devices

The Browser Wants to Be Your Assistant. It Has No Street Smarts.

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A new kind of web browser, often called an AI browser, has started arriving on family computers. It does not just show you pages anymore: it offers to act for you. It can summarize what you are reading, fill out forms, compare prices, finish your shopping, even answer your email while you do something else. … Read more

Her Phone Was Stolen. The Police Asked Three Questions. He Couldn’t Answer One.

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The call came from the school in the middle of a workday: Lily’s phone had been stolen. Frank called the police, and the officer asked three ordinary questions, the three every stolen-phone police report needs. What model is the phone? What is the serial number? What accounts were logged in? Frank is 42, an operations … Read more