Joanna Stern
@joannastern.bsky.social
👩🏻💻 Senior personal tech columnist @WSJ
📺 Contributor @nbcnews + @CNBC
🏆 Emmy winner, technology and family lover
📺 Contributor @nbcnews + @CNBC
🏆 Emmy winner, technology and family lover
Got to protect your valuables.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Got to protect your valuables.
Aaron Paul is a full-on Light Phone guy. I talked with him and Light CEO @kaiweitang.com last night. Great combo. Me: buys and tests every new gadget. Aaron: no computer, uses a Light Phone and only uses his iPhone sparingly. Made for a fun conversation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Aaron Paul is a full-on Light Phone guy. I talked with him and Light CEO @kaiweitang.com last night. Great combo. Me: buys and tests every new gadget. Aaron: no computer, uses a Light Phone and only uses his iPhone sparingly. Made for a fun conversation.
Today you can pre-order the 1X Neo humanoid robot for $20K. As in, it will come live in your house in 2026.*
I spent a lot of time with Neo. You do not want to miss this wild video and column.
*Also, a teleoperator might need to peer into your house. Like I said, wild. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I spent a lot of time with Neo. You do not want to miss this wild video and column.
*Also, a teleoperator might need to peer into your house. Like I said, wild. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today you can pre-order the 1X Neo humanoid robot for $20K. As in, it will come live in your house in 2026.*
I spent a lot of time with Neo. You do not want to miss this wild video and column.
*Also, a teleoperator might need to peer into your house. Like I said, wild. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I spent a lot of time with Neo. You do not want to miss this wild video and column.
*Also, a teleoperator might need to peer into your house. Like I said, wild. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
News! I’m on book leave for a few months, writing about my year of letting AI and robots run my life. No WSJ columns / videos for now BUT I’ve launched a 🆕 personal newsletter to share my adventures. And the fine people at @beehiiv.com made it look fun. Subscribe! joannastern.beehiiv.com/subscribe
July 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
News! I’m on book leave for a few months, writing about my year of letting AI and robots run my life. No WSJ columns / videos for now BUT I’ve launched a 🆕 personal newsletter to share my adventures. And the fine people at @beehiiv.com made it look fun. Subscribe! joannastern.beehiiv.com/subscribe
The real Siri Easter egg: hiding all the answers to life’s toughest questions
April 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The real Siri Easter egg: hiding all the answers to life’s toughest questions
Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple?
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple?
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.
We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
Good! The MacBook Air is back at a starting price of $999. And it has a new M4 chip and blue color.
March 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Good! The MacBook Air is back at a starting price of $999. And it has a new M4 chip and blue color.
RIP, iPhone SE. Long live, iPhone 16E.
No home button. But action button. One 48MP camera. A18 chip and Apple Intelligence. No Dynamic Island. But 6.1-inch screen with notch. $599 for 128GB.
apple.com/newsroom/202...
No home button. But action button. One 48MP camera. A18 chip and Apple Intelligence. No Dynamic Island. But 6.1-inch screen with notch. $599 for 128GB.
apple.com/newsroom/202...
February 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
RIP, iPhone SE. Long live, iPhone 16E.
No home button. But action button. One 48MP camera. A18 chip and Apple Intelligence. No Dynamic Island. But 6.1-inch screen with notch. $599 for 128GB.
apple.com/newsroom/202...
No home button. But action button. One 48MP camera. A18 chip and Apple Intelligence. No Dynamic Island. But 6.1-inch screen with notch. $599 for 128GB.
apple.com/newsroom/202...
Yes, yes, AGI is right around the corner.
February 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Yes, yes, AGI is right around the corner.
Tim Cook teased a new Apple product launch on X.
If you look closely you can SEe an iPhone SE without a home button
If you look closely you can SEe an iPhone SE without a home button
February 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Tim Cook teased a new Apple product launch on X.
If you look closely you can SEe an iPhone SE without a home button
If you look closely you can SEe an iPhone SE without a home button
I thought the OpenAI Super Bowl ad was good but not *THAT* good. www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...
February 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I thought the OpenAI Super Bowl ad was good but not *THAT* good. www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...
But but but… where’s my 6G?
February 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
But but but… where’s my 6G?
How long until the DeepSeek ban-but-not-really-a-ban begins?
January 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
How long until the DeepSeek ban-but-not-really-a-ban begins?
Yesterday at Davos: Anthropic CEO told me around 2027 for AI that's better than a human at everything—or almost everything.
Today at Davos: OpenAI's Kevin Weil tells me "I don't even know if it'll be 2027. I think it could be earlier."
Today at Davos: OpenAI's Kevin Weil tells me "I don't even know if it'll be 2027. I think it could be earlier."
January 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yesterday at Davos: Anthropic CEO told me around 2027 for AI that's better than a human at everything—or almost everything.
Today at Davos: OpenAI's Kevin Weil tells me "I don't even know if it'll be 2027. I think it could be earlier."
Today at Davos: OpenAI's Kevin Weil tells me "I don't even know if it'll be 2027. I think it could be earlier."
As part of my AI-life-takeover for the year, I have ChatGPT sending me AI tasks to do every day. Here’s today’s. AI has a very weird view of how humans like to spend our time.
January 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
As part of my AI-life-takeover for the year, I have ChatGPT sending me AI tasks to do every day. Here’s today’s. AI has a very weird view of how humans like to spend our time.
I love my hallucinated husband. Yes, Apple Intelligence keeps insisting I have one when summarizing my wife’s messages. Apple says it’s working on a fix and designed its AI to avoid reinforcing stereotypes and biases. More in my newsletter: techthings.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjrttn...
January 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I love my hallucinated husband. Yes, Apple Intelligence keeps insisting I have one when summarizing my wife’s messages. Apple says it’s working on a fix and designed its AI to avoid reinforcing stereotypes and biases. More in my newsletter: techthings.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjrttn...
It’s about time. Apple Intelligence notification summaries have been disabled for all news apps in iOS 18.3 Beta 3.
Apple says it’s working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update.
Apple says it’s working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update.
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It’s about time. Apple Intelligence notification summaries have been disabled for all news apps in iOS 18.3 Beta 3.
Apple says it’s working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update.
Apple says it’s working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update.
Gather round kids and let me tell you a story about a real technology ban...
January 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Gather round kids and let me tell you a story about a real technology ban...
Dude, you’re getting a Dell Pro Max Base!
January 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Dude, you’re getting a Dell Pro Max Base!
Uber advertising at DMV: Your big driver's test fail is our big win.
January 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Uber advertising at DMV: Your big driver's test fail is our big win.
When you can no longer make it to midnight. #middleagehack
January 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
When you can no longer make it to midnight. #middleagehack
Every year I laugh at the idea that life magically transforms as the calendar flips from Dec to Jan. Yet here I am again, along with @mims.bsky.social and Nicole Nguyen, predicting the biggest tech trends of 2025… www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
December 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Every year I laugh at the idea that life magically transforms as the calendar flips from Dec to Jan. Yet here I am again, along with @mims.bsky.social and Nicole Nguyen, predicting the biggest tech trends of 2025… www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
True parenting pride. Still working on the Tetris strategy.
December 24, 2024 at 4:20 PM
True parenting pride. Still working on the Tetris strategy.
Party City going out of business; shutting down all stores. Going to miss this place. www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/b...
December 20, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Party City going out of business; shutting down all stores. Going to miss this place. www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/b...