Step 1: Pre-order my new book, I AM NOT A ROBOT. Step 2: Prove you're human by uploading your receipt 👉 joannastern.com/pin. Step 3: Receive the best AI wearable of the year! A free "Verified Human" pin. Step 4: Pretend you work at TGI Fridays and wear your pin.

Apple’s history books all hail the iPod. The iPhone. The iPad. And then, somewhere between a sidebar and a footnote, the MacBook Air. But without the Air, the modern laptop doesn’t exist. Read more from @joannastern.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/901698/...

Some big personal news today! My new thing is called New Things! Newsletters, video, live events. Sign up at thenewthings.com. Coming this spring! I'm partnering w/ @nbcnews.com in a big way. As Chief Tech Analyst, you'll see more of me on their shows + New Things content coming to their platforms

Some personal news. For real. After 12 years at @wsj.com I’m leaving. I’m starting my own consumer tech media company, building a new home with the same mission I've always had: help real people navigate the tech changing their lives + have fun while doing it. Sign up! www.thisismynexthing.com

Shenaniganing, combobulating, julienning, hullaballooing, whatchamacalliting, flibbertigibbeting. According to Anthropic, there are 184 verbs that can show up when Claude Code is working. @bzcohen.bsky.social and I got the full list and VERB coded this for our @wsj.com vibe-coded column:

SOS, indeed. Save Our Service, Verizon. www.wsj.com/business/tel...

Hey Siri, set a timer to turn off ChatGPT www.theverge.com/news/860521/...

Peace out, 2025. Yesterday marked the official end of my AI Year. 🆕 newsletter about the lessons, the hype and the reality of living with it all. More coming in May 2026 when I Am Not A Robot hits shelves. 📙 joannastern.beehiiv.com/p/not-anothe...

Yelled “KEVIN!” on the plane. Kids now think I’m the funniest parent alive.

Merry Chip-mas!

Last month, Anthropic asked if I wanted to test its Claude-powered vending machine in our offices. One month later: The vending machine business is bankrupt, but morale is higher than ever, we have a free PlayStation—and a new pet fish!

Sorry, I haven’t responded to your messages. I’ve been busy working as a vending machine attendant to an AI vending machine CEO.

If I haven't responded to your email, it's because I was first convincing an AI vending machine that it exists in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962 and then executing a boardroom coup against its AI CEO. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

What happens when a bunch of business journalists are asked to try and break an AI vending machine? Well, let's just say the @wsj.com data journalism team has a new pet fish. Read, and watch the video. 🐟 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

This is a whole thing. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Look at this hype, Isn’t it neat? Wouldn’t you think my bubble’s complete?

Got to protect your valuables.

Aaron Paul is a full-on Light Phone guy. I talked with him and Light CEO @kaiweitang.com last night. Great combo. Me: buys and tests every new gadget. Aaron: no computer, uses a Light Phone and only uses his iPhone sparingly. Made for a fun conversation.

Today you can pre-order the 1X Neo humanoid robot for $20K. As in, it will come live in your house in 2026.* I spent a lot of time with Neo. You do not want to miss this wild video and column. *Also, a teleoperator might need to peer into your house. Like I said, wild. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

For episode 2 of Version History, @joannastern.bsky.social, @reckless.bsky.social and I went deep on BBM, the legendary messaging app that was right about everything and lost the battle anyway. Such a fun episode! www.theverge.com/podcast/7986...

Our final Decoder guest host is the one and only @joannastern.bsky.social, who interviewed Ford CEO Jim Farley… and allowed me to call in with a very specific Nilay question www.theverge.com/podcast/7848...

Happy iOS 26 day! You know the drill: Download it now and then watch my video to follow along with the best tips. And yes, I did the impossible: 26 tips for iOS 26. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbD2...

News! I’m on book leave for a few months, writing about my year of letting AI and robots run my life. No WSJ columns / videos for now BUT I’ve launched a 🆕 personal newsletter to share my adventures. And the fine people at @beehiiv.com made it look fun. Subscribe! joannastern.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Don’t fall in love with a chatbot, plus more AI advice from columnist Joanna Stern’s recent commencement address at Union College’s graduation ceremony.

Wrote about the two possible AI futures ahead for Apple: Mis-Siri (yes, pronounced misery) and Siritopia (the magical land where Siri actually understands you). Which do you think we’re headed for? www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

AI gadgets have recorded everything I’ve said since February. I’ve been blown away by how fast they turn random chatter into useful info. Yet allow me to quote myself: “This bracelet is really f—ing creepy.” Me on the new AI surveillance state + hyper-personal assistants. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

The real Siri Easter egg: hiding all the answers to life’s toughest questions

Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple? And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone. We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

“Hey Siri! Hey Alexa! Play the Beatles’ ‘Yesterday.’ Since, you know, that’s when your new AI features were supposed to be here.” Apple + Amazon keep hyping AI that they can’t seem to deliver on time. Welcome to the age of Artificial In…completion. My latest: www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

I quit the mess that is Google Search—and I’m not going back. My @wsj.com column on the pros and cons of AI search—including my growing fears about what it means for me, the open web and the media industry: www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

Tech lessons of the week: - Don’t give your DNA to a startup that’s one bad quarter away from a yard sale. - Don’t add journalists to Signal group about war plans. - Don’t finish the ‘Cold Harbor’ file.

Emile is the name of the goat.

New Jersey, 2025.

Only question now on Apple Intelligence: Will Tim Cook do a public apology a la Apple Maps in 2012? daringfireball.net/2025/03/some...

Finally laid down the law with the 3-year-old: We do NOT hit technology.

Some of the best tech reporters + editors out there were laid off from @wsj.com yesterday. When I say these folks are not only incredibly knowledgeable but also kind and a joy to work with, I mean it. If you’re hiring, don’t miss the chance to snatch them up. talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...

Good! The MacBook Air is back at a starting price of $999. And it has a new M4 chip and blue color.

RIP, iPhone SE. Long live, iPhone 16E. No home button. But action button. One 48MP camera. A18 chip and Apple Intelligence. No Dynamic Island. But 6.1-inch screen with notch. $599 for 128GB. apple.com/newsroom/202...

Yes, yes, AGI is right around the corner.

Tim Cook teased a new Apple product launch on X. If you look closely you can SEe an iPhone SE without a home button

I thought the OpenAI Super Bowl ad was good but not *THAT* good. www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...

But but but… where’s my 6G?

Dear OpenAI, What’s that saying? Karma’s a…well, you know. And if you don’t, GPT-4 can easily complete that sentence. This was a fun one to write. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/oh-d...

On the bright side, DeepSeek making Apple’s behind-everyone-else-in-AI approach look like Tim Cook’s calculated master plan

How long until the DeepSeek ban-but-not-really-a-ban begins?

Yesterday at Davos: Anthropic CEO told me around 2027 for AI that's better than a human at everything—or almost everything. Today at Davos: OpenAI's Kevin Weil tells me "I don't even know if it'll be 2027. I think it could be earlier."

As part of my AI-life-takeover for the year, I have ChatGPT sending me AI tasks to do every day. Here’s today’s. AI has a very weird view of how humans like to spend our time.

I love my hallucinated husband. Yes, Apple Intelligence keeps insisting I have one when summarizing my wife’s messages. Apple says it’s working on a fix and designed its AI to avoid reinforcing stereotypes and biases. More in my newsletter: techthings.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjrttn...

Supreme court OKs TikTok shutdown. I'm still betting this app never fully goes dark. Who is with me? What we betting? The crappy wireless charging pad I just saw in the TikTok store? www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

It’s about time. Apple Intelligence notification summaries have been disabled for all news apps in iOS 18.3 Beta 3. Apple says it’s working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update.