Nicole Nguyen

San Francisco

Personal Tech Columnist at The Wall Street Journal

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Can Blood-Sugar Data Improve Your Health? I Tried the Stelo Glucose Monitor

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

The latest smart wearable got under my skin. Two weeks ago, I used an applicator with an intimidating needle to lodge a tiny wire into the back of my arm. Since then, the sensor has sent my blood-sugar levels to my phone every 15 minutes. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
手把手教你删除个人信息（下）：暗网上的数据怎么办？

1 month ago | cn.wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

你的个人信息在暗网上值多少钱？• 你的信用卡卡号：6美元Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
グーグルの会議ライブ翻訳、試してみた

1 month ago | jp.wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

ビデオ会議ツール「GoogleMeet」に搭載された新しいAI音声翻訳は、話者の声やトーン、感情まで再現する　筆者はスペイン語を話せない。だがその時ばかりは、生涯ずっと話してきたかのように自然にしゃべっていた。　試したのは、ビデオ会議ツール「Google Meet（グーグルミート）」に導入される新しいリアルタイム翻訳機能だ。それは完璧ではないものの、言語の処理方法と人間の感情を再現することにおいてAIが進歩していることを示す結果となった。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版今すぐ購読する Special Advertising Section アクセスランキング
亲测谷歌视频会议平台的“AI同传”，简直太神了！

1 month ago | cn.wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

我不会说西班牙语，但我当时却滔滔不绝，仿佛一辈子都在说西班牙语。我当时正在测试谷歌(Google) Meet视频聊天即将引入的一个新型实时翻译功能。测试结果虽然不完美，但显示出人工智能(AI)在处理语言和模仿人类情感方面正变得多么出色。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
I Tried the New Real-Time Translator for Google Meet-It’s Wild

1 month ago | wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

I don’t speak Spanish, but there I was, chattering away like I had spoken it my entire life. I was testing a new real-time translator coming to Google Meet video chats. The results, while not perfect, show how good AI is getting at processing language and mimicking human emotion. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Delete Yourself, Part 2: Your Personal Data on the Dark Web

1 month ago | tovima.com | Nicole Nguyen

How to lock down your finances and online accounts after a data breach spreads your information to the secret corners of the internetHow much does your data sell for on the dark web? • Your credit-card number: $6• Your PayPal account credentials: $100• Your crypto wallet login: $350A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about tools to scrub your information from websites.
Your Data Was Exposed in a Breach, Now It’s on the Dark Web. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

• Your PayPal account credentials: $100• Your crypto wallet login: $350A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about tools to scrub your information from websites. I received many emails from readers who asked: “What about my data that’s on the dark web?”This hidden part of the internet is where criminals exchange illegally obtained data, such as passport details, passwords and Social Security numbers—including mine, I recently discovered.
手把手教你在互联网上删除个人信息

2 months ago | cn.wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

在互联网上找到你的个人信息，提出删除请求……反复如此。具体如何操作，本文会手把手教你。谷歌(Google)更新了“与您有关的搜索结果” (Results About You)工具，用了它以后，我大开眼界。该工具在所谓的人物搜索网站上发现了我的家庭住址、电话号码和电子邮箱，还有我的出生日期和祖母的姓名——尽管我几年前就要求从某些数据库中删除这些信息。它还会定期发送电子邮件，提醒我更多被暴露的数据。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8订阅热门文章热门视频
The Future of Gadgets: Fewer Updates, More Subscriptions, Bigger Price Tags

2 months ago | wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen

Big Tech was spared. Small Tech is looking for ways to survive. It’s a brave new world for makers of high-tech stuff. This month, President Trump announced that —and goods from China, which makes most of the world’s electronics, face the steepest levies, as high as 145%. The situation is far from settled. But things are already tougher for thousands of American companies that have long steered their development and production through China.
Go Delete Yourself From the Internet. Seriously, Here’s How.

2 months ago | tovima.com | Nicole Nguyen

Google updated its “Results About You” tool, and using it has been an eye-opening experience. It uncovered my home address, phone number and email on so-called people-search websites, along with my birth date and grandma’s name—even though I requested removal from some databases years ago. It regularly sends emails alerting me to more exposed data. And yes, your info is out there, too.