The time has come for me to chime in on this whole AI gadget craze.

Two new gadgets aren’t worth your money. One absolutely is.

Here it is, my take on what Humane, Rabbit and Meta are doing to free us from smartphones:

🆕 COLUMN:
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/the-ai-gadget-that-can-make-your-life-betterand-two-that-definitely-wont-c51f49f0?st=a458i34feop0n13&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

🆕 VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhzno-IjuiY

Remember the iPhone that still worked after it fell out of an Alaska Airlines plane at 16,000 feet?

I couldn’t shake figuring out how it survived. So I launched some iPhone 14s and Galaxy S23es 300 feet into the sky to find out.

🆕 COLUMN AND VIDEO: https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/why-an-iphone-can-survive-a-drop-from-a-plane-but-not-from-your-kitchen-counter-57453ca9?st=9uqa298hbwakydm&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Joaquin Oliver died in the Parkland shooting six years ago.

Now with AI he's speaking again—and calling elected officials.

My column / video, which published hours before ANOTHER shooting:

https://wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/ai-brings-back-voices-of-children-killed-in-shootings-7d72cb8d?mod=tech_lead_story

I decided it was time to get a computer on wheels—AKA an EV.

So I tested 5: Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, Tesla Model Y, Volkswagen’s ID.4.

Then I narrowed down to 3—the Ford, Tesla and Hyundai—and took them on an epic road trip.

Then I decided to lease one...

COLUMN: https://wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/best-evs-under-60000-dollars-3eed42f9

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8ZDiekQQY