I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works
…I’ve gotten into the habit of swiping down on the homescreen and using search to get to apps, and every time I do there’s a big prompt to “search or…
Search
Trump Mobile’s website still says the T1 Phone is ‘American-made’
…It’s not actually visible on the page itself, but appears in its meta title — which in turn populates both the browser tab and search engine results. I’ve asked Trump Mobile…
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
…She calls it “the fruity tea,” which is not a name, but is the kind of fuzzy search ChatGPT ought to handle well! It offered me Iced Green Tea Lemonade, which is…
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
…For adults, it’s looking up information — LLMs are in the process of supplanting Google Search. Google had been degrading its search project for some time, and the results just kept…
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
…What I eventually found, after weeks of searching, dozens of emails, and a reporting effort that spanned continents, was somehow even dumber than I’d imagined. [Image: The Gudtrip weed vape’s…
The secret to Roku’s success: not being cool
…Roughly 10 years ago, someone told me that Roku was making “cheap hardware to sell to Walmart customers in flyover states.” The remark was meant to be an insult, belittling a company…
Internet Culture
…Richard Lawler Dec 4, 2025 Google’s Year in Search 2025 is here, but remember: these aren’t the “most searched” topics. As usual , Google is back with another set of the…
In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is the risk factor
…A CTRL-F search for “Tesla” yields 87 results, “xAI” is mentioned 356 times, “Grok” 243 times, and “X” 267 times. Even the “Boring Company” (7 times), “Neuralink” (3), and “Optimus” (1…
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
…He also spent more than 10 years running Microsoft’s search and online businesses and also helped launch the Xbox One, Windows 10, and Copilot Plus PCs. He’s the latest in…
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
…She instructed Xbox engineering teams to work on highly requested features in early March, including a cleaner Xbox guide and custom colors across the UI. This delighted fans that had been waiting…