Joanna Stern

@stephenrobles @RichieBoss1298 I would be lost without your vids! For your sake. I hope Apple never makes this app easier to use 🤣

@JoannaStern @RichieBoss1298 Shrotcuts playlist is up to 71 videos now 😅 and I have an entire community with 5,000+ people all learning Shortcuts! (shortcut.bot) youtube.com/playlist?list=…

This week’s Useful Thing: customize your iPhone’s charging sound. I went with the Mac startup chime. What you going with?

@camilo650 Yes link in newsletter to places to download. Download on Mac, Airdrop to phone ➡️froods.ca/~dschaub/sound…

@JoannaStern is downloading the sound you want really that easy? is there a good source for sounds ie macbook startup?

@RichieBoss1298 I love people defending it. @stephenrobles literally has made a full time job helping people do things with this app!

@JoannaStern She is sk right here Shortcuts app is soooooooooo bad to use. Unnecessary complicated

And yes, this went viral a few weeks ago but so many of the directions were confusing to me when I tried to follow them. More in today's edition of New Things: thenewthings.com/p/your-car-jus…

May’s books: @JoannaStern AI diaries, @Ann_Leckie sci-fi, Arthurian verse, Kimberlé Crenshaw, soccer books for World Cup & more bookandfilmglobe.com/books/robots-s… @HarperCollins @orbitbooks @knopf @SimonSchuster @VikingBooks @GalleryBooks @Portfolio @RiverheadBooks

It wasn't all love though. It also broke my toe. All this and more in our latest YouTube video youtube.com/watch?v=ucy9VT…

Me training my new Chinese robot to clean and... love. #robotromance

Watch the full video on my new YouTube channel! youtube.com/watch?v=ucy9VT…

Meet my new Chinese robot.

I invited a Unitree G1 Chinese humanoid robot into my home. I also went to the warehouse where they’re being imported into the U.S. by the thousands. Are these the future of home robots? A security risk? Surveillance on legs? I got answers—and a broken toe. Our first real video is up on YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=ucy9VT…

@entersamar Nope. Don’t like red wine.

Is this you ma'am @JoannaStern ? 🥹😂

My 6-year-old son texted me, "Are you OK?" Yes, we're all OK. I FaceTimed him and said I'll be home soon. But I worry that one day I'll be texting that same question to him. It seems that in America, everyone eventually winds up too close to a terrible spasm of violence.

After the president was evacuated and we’d all feared for our lives, everyone got to work to report the story. Because journalists.

I was at the White House Correspondents Dinner tonight sitting with my new colleagues at @NBCNews. As the President and all other elected officials were being cleared from the room, we hid under tables. I am ok.

@JBFlint Finally, someone admits this!

She's right!

My full take on Apple's autocorrect + AI problems in today's new New Things newsletter: thenewthings.com/p/fix-iphone-a…

I’m convinced Apple’s iPhone autocorrect is getting worse. Yes, iOS 26.4 helped with fast-typing accuracy, but resetting my iPhone keyboard dictionary helped even more. Here's hoping iOS 27 and John Ternus can turnus it around.

@codymclain I hope so! So much work. But I know people love to read and watch!

@JoannaStern congrats on the launch! the newsletter + youtube combo is smart, way easier to build an audience when you own both channels

My new thing is live! It's called NEW. THINGS. It's a YouTube channel and newsletter. And fun! Go watch the launch video and become a paid subscriber! thenewthings.com/p/meet-my-new-…

@Casey I love this quote. See more in my YouTube launch video: youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2Dyr…

"Much of technology today is made by a very small group of people for another very small group of people.... I think that's why much of tech is soulless." - @Casey