Letter of Recommendation: Letter of Recommendation: Car Phones

The phone! It lowers my blood pressure, makes my skin feel better, reduces my anxiety about death.

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Popcast: Are AirPods Worth the Costs?

Apple’s wireless earbuds have led to questions about personal tech as environmental scourge and punch line.

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Tech Tip: How to Add Hollywood Special Effects to Your Videos

With your smartphone, inexpensive software and a bit of cloth or paper, you can make your own “green screen” movies.

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Tech We’re Using: Why Play a Music CD? ‘No Ads, No Privacy Terrors, No Algorithms’

Streaming services have revolutionized the discovery of songs, but here’s why Ben Sisario, who covers the music industry, still likes to listen to compact discs.

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Tech We’re Using: Capturing What’s Online in China Before It Vanishes

It’s important to preserve snapshots of China’s internet before they vanish without a trace, says Raymond Zhong, a Times tech reporter in Beijing.

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Tech Fix: Google Pixel 3A Review: The $400 Smartphone You’ve Been Waiting For

The first midrange Pixel is packed with innovations, without a shocking price.

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Travel Tips: The Pros and Cons of Noise-Canceling Headphones

Noise-canceling headphones regularly top lists of essential travel gadgets, but are they worth it?

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Don't Buy a 5G Phone Yet

Your phone company is going to start bombarding you with ads for 5G phones soon, but you should ignore them — at least for now.

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These Smart Devices Protect Your Home While You’re on Vacation

Take these steps to protect your home from mishaps and intruders when you leave for vacation.

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Tinder Wants In on Your Music Festival Meet-Cute

The dating app has a new feature to help you find a mate in a sea of flower crowns.

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Tech Fix: It’s Time to Use Your Imagination With Bluetooth Trackers. We Did.

The tiny tags are typically used to find valuables like house keys, but they are far more versatile than that.

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Tech We’re Using: Tech Is Changing New York, but Not How He Reports on the City

J. David Goodman, a metro reporter, has chronicled the Google and Amazon invasions. But the most effective technology for reporting on the city is still coffee.

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Tech Fix: You Can’t Stop Robocalls. You Shouldn’t Have To.

Today’s solutions for fighting spam and scam calls are ineffective. But the onus should be on the phone companies, not you, to solve this problem.

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How to Return a Lost Phone

You stumble across a lost phone, maybe in a bathroom or in the back of a cab. You feel bad for whoever lost it — that could be you someday! — but don’t know how to reunite it with its owner. Here’s how.

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Tech We’re Using: Sliding Backward on Tech? There Are Benefits

Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, decided to downgrade her tech two years ago. It has worked out, with paper and DVDs instead of the latest apps and gizmos.

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Samsung Postpones Rollout of Galaxy Fold

The company, the world’s largest handset maker, said it would postpone the release of the foldable smartphone after reports that the device was malfunctioning.

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How to Declutter and Speed Up Your Phone

If your phone is feeling a little laggy, here are some tips to clear out old apps and other things that may be slowing it down.

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Tech We’re Using: The Must-Have When Reporting on Disasters: A Satellite Phone

Thomas Fuller, San Francisco bureau chief, knows you cannot rely on cell networks during earthquakes, wildfires and other breaking news catastrophes.

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Tech Fix: Uber vs. Lyft: Which Ride-Hailing App Is Better?

Here’s a comprehensive comparison of the two services to help you choose your go-to app for hitching rides.

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Three Movie Subscription Services, and When They’re Worth It

MoviePass made waves when it launched, but it’s not the only movie subscription designed to lure you to the theater. Here are a few popular ones, who they’re for, and whether you’ll save money with one.

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