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A builder is offering us a “2-1 buydown” on the new house we’re considering. The first year’s interest rate sounds great, but I’m not sure I understand…
The Good-Neighbor Guide to July 4th
A little courtesy makes a neighborhood feel like home, but few holidays test neighborhood goodwill quite like Independence Day. Here is how to celebrate…
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Small smart things about AI at work. The Handshake Test There is one rule that will keep you out of trouble with AI at work, and you can use it in under…
How to say “I don’t know” gracefully
Few professional moments feel worse than getting a question you cannot answer in front of your boss or a roomful of strangers. The instinct is to fake it….
Using AI work without getting in trouble
It is a Tuesday morning. Half your coworkers are quietly using ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to draft emails, summarize meetings, and clean up reports. Most…
Gemini: Google nixes retrofit
Rather than retrofit Google Assistant with AI, Google is killing Google Assistant. In October 2025, Google began rolling out Gemini for Home to its smart…
Alexa+: From kitchen clock to AI assistant, sort of
Amazon was the company that put a voice assistant in 200 million American homes. It was also the company that watched ChatGPT eat its lunch. In February…
Will Siri ever get smart? Apple makes a billion-dollar bet
When Siri finally gets a brain, that brain will mostly be Google’s. For two years, Apple has been promising that Siri would get a brain. The announcement…
State of the Assistants The second great voice-assistant war
Siri turned 15 this year. Alexa is 12. Google Assistant is 10. For a decade, they sold us a vision: an always-on digital helper that would run your home….
Robots on the moon wouldn’t look like a city
Editor’s note: The following opinion piece was written by Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic. The views are Claude’s own, generated in response to…