Brian X. Chen
Technology What We Learned From Apple’s New Privacy Labels

What We Learned From Apple’s New Privacy Labels

We all know that apps collect our data. Yet one of the few ways to find out what an app does with our information involves reading a privacy policy. Let’s…

Brian X. Chen (New York)
Technology The New Apple Watch Measures Your Blood Oxygen. Now What?

The New Apple Watch Measures Your Blood Oxygen. Now What?

The new Apple Watch can be summed up in two words: blood oxygen. The ability to measure your blood’s oxygen saturation — an overall indicator of wellness —…

Brian X. Chen (New York )
Technology How to Make Your Tech Last Longer

How to Make Your Tech Last Longer

With so many people becoming unemployed in the pandemic-induced recession, we have no choice but to handle our technology differently. Put another way: We need…

Brian X. Chen (New York )
Technology The Tech Headaches of Working From Home and How to Remedy Them

The Tech Headaches of Working From Home and How to Remedy Them

Working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic may sound like a luxury. Freedom to cook lunch. Time to do laundry between tasks. Respite from that…

Brian X. Chen (Washington)
Technology Foldable Phones Are Here. Do We Really Want Them?

Foldable Phones Are Here. Do We Really Want Them?

Your next smartphone may flip open to reveal its screen and fold up when you are ready to put it away — just like the old-school clamshell phones from the…

Brian X. Chen (London)
Technology How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct

How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct

Last year you may have been addicted to Beyoncé. But nowadays you’re more into Lizzo. You also once went through a phase of being obsessed with houseplants,…

Brian X. Chen (London)
Technology IPhone 11 and 11 Pro Review: Thinking Differently in the Golden Age of Smartphones

IPhone 11 and 11 Pro Review: Thinking Differently in the Golden Age of Smartphones

Over more than a decade of writing about technology, reviewing a new iPhone has long been one of my simplest assignments. Year after year, the formula was…

Brian X. Chen (New York)
Technology Hi, Alexa. How Do I Stop You From Listening In On Me?

Hi, Alexa. How Do I Stop You From Listening In On Me?

Many of us ask the digital companions in our homes, whether it’s Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri or Google Assistant, to handle innocuous tasks like setting a…

Brian X. Chen (Washington)