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Artificial-intelligence image generators are evolving before our very eyes.Way, way back in January, systems such as OpenAI’s DALL-E might have rendered a human with backward fingers or a…

All free…with a library card. One way to lower your costs: Lean into your local library’s free digital perks, which go well beyond ebooks. (Libraries also offer plenty of nondigital perks,…

New, lower-price hearing aids promise to help people with mild to moderate hearing loss. But when you buy one, how well does it work out?Six months ago, over-the-counter hearing aids began…

Tech companies are rolling out new noise-reduction tools to filter out cacophony on your calls—but you need to know how to find them. As part of its iOS 16.4 update last week,…

My Tile Slim tracker has saved me countless hours of searching.Unlike a rounded AirTag, it’s thin and slips right in my wallet. I used to scramble around the house, looking for my transit…

The residents of a retirement community in the heart of Amish country are proving what experts on aging have been saying for years: Older adults are as keen on new technologies as anyone…

When a payment app goes ding, we expect it’s somebody giving us money—or wanting money from us. It also could be someone we don’t want to hear from.Alexuis Baremore was asleep in her High…

Concert season is in full swing, with Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and other artists dominating calendars in the coming months. But a new villain is hurting the experience for many: superfans…

If ChatGPT is your crazy Uncle Leo, Google’s Bard is your goodie-two-shoes Aunt Martha. You know, the one who covers her couch with plastic.On Tuesday, Alphabet Inc.’s…

When Skye Hermans approached his parents last month about getting an electric bike, it set off a weekslong discussion: Was this 12-year-old ready to make the switch from a mountain bike to a…