Stories by David Pogue

5G Devices Are about to Change Your Life

It will make 4G phones seem positively quaint

What’s Changed Since My First Column for Scientific American

What’s changed since my first Scientific American column

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Keyboard Shortcuts

Apple adopted them early and brilliantly, and they usually made sense

How Good Is Tesla’s “Enhanced Autopilot” Feature?

Take a ride with Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot feature

Hearing Aids Are Finally Entering the 21st Century

This outdated, expensive tech is getting a big makeover

Google’s Duplex AI Scares Some People, but I Can’t Wait for It to Become a Thing

Google's new assistant sounds almost scarily human

Megamergers I’d Like to See

12 ideas for new companies that probably won't exist—but should

These Apps Don't Exist Yet--but They Should

The Waze model of crowdsourced info is only the beginning

The “Clips” Camera Just Might Be the Weirdest Product Ever

Google's new camera decides what to photograph, based on AI algorithms

Automobile Dashboard Technology Is Simply Awful

New cars have amazing technology everywhere but the dashboard

Video Looks Most Natural Horizontally, but We Hold Our Phones Vertically

We see horizontally but tend to hold our phones vertically

A Brief History of Aspect Ratios, aka Screen Proportions

A Compendium of AI-Composed Pop Songs

Is Art Created by AI Really Art?

When AI creates compelling art, the meaning of creativity gets blurred

How Good Is Star Trek's Record at Predicting the Future of Tech?

How Well Do Movies Predict Our Tech Future?

They get lots wrong but a surprising amount right

How Online Subscription Services Deal with the Problem of Password Sharing

In principle, you could share your password with anyone

How to Fight Format Rot

The Library of Congress has your back

How to Read Old MS Word Files When Word Says You Can’t

Beware: Your Home Security Cam Is Watching You

It's weird to see how you act when nobody's looking