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Adam Clark Estes

Adam Clark Estes

Senior technology correspondent

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    Say goodbye to your $30 toaster.

    By Adam Clark Estes
    Even Better
    A surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax seasonA surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax season
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    Doing your taxes is technical and boring. It’s perfect for AI chatbots.

    By Adam Clark Estes
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    A skeptic’s guide to quitting your smartphoneA skeptic’s guide to quitting your smartphone
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    I spent a week living with the new Light Phone. It wasn’t long enough.

    By Adam Clark Estes
    Technology
    Your TV is watching youYour TV is watching you
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    Roku, Amazon, and practically every company in the streaming business are inventing new ways to make money off your data.

    By Adam Clark Estes
    Even Better
    The surprising thing I learned from quitting SpotifyThe surprising thing I learned from quitting Spotify
    Even Better

    It took months of living without Spotify’s algorithm to realize I had trained it too well.

    By Adam Clark Estes
    Technology
    The Elon Musk company you should be worried about right nowThe Elon Musk company you should be worried about right now
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    The Trump administration appears to be giving Starlink, a division of SpaceX, preferential treatment.

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