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New features in Apple’s iOS 18 and Google’s Android 15 can lock up apps with sensitive information and even hide them from view.

Technology and loneliness are interlinked, researchers have found, stoked by the ways we interact with social media, text messaging and binge-watching.

If you’re not sure how to describe what you want with keywords, use your camera or photo library to get those search results.

Apple earbuds and others can help you hear dining companions. Here’s how to use them.

The $350 Oura Ring 4 looks sleek and cool, and it may be useful for data-hungry health enthusiasts. But it failed this sleep-deprived parent.

Google, Microsoft and Meta are shoving A.I. chatbots into our faces. Sometimes, there’s a way out.

The initial version of Apple Intelligence focuses on helping you with words and photos. Prepare to be impressed and unnerved.

Shortcuts, small external keyboards and even improved (and free) dictation software can make long sessions of text input much simpler.

New devices from Motorola and Google prove that phones with bendable screens keep getting better — and some are even becoming cheaper.

Apple is using Apple Intelligence, a suite of tools for generating images and text, to upsell the iPhone 16. But you can get similar features elsewhere.

If your current smartphone can’t make it through the day without needing a recharge, here are a few steps to make it last a little longer.

The detention of Telegram’s founder has highlighted the messaging app’s outsize status in Europe’s deadliest war since World War II.

These features to let you wind down for bed, mute notifications and stay on a regular sleep schedule may help you get more rest.

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

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?

Cable cars are still trundling up the city’s hills, but robotaxis from Waymo are shaping up as the city’s latest must-do for visitors.

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

Everyday tools and free apps on your mobile device can help you collect, translate and digitize new material for your family-tree files.

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

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