Tag: empowerment
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Folding an iPhone Is Stupid. Change My Mind.
There, I said it. Folding an iPhone is stupid. On Wednesday, September 9, Apple held an event called “Surprise and Shine,” and for the first time in fifteen years, it won’t be Tim Cook running the show. New CEO John Ternus is stepping up, and the headline act he’s introducing to the world is Apple’s…
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When Was the Last Time a Tech Company Impressed You?
When Was the Last Time a Tech Company Actually Impressed You? Take a second and think about it, I’ll wait. Not “didn’t ruin your day.” Not “technically resolved the issue after forty-five minutes on hold and being transferred three times.” Really impressed you. Made you think, huh, that was easy, and also kind of lovely?…
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The iOS 27 Features Nobody’s Talking About (But Every Woman Should Know)
Every year, Apple holds its Worldwide Developers Conference and every year, the tech press descends like a flock of extremely caffeinated seagulls to tell you about the thing that is going to change everything. This year it was Siri AI. The glowing orb. The rebuilt assistant that is “profoundly more capable and personal.” Those are…
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Houston, We Have a Problem — I Said Yes to a Space Startup
A few weeks ago I told you the quiet part out loud. I told you about the layoff, the health insurance panic, the identity crisis that nobody warns you about, and the very specific terror of being a woman over 50 in tech who suddenly has to prove she still exists. I told you about…
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Progress at What Cost? The Data Center Moving In Next Door
My neighbor Dave thinks the windowless beige building going up off the highway is an Amazon warehouse, but I haven’t corrected him. Partly because I don’t have the heart, and partly because the explanation of “that’s a data center that drinks more water in a day than our entire neighborhood does in a month, and…
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From Useless to Unstoppable: What the New Siri Means for Women Who Do Everything
It was early morning at the Apple Store, somewhere around 6 a.m., and we hadn’t opened the doors yet. A handful of us, Geniuses, Creatives, the particular breed of person who willingly shows up before sunrise to be the first to touch a new phone, had been handed shiny new iPhones and told to get…