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Too many phone cases
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From the Editor’s Desk: In Any Case (Premium)

We all have our weird or unusual pretensions, things that are not so much interests…

Roma Norte sunrise, styled by AI as a painting
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From the Editor’s Desk: More Time (Premium)

We're flying home tomorrow, and the last day of these trips always turns into a…

There's a rotten Apple in the market
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From the Editor’s Desk: Thinking Clearly About the Rotten Apple (Premium)

The EU is going after Apple again, but don't get distracted by the noise. This…

A third space
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From the Editor’s Desk: Third Space (Premium)

You've perhaps heard of the importance of the so-called third space, that place that is…

A small car parked by itself in a giant empty parking lot with a few light poles
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From the Editor’s Desk: Complimentary (Premium)

As I write this, we're between the third and fourth of four back-to-back trips, the…

Boy flying above the neighborhood
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From the Editor’s Desk: Mother (Premium)

Yesterday was Mother's Day, my annual reminder that most people have a much healthier relationship…

The overly-ripe banana
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From the Editor’s Desk: Right? (Premium)

Are you willing to do the right thing for others even if it inconveniences you?…

Angry robots surround a man
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From the Editor’s Desk: Not So Social (Premium)

I've noted before that the more you get to know most people, the more they…

Bridge over the River Copilot
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From the Editor’s Desk: Puente (Premium)

Every Sunday, I have the same pointless conversation with my wife Stephanie about my need…

THINK sign over a doorway in an office
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From the Editor’s Desk: Think (Premium)

Outrage over an innocuous new annoyance in Windows 11 has me worried about our collective…

Dishwashing soap
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From the Editor’s Desk: Problems, Fixes, and Workarounds (Premium)

When it comes to enshittification, Windows is a like a bottle of dishwashing liquid: Maybe…

AI newsreaders
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From the Editor’s Desk: AI the News That’s Fit to Feed (Premium)

While the self-reported news of Artifact’s death was, in the end, an exaggeration, it was…

Ancient Bank of New England computer for tellers
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From the Editor’s Desk: Doubt (Premium)

I’m not sure where the self-doubt comes from or, in my case, when it started,…

Reforma skyline, Mexico City
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From the Editor’s Desk: Fear (Premium)

We had an interesting conversation with a couple we met in Mexico City who were…

Mark and Kelly, France 2012
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From the Editor’s Desk: Kids (Premium)

After a week-long visit, our kids boarded a flight home to Charlotte on Saturday, leaving…

No, not that phone
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From the Editor’s Desk: Can You Hear Me Now? (Premium)

Of all the technological advances that have made international travel so much easier, none have…

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