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☆ How Bad Are Public EV Chargers? I Visited Over 120 to Find Out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How Bad Are Public EV Chargers? I Visited Over 120 to Find Out. Los Angeles County has more public electric-vehicle fast chargers than any other in the country. WSJ’s Joanna Stern hit up 30 charging locations in a Rivian R1T and ran into problems at 40% of them. Here’s what’s being done to fix the charging mess.

Persons: WSJ’s Joanna Stern, Here’s, Annie Zhao Organizations: Public EV Chargers Locations: Los Angeles

☆ I Visited Over 120 EV Chargers: Three Reasons Why So Many Were Broken
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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You might stumble across a few (hundred) other gadget gift guides this season, but none are quite like this. This is your beloved WSJ Personal Tech team putting our money where our mouths are: This list is made up of items we’ve bought—or will be buying—for ourselves. It’s all just stuff we liked so much we had to have it.

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☆ EV Makers Turn to Discounts to Combat Waning Demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Giant touchscreens. EVs have become computers on wheels. WSJ’s Joanna Stern took three of the leading cars on a road trip and then leased the best one. Photo illustration: Annie Zhao/The Wall Street JournalBuyers looking to get a bargain on a new car might want to consider an electric vehicle. As sales growth has slowed for battery-powered models, automakers and dealers are slashing prices and piling on discounts to clear out unsold inventory.

Persons: Joanna Stern, Annie Zhao Organizations: Street

☆ Apple’s New M3 MacBook Pro and M3 iMac: Some Tricks, Some Treats
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Wireless Companies are Getting More Money out of Your Older Phone
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Drew Fitzgerald | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

So you just traded in your old iPhone to get a deal on a new one. Where does that old phone go? WSJ’s Joanna Stern follows an iPhone through the refurbishment process to explain why the second-hand phone market is booming. Photo illustration: Kenny WassusU.S. wireless companies are showing they can still upsell customers in no hurry to buy a new smartphone. AT&T , T-Mobile US and Verizon Communications made more money from providing wireless services in the third quarter compared with the prior year as they added phone lines and nudged many clients toward more expensive plans.

Persons: Joanna Stern, Kenny Wassus Organizations: Mobile, Verizon Communications

☆ My iPhone Battery Went Bad in Just a Year. Here’s Why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

My iPhone Battery Went Bad in Just a Year. Every iPhone has a hidden “Maximum Capacity" setting to figure out the health of your battery. WSJ’s Joanna Stern investigates why her iPhone’s battery degraded so much in one year. Hint: Battery cycle counts. Photo illustration: Annie Zhao/The Wall Street Journal

Persons: Joanna Stern, Annie Zhao Organizations: Street

☆ You Don’t Need a New iPhone. You Just Need a New Battery.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Every iPhone has a hidden ‘Maximum Capacity’ setting to figure out the health of your battery. WSJ’s Joanna Stern investigates why her iPhone’s battery degraded so much in one year. Hint: Battery cycle counts. Photo illustration: Annie Zhao/The Wall Street JournalYou know what they say: iPhone batteries are like a box of organic raspberries. Your iPhone’s lithium-ion battery will expire and, unfortunately, there’s no “Best Before” label.

Persons: Joanna Stern, Annie Zhao

☆ Sam Altman on the Future of AI—and How to Navigate the Tricky Path Forward
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Mira Murati discuss the capabilities of their future GPT models, how human relationships with AI will change in the future and fears about safety, liability and work as the technology advances. Photo: Nikki Ritcher for The Wall Street JournalIn the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, talk about the future tends to focus on something referred to as “artificial general intelligence”—the stage at which AI will be capable of doing any job a human can do, only better. Perhaps no company is in a better position to talk about the potential benefits and risks of this so-called AGI than OpenAI (49%-owned by Microsoft ), the creators of the popular chatbot ChatGPT. At The Wall Street Journal’s annual Tech Live conference last week, the Journal’s senior personal-technology columnist Joanna Stern spoke with OpenAI’s Chief Executive Sam Altman and Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati . Edited excerpts of their conversation follow.

Persons: OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Mira Murati, Nikki Ritcher, ”, Joanna Stern, Sam Altman Organizations: Wall, Microsoft, Tech, OpenAI’s

☆ 3 Things I Learned About What’s Next in AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

What is AGI and when will it become the new norm? OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Mira Murati discuss the capabilities of their future GPT models, how human relationships with AI will change in the future and how to address fears about safety, liability and work as the technology advances. After interviewing the makers of ChatGPT earlier this week, I’m left pondering: How exactly would I explain my job to an ancient hunter-gatherer? I’m thinking: “I put words and pictures into a machine that makes a clickety-clack sound and then those words and pictures can be seen by others with clickety-clack machines.”

Persons: Sam Altman, Mira Murati, I’m, “

☆ 3 Ways Tomorrow’s AI Will Differ From Today’s Chatbots
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Sam Altman, Mira Murati, I’m, “

☆ The ultra-rich are obsessed with their doomsday bunkers — but Sam Altman joked they won't really matter if there's an AI apocalypse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

However, one of tech's buzziest bros, Sam Altman, says he has "structures" — but not a bunker. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementDoomsday predictions like nuclear war, climate change, or a zombie apocalypse have ratcheted up the ultra-rich's obsession with luxury bunkers. However, one Silicon Valley tech bro joked that these bunkers may not be useful in the case of an AI apocalypse. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I have like structures, but I wouldn't say a bunker," Altman added without clarifying what these structures were.

Persons: buzziest, Sam Altman, AGI, —, bro, Altman, Joanna Stern, Altman —, Yorker —, Clyde Scott, Douglas Rushkoff, Ivanka Trump, Tom Brady, Jeff Bezos, Rushkoff Organizations: Service, WSJ, Yorker, Google, Bloomberg, Federal Civil Defense Administration Locations: South Dakota, Poland, America

☆ Tesla’s Price Cuts to Weigh on Third-Quarter Earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Giant touch screens. EVs have become computers on wheels. WSJ’s Joanna Stern took three of the leading cars on a road trip and then leased the best one. Photo illustration: Annie Zhao/The Wall Street JournalChief Executive Elon Musk is under pressure to show investors that he can keep Tesla ’s profit machine humming, after a disappointing third quarter in which its sales momentum slowed despite steep price cuts. The electric-car pioneer is set to report financial results for the July-to-September period after the markets close Wednesday.

Persons: Joanna Stern, Annie Zhao, Elon Musk, Tesla Organizations: Street

☆ Tesla’s Earnings Fall as Price Cuts Weigh on Profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Giant touch screens. EVs have become computers on wheels. WSJ’s Joanna Stern took three of the leading cars on a road trip and then leased the best one. Photo illustration: Annie Zhao/The Wall Street JournalTesla ’s profit tumbled 44% in the third quarter as the impact of steep price cuts across the company’s lineup continued to take a toll on the electric-car maker’s bottom line. Revenue was up 9% to $23.4 billion, lifted by higher vehicle deliveries compared to the same year-ago quarter.

Persons: Joanna Stern, Annie Zhao, Tesla Organizations: Revenue

☆ OpenAI's Sam Altman has 'deep misgivings' about people becoming friends with AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he had "deep misgivings" about friendships with AI. "We named it ChatGPT and not a person's name very intentionally," he said during WSJ's Tech Live event on Tuesday. AdvertisementAdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has misgivings about friendships between humans and AI. AdvertisementAdvertisementAltman's comments come amid a growing number of AI companies putting out chatbots with human-like personality and friendliness as a key feature. When AI startup Replika disabled their chatbots' "erotic role-play" feature, it caused an uproar among users who felt their AI companions had been "lobotomized."

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman's, —, Altman, Joanna Stern, Claude, Character.AI's, Kendall Jenner, Chris Cox, Altman isn't, Insider's Rob Price, OpenAI Organizations: WSJ's Tech, Service, Tech, Public Citizen Locations: Laguna Beach , California

☆ Sam Altman says he has 'no interest in trying to compete with a smartphone,' following rumors of a collaboration with Jony Ive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

During an event run by The Wall Street Journal, Sam Altman said he had many ideas for an AI device. The Information and FT reported that OpenAI was in talks with the iPhone designer Jony Ive. It followed speculation that OpenAI may be in talks to build an AI device in collaboration with other tech titans. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I'm interested in this topic, I think it is possible," Altman told The Wall Street Journal tech columnist Joanna Stern at the event. At the Journal's event, Altman said, "Smartphones are great.

Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI, Jony, —, he's, Altman, Masayoshi, Joanna Stern Organizations: Wall Street, Service, Financial Times, Apple, Wall Street Journal

☆ Sam Altman says Satya Nadella and him are 'nowhere near the frenemy territory' — in fact, they text a lot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are "nowhere near the frenemy territory." AdvertisementAdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that he isn't frenemies with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. "It's really good," Altman said about his relationship with Nadella, while adding that the pair have their squabbles. Microsoft is investing over $10 billion in OpenAI, granting Microsoft access to advanced AI systems while backing OpenAI's research. Representatives for Altman and Nadella did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Altman, —, Joanna Stern, Nadella, Stern, Microsoft's Bing, Microsoft's Bing chatbot, OpenAI, Elon Musk, ChatGPT Organizations: Microsoft, Service, WSJ Tech, Wall Street, Elon

☆ When Our Smartphones Become Windows to a War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Israeli and Jewish schools reportedly urge parents to tell their kids to delete Instagram and TikTok to avoid disturbing images of hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Several Israeli and Jewish schools are reportedly urging parents to delete social media apps like Instagram, TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter, from their children's smartphones to prevent them from seeing violent images and videos related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. One Tel Aviv school's parents' association warned of the possibility that Hamas fighters may release graphic videos of hostages "begging for their lives," CNN reported on Tuesday. Several Jewish schools in the U.S. have also issued similar warnings, reported the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which added that "It was not clear where the information about forthcoming hostage videos was coming from." The principal of The Frisch School in Paramus, New Jersey, reportedly sent an email to parents urging them to tell their kids to delete Instagram and TikTok "immediately." "Please remove the @TikTok and @instagram apps from your children's mobile phones," the message said.

Persons: Kiryat Shmona, Joanna Stern, Stern, Yair Rosenberg, Joe Biden, Biden, Israel Organizations: Tel, CNN, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Frisch School, Aviva Klompas, Jewish Community Center, The Locations: Israeli, Kiryat, Lebanon, Israel, Tel Aviv, U.S, Paramus , New Jersey

☆ Apple to Address iPhone 15 Overheating Issues in iOS 17 Software Update
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ iPhone and Samsung Battery Heat Test: How Hot Is Too Hot?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

iPhone 15 First Look: A New USB-C Port Changes… Everything Sure, the new iPhones have improved designs and cameras, but Apple’s switch from the Lightning to new USB-C port is the biggest iPhone news to affect consumers in years. WSJ’s Joanna Stern breaks down everything you need to know. Photo Illustration: Warren Heller

Persons: WSJ’s Joanna Stern, Warren Heller Organizations: Lightning

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☆ ChatGPT Can Now Chat Aloud With You (And Yes, It Sounds Pretty Much Human)
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ You Can Now Talk With ChatGPT and It Sounds Like a Human (Pretty Much)
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Should You Upgrade to the New iPhone 15 or 15 Pro?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Nick Guy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

For the iPhone 15, which is also available with a larger Plus-size screen, new additions include:A redesigned 48-megapixel camera systemDynamic IslandA USB-C port, replacing LightningCurved bezels that make it more comfortable to holdThe iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max also include:A lighter titanium bodyA slimmer border around the displayA faster processorA redesigned camera system with multiple focal lengths and iPhone 15 Pro Max-exclusive 5x optical zoomAction button replacing the ring/silent switchUSB 3 data speed on USB-C portWe’ve been using the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro Max and there are very few surprises. Only if you need a better camera—choose the iPhone 15 Pro or Pro MaxIf you bought an iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro in the past year, there are only a few reasons to even consider upgrading. Only the iPhone 15 Pro Max gets a new telephoto lens, allowing shots at 5x zoom, as opposed to the standard Pro’s 3x. They’re nice-to-have features that come along with the phone, but not upgrade-worthy additions.One note: All nine color options—five for the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, and four for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max—are pretty subdued. iPhone 13 or iPhone 13 Pro (2021 models), iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 Pro (2020 models)Upgrade?

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