# The New Things

> Tech journalism. For humans. Who like fun. A new newsletter and video series from Joanna Stern.

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## Posts
- [An open letter to OpenAI's secret gadget](https://thenewthings.com/p/an-open-letter-to-openai-s-secret-gadget): Plus: Happy calendar emoji day! 📆
- [Train robots and make money ](https://thenewthings.com/p/train-robots-and-make-money): Plus: How to check the speed of your USB-C cable 
- [Special Edition: Meta’s answer to secret-recording glasses](https://thenewthings.com/p/meta-glasses-update-recording-light): New update disables the camera if the recording light has been tampered with 🕶️
- [The end of typing](https://thenewthings.com/p/the-end-of-typing): Voice killed the keyboard star 
- [Apple’s big AI book slop problem ](https://thenewthings.com/p/apple-big-ai-book-slop-problem): Plus: Why even refurbished gadgets are getting pricier 
- [I fell for an AI email scam ](https://thenewthings.com/p/i-fell-for-an-ai-email-scam): Plus: Prime Day shopping tips 
- [Do NOT buy an iPhone Now. Actually, Do.](https://thenewthings.com/p/do-not-buy-an-iphone-now-actually-do): Apple’s coming price hikes make iPhone buying more confusing than ever.
- [Siri is actually good now. (No, really.)](https://thenewthings.com/p/siri-is-actually-good-now-no-really): I took Apple’s new Siri to the beach, to bed and everywhere in between.
- [ So, you hate your smartphone?](https://thenewthings.com/p/so-you-hate-your-smartphone): Plus: Snap's new AR glasses 
- [Confessions of a cord hoarder ](https://thenewthings.com/p/confessions-of-a-cord-hoarder): Plus: Control your Instagram algo 
- [Special Edition: Apple’s Safe iOS 27 and WWDC   ](https://thenewthings.com/p/apple-siri-ios-27-and-wwdc2026): Plus: The best iOS 27 features minus Siri 
- [ Fix Siri. Fix Autocorrect. Thanks, Apple. ](https://thenewthings.com/p/fix-siri-fix-autocorrect-thanks-apple): Plus: Keep your Ray-Ban photos out of Meta’s cloud
- [I paid someone to hack my Meta glasses](https://thenewthings.com/p/i-paid-someone-to-hack-my-meta-glasses):  Plus: Windows PCs are exciting again
- [Three AI privacy tips I tell everyone](https://thenewthings.com/p/three-ai-privacy-tips-i-tell-everyone): Plus: Apple's Siri plans 
- [Stop screen snoopers 👀](https://thenewthings.com/p/stop-screen-snoopers): Plus: How to turn off Instagram Instants 
- [Apple + Google = ❤️](https://thenewthings.com/p/apple-google): Plus: How to customize your app icons 
- [Why this college grad booed AI](https://thenewthings.com/p/why-this-college-grad-booed-ai): Plus: All the news you need to know from Google I/O
- [The AI trick I use constantly](https://thenewthings.com/p/the-ai-trick-i-use-constantly): Plus: How to AirDrop between iPhones + Android 
- [ Googlebooks Are Not Google Books](https://thenewthings.com/p/googlebooks-are-not-google-books): Plus: How to shut up Alexa, Venmo privacy and custom headphones
- [I Let AI Look at My Breasts and Become My Boyfriend](https://thenewthings.com/p/i-let-ai-look-at-my-breasts-and-become-my-boyfriend):  Plus: The keyboard shortcut I can’t stop using
- [My Misleading AI Dentist](https://thenewthings.com/p/my-misleading-ai-dentist): Plus: The best AI wearable and weather app! 
- [Your Car Just Got a Chatbot](https://thenewthings.com/p/your-car-just-got-a-chatbot): Plus: A new charging sound 🔋 and RSS feed 
- [There’s a Chinese Humanoid Robot in My Living Room](https://thenewthings.com/p/there-s-a-chinese-humanoid-robot-in-my-living-room): Plus: Your chatbot knows too much about you 
- [Fix iPhone Autocoreet Pleaese ](https://thenewthings.com/p/fix-iphone-autocoreet-pleaese): Plus: Make fake gadget patents with ChatGPT Images 2.0 + our first Old Thing 
- [It’s Time. Meet My New Thing.](https://thenewthings.com/p/meet-my-new-thing): A new kind of independent tech journalism. Newsletters! Videos! Fun!

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## Authors
- [Joanna Stern](https://thenewthings.com/authors/joanna-stern)