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Brian Chen

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Technology Columnist at The New York Times

Tech columnist for @nytimes / legacy blue check / Putting out fires and starting new ones every week / See also @[email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | diario.mx | Brian Chen

    Cuando viaje a Asia este verano, planeo dejar mi iPhone en casa. En su lugar, empacaré un teléfono diferente que carezca de mis aplicaciones básicas, como Instagram, Slack y Signal. Ni siquiera se registrará en mi correo electrónico de trabajo. No, no estoy planeando una desintoxicación digital.

  • 1 week ago | infobae.com | Brian Chen

    (Circuits) ; (Tech Fix)Cuando viaje a Asia este verano, pienso dejar mi iPhone en casa. En su lugar, meteré en la maleta otro teléfono que no tenga mis aplicaciones básicas, como Instagram, Slack y Signal. Ni siquiera me conectaré a mi correo electrónico del trabajo. No, no estoy planeando una desintoxicación digital.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brian Chen

    Here are some best practices for safeguarding sensitive personal data. When I travel to Asia this summer, I plan to leave my iPhone at home. Instead, I'll pack a different phone lacking my staple apps, like Instagram, Slack and Signal. It won't even be logged in to my work email. No, I'm not planning a digital detox.

  • 2 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Brian Chen

    Google recently released the Pixel 9a, the $500 (nearly ₹43,000) sibling of its $800 (₹68,300) flagship smartphone, the Pixel 9. It competes directly with the $600 (₹51,000) iPhone 16e released in February, the cheaper version of Apple’s $800 iPhone 16 Brian X. Chen Published 28.04.25, 07:31 AM With all the talk about tariffs driving up costs, the word “cheaper” should bring comfort to just about anyone.

  • 3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Brian Chen

    With all the talk about tariffs driving up costs, the word “cheaper” should bring comfort to just about anyone. That’s why I’m delighted to share that the cheaper smartphone from Google has arrived, a few months after Apple released a somewhat cheaper entry-level iPhone — and that both products are very good. Google this month released the Pixel 9a, the $500 sibling of its $800 flagship smartphone, the Pixel 9.

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15 Nov 23

RT @kashhill: Bold column from @bxchen says you should be paying $25 per month for your smartphone plan. He did the legwork, putting the…

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20 Sep 23

Google says it’s easy to switch your default search engine to a different service. (Narrator: It’s not.) https://t.co/oBiYSTUu7r

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Brian X. Chen @bxchen
19 Sep 23

We saw our Labrador’s doppelgänger on the freeway over the weekend and I’ve been telling people “we saw her double - it’s like that movie Timecop.” But no one has seen Timecop and now I feel so alone https://t.co/njfYxGdt2g