Allison Johnson

The future of AI gadgets is just phones

/ Inside my illuminating and incredibly dumb quest to create an AI wearable from phones I had lying about.By Allison…

2 weeks ago

Google’s AI photo editing tools are expanding to a lot more phones

/ Features previously exclusive to Pixels or behind a paywall will be free for everyone using Google Photos — up…

3 weeks ago

Surprise! Google will let the Pixel 8 run on-device AI after all

/ Public shaming works.By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a…

1 month ago

Why the DOJ’s case against Apple has everything to do with Microsoft in the ’90s

/ What goes around comes around.By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She…

1 month ago

The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn’t

/ The AI Pin would look pretty impressive if it wasn’t so self-serious.By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years…

2 months ago

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series will get AI features in late March

/ One UI 6.1 is coming soon to recent Galaxy phones, foldables, and tablets.By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10…

2 months ago

Google’s Gemini assistant is a fantastic and frustrating glimpse of the AI future

/ It’s useful, but it’s also thoroughly Google.By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer…

3 months ago

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra review: all that and AI

The Galaxy S24 Ultra is packed with top-tier hardware, but its highly touted AI features are hit-or-miss — and the…

3 months ago

Samsung’s fancy new Galaxy AI features might not be free forever

/ How much could a smarter smartphone be worth?By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about…

4 months ago

The AI phones are coming

/ We’re tired of tapping through apps on our phones all day. Can Samsung show us an AI tool to…

4 months ago