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  4. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Elon?

    Linda Yaccarino, the C.E.O. of X, has worked hard to bring back advertisers and fix the platform’s business. But its owner, Elon Musk, is always one whim away from undoing her work.

     By Kate Conger

    Linda Yaccarino, who joined X last year when it was still called Twitter, has told colleagues she wants it to be “the world’s platform.”
    CreditEliot Blondet/Abaca, via Sipa USA

  5. Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Are Tesla’s Future. Experts Have Doubts.

    Tesla says self-driving taxis will power its growth, but the company hasn’t said when such a service would be ready or how much it would increase profits.

     By Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis

    Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has said that the company’s driverless taxi service will catapult its stock market valuation into the trillions.
    CreditGonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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