Joanna Stern, who has spent the better part of the past decade on the gadget beat, knows phones, tablets and laptops inside and out. In her weekly columns and lively videos she helps people make smarter tech decisions. Ms. Stern previously was the technology editor at ABC News and a reviewer and editor at The Verge and Engadget. She lives in New York City and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. You can email Joanna at joanna.stern@wsj.com and follow her on Twitter @joannastern.
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference didn’t answer one of the biggest questions: What is it doing to make Siri less stupid, while Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant are smarter and improving faster?
Thanks to Europe’s GDPR, companies have bombarded you with their new privacy policies; how to read them without actually reading them.
The next big leap will free us from the computers in our pockets. But according to Joanna Stern, it won’t be here anytime soon
Facebook is now so good at watching what we do online—and even offline, wandering around the physical world—it doesn’t need to hear us to know what we like. Here are some ways to limit the amount of data Facebook and advertisers are collecting about you.
Apple’s $350 smart speaker stands out from the pack with its dazzling acoustics, but Siri trails Alexa and Google Assistant in smarts.
If you use an iPhone, you’ve probably gotten Apple Inc.’s out-of-iCloud-storage alerts, and you might even pay for more iCloud storage—but do you understand how iCloud works?
‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky talks about what has made the twice-daily online quiz show such a hit.
While batteries seem to be moving at a slower clip than other tech development, products and concepts on display at the annual CES trade show address some of our biggest power problems.
A piece of luggage chased me down a hallway. It was hilarious, crazy, stupid and useful all at the same time. Joanna Stern meets the luggage of the tomorrow.
In 2017, technology spread its tentacles into our lives in ways we couldn’t have imagined. In 2018, expect the invasion to get even weirder—and more aggressive.
To make sure your relatives get the best advice on complicated tech topics, here is a cheat sheet for explaining everything from the iPhone X to the Equifax hack.
