Sunday, November 15, 2026
Apple Makes Me Talk to Two Assistants. Google Put One in Maps.
I Turned Off My Jeep. My iPhone Is Still Talking to It.
YouTube TV Used to Autoplay Perfectly on My TCL Roku TV. Then Google Quietly Took It Away.
Paprika 4 Is the Recipe App We Use Every Single Day

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Apple Makes Me Talk to Two Assistants. Google Put One in Maps.
I Turned Off My Jeep. My iPhone Is Still Talking to It.
YouTube TV Used to Autoplay Perfectly on My TCL Roku TV. Then Google Quietly Took It Away.
Paprika 4 Is the Recipe App We Use Every Single Day

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Illustration of a smartphone on a car dashboard showing a maps app with a sparkly AI assistant button.

Apple Makes Me Talk to Two Assistants. Google Put One in Maps.

Illustration of a red Jeep Wrangler with the top down, photographed from the driver's seat so the dashboard touchscreen is visible.

I Turned Off My Jeep. My iPhone Is Still Talking to It.

Illustration of a living-room TV showing a Roku-style home screen with a row of colorful app tiles.

YouTube TV Used to Autoplay Perfectly on My TCL Roku TV. Then Google Quietly Took It Away.

Illustration of an all-in-one touchscreen PC on a kitchen counter beside a cooktop, with a tortellini recipe on the screen.

Paprika 4 Is the Recipe App We Use Every Single Day

Screenshot of the NVIDIA app offering GeForce Game Ready Driver 621.14 with 'No driver installed' behind an 'Installation can't continue' dialog that says the driver is not compatible with this version of Windows and could not find compatible graphics hardware.

NVIDIA, You Had One Job: Install the Driver

A phone with a digital wallet showing an empty ID slot next to a sample Connecticut driver's license, an NFC tap reader, and a QR code stand

Connecticut Promised Me Apple Wallet in 2021. I Got Another App.

A small square-screened smart home display on a kitchen counter showing a cramped web page with a video and a recipe, next to chopped vegetables and a smartphone

Apple Built a $299 Kitchen Screen. It Can’t Run YouTube or My Recipe App.

A smudged, crumb-covered silver touchpad remote next to a simple black button remote on a living room coffee table, with two generic streaming boxes and a TV full of app tiles behind them.

Everyone Loves the Apple TV. Then a Kid Picks Up the Remote.

A car dashboard screen in a parking garage at dusk sends a voice message, while incoming chat bubbles with muted-speaker icons float above it, unheard.

I Can Tell Siri to Send a Facebook Messenger Message in CarPlay. It Just Won’t Read Me the Reply.

Illustration: a plug-in hybrid at a public EV charger at dusk, with a phone showing a Charging Complete alert and a $50.00 pending charge

ChargePoint Has a Great Notification System. It Just Won’t Tell You About Your Money.

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