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Shara Tibken

Iowa, New York, United States

Personal Tech News Editor at The Wall Street Journal

Personal Tech News Editor @WSJ. Former Managing Editor @CNET @CNETNews. Fellowships @GoetheInstitut & @ICFJ Burns. DMs open. Email: [email protected]

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  • 2 months ago | tovima.com | Shara Tibken

    Plus, some of our favorite products for blocking annoying soundsI’ve always been a light sleeper. A creaking floorboard sends me shooting out of bed. And don’t get me started on my neighbors’ late-night music fests. I can’t sleep without something to drown out sounds: white noise. A survey published last year by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine found over a third of Americans always or often experience sleep disruptions because of outside noise.

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | Shara Tibken

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  • Jan 4, 2025 | wsj.com | Shara Tibken

    Sort through old photos. It’s that to-do list item that keeps getting pushed down to make room for tasks that aren’t so overwhelming. Who even knows where all those digital files are? There are tens of thousands of images in your iCloud. And more in your Google and Facebook META 0.90%increase; green up pointing triangle accounts. And your dusty old hard drives. And even those old photo CDs you got from Walgreens a million years ago.

  • Nov 16, 2024 | wsj.com | Nicole Nguyen |Joanna Stern |Shara Tibken |Ann-Marie Alcantara

    Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 01:19This article is in your queue. When tech gifts solve problems and improve lives, they’re not just for the geeks, they’re for everyone. The proof is in this guide, which features only gear we tested ourselves and loved. We even bought quite a few. Our picks include a power adapter with a built-in tracker, so you’ll never lose it again. Another is a combo pillow and tablet holder, ideal for lounging and streaming.

  • Nov 15, 2024 | wsj.com | Shara Tibken

    Good luck getting a safe-deposit box. Longtime deposit-box renters are getting kicked out of their boxes by banks that are shutting down or scaling back the service. Customers say they have been struggling to find the small boxes traditionally kept inside vaults to store family heirlooms and other valuables.

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Shara Tibken
Shara Tibken @sharatibken
14 May 24

RT @wallernikki: Well-deserved recognition for excellent consumer reporting that resulted in a whole new iPhone setting. 🎉@JoannaStern @nic…

Shara Tibken
Shara Tibken @sharatibken
13 Dec 23

Yes! This!

Wilson Rothman
Wilson Rothman @wjrothman

It's not every day, every week or even every year that the largest tech giant changes its most popular product because of journalism done by your team. My pride in @JoannaStern and @nicnguyen has driven me so far as to even post on this platform! Go team! https://t.co/BvQBNGmflc

Shara Tibken
Shara Tibken @sharatibken
14 Sep 23

This @Google update comes after @nicnguyen's @wsj column about concerns held by school administrators that Chromebooks are too short-lived to be cost effective

nic nguyen
nic nguyen @nicnguyen

🆕 google is updating its chromebook support policy: no existing chromebooks will expire within the next two years. in 2024, chrome machines will receive updates for ten years, up from eight.   https://t.co/TFUZ0HcZru