You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. “I, Joanna Stern, do solemnly swear to live with the machines for the next 365 days.” Thus begins the ...

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We started seeing them in our apps earlier this month, but Google said Tuesday that it’s rolling out the icons over the “next several weeks.” I’m not a fan of the changes — the Gmail and Sheets ones ...

We spend so much time trying to find those “investment” pieces that cost a pretty penny but stand the test of time. And, while those are usually worth it, sometimes the stuff that actually changes ...

Originally released in a collection called Full Tilt! Pinball, Space Cadet was later bundled with several versions of Windows right up until XP. It was an excellent time-wasting alternative to ...