Adam Clark Estes

How to use AI for your taxes — and how not to use it Don’t let ChatGPT do your taxes. But do let it help.

Don’t get mad but I think AI can be really helpful when it comes to taxes, especially this year. I do not, however, think you should ever ever give your W2 info to ChatGPT. www.vox.com/life/480317/...

How plant-based marketing took over everything — even diapers Cautious consumerism isn’t a bad thing, but there’s a lot we don’t know about these products.

I always suspected that compostable plastics weren't really compostable. While that's not exactly true, it's not false either. www.vox.com/life/479565/...

America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?

The new Atlantic cover story has everything: the second Industrial Revolution, zingers, Steve Bannon www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Apple is trying to make your phone usable as a phone again You should turn on the new scam-busting iPhone feature right now.

I'm not convinced Apple's new call screening feature saves me any time but it does save a little bit of sanity www.vox.com/technology/4...

Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you? The do’s and don’ts of asking an AI for health advice.

ChatGPT is great at sounding like a doctor — and sometimes good at diagnosing things your doctor missed — but ultimately it's tricky little text box to trust with your health www.vox.com/technology/4...

This counterintuitive advice about kids and phones makes a lot of sense The case for giving one to your 3-year-old is not as outlandish as it sounds.

OK hear me out: Kids should get phones when they're 3 www.vox.com/even-better/...

Personalized prices sure sound like a bad idea Companies are using your personal data to set prices. Here’s how to sidestep them.

Delta created a little dustup when it said it was personalizing airfares with AI. The situation is actually much worse when you zoom out. www.vox.com/technology/4...

Nobody doomsday preps like billionaire tech bros doomsday prep www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

Revenge of the flip phone The future of the smartphone looks a lot like its past.

Despite rumors of its demise, the smartphone will continue to be your most important gadget for a very long while. www.vox.com/technology/4...

Yikes www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Little videos are cooking our brains The future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?

I suspected that the bottomless well of TikTok/Reels/Shorts that’s eating our attention might be bad. Turns out it’s very bad. www.vox.com/technology/4...

Don’t let AI steal your job It’s okay to hate AI’s encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.

AI should make your job better, not make it disappear. www.vox.com/technology/4...

Google's AI Mode can now have back-and-forth voice conversations | TechCrunch Google is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode.

Finally, you can get into an argument with a Google search techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/g...

‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side effects.

“For a monthly fee starting at $125…” www.wired.com/story/taperi...

Green-Wood Cemetery’s Living Dead How the “forever business” is changing at New York City’s biggest graveyard.

"They consider themselves 'last responders.'" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

CGMs are life-saving tools for people with diabetes. I wore various brands for several weeks, and to be honest, it led to some pretty disordered behavior! Maybe my fault. Maybe tracking chemicals in your blood in real time is also just not necessary.

Mark Makary, the new FDA head, told Congress that more healthy Americans should wear CGMs. Casey Means, Trump's surgeon general pick, happens to run a company that sells CGMs.

I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life. Do Apple Watches, Oura rings, and glucose monitors actually make us healthier?

I spent the last six months wearing every health tracker I could find, from an Oura ring to a continuous glucose monitor. I did not expect to find myself toe-to-toe with RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement. www.vox.com/technology/4...

To be more specific, it's terrifying not because it's so good but because it stands to break the web as we know it — which has been pretty good for nearly four decades.

What is Google even for anymore? Search as you know it is slowly crumbling.

I've been using Google's new AI Mode and I like it and it terrifies me www.vox.com/technology/4...

Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out.

So do we put the last penny in a museum or just throw it in the trash with the rest of them? apnews.com/article/us-m...

The thing you told your mom about not clicking ads on Facebook, tell her again www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...

Dust storms: Never a good omen economically speaking

Wall of Dust Races Across Central Illinois and Pushes Into Chicago

Perfect www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/w...

What are we even doing any more? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Mark Zuckerberg’s surreal new AI app is the future Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.

Nobody said the future would be good for you www.vox.com/technology/4...

It's increasingly clear that we're being forced to live through a worse version of the 80s www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...

Now is a really great time to buy a new toaster www.vox.com/technology/4...

I'm starting to think Her was a documentary after all. Therapy/companionship, organizing your life, and finding purpose are now the top 3 uses of generative AI hbr.org/2025/04/how-...

A surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax season Doing your taxes is technical and boring. It’s perfect for AI chatbots.

Doing your taxes is technical and boring. It’s perfect for AI chatbots. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/lo8wa9