Joanna Stern

senior personal technology columnist, The Wall Street Journal

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Wall Street Journal technology columnist Joanna Stern and her colleagues built a chatbot for iPhone recommendations. Then came the movie reviews, recipes, and Nazis.

A tech columnist built a chatbot for iPhone reviews. It got weird

Wall Street Journal technology columnist Joanna Stern and her colleagues built a chatbot for iPhone recommendations. Then came the movie reviews, recipes, and Nazis.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Over the course of 48 hours, The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern visited dozens of non-Tesla EV charging stations around LA County. A significant portion of them didn't work.

LA’s EV charging woes: Out-of-order signs, payment problems

Over the course of 48 hours, The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern visited dozens of non-Tesla EV charging stations around LA County. A significant portion of them didn't work.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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