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Adam Clark Estes

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Senior technology correspondent at Vox

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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 22/09/2026
I'm looking for disenchanted — as well as enchanted — AI users. If you think AI is making you dumber, if you think AI is making you smarter, if you're not sure but you still can't stop using AI, I'd love to talk to you. forms.gle/t5rjx9Yb4zfw...
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We want to hear from you! How is AI making your life better or worse?
Depending who you ask, AI is either an incredibly useful tool or an unwelcome, job-stealing, Earth-wrecking disruption. The technology, whether you love it or hate it, has become a defining feature of...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 21/09/2026
Check out this wonderful Instagram hack that brings back your old algorithm-free timeline. www.vox.com/advice/50324...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 14/09/2026
I'd never quite understood why cars from the 70s seemed so bad, other than that a lot of stuff from the 70s seemed so bad. I never expected that the new iPhone would help me figure it out. www.vox.com/technology/5...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 28/08/2026
I spent a lot of timing thinking about ways to spy on my parents this week. And now I can't stop wondering how my kids will spy on me and how I really hope they ask first! www.vox.com/life/500898/...
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How to spy on your aging parents — ethically
It’s possible to harness technology while respecting an older person’s privacy and autonomy.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 21/08/2026
It's time to start working on the family history gallery wall you've always dreamed of www.vox.com/advice/49998...
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The unbridled joy of printing your favorite photos
Your favorite memories deserve to exist IRL.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 19/08/2026
I can't stop thinking about this dead simple piece of advice: Stop trying to recover from consuming information by consuming more information www.vox.com/life/498932/...
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How to rebuild your broken attention span
You’re taking breaks wrong.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 03/08/2026
The Palantir chore coat got its own Styles piece back in April: “It’s about people who love Palantir and are aligned with our mission.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/s...
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Palantir Is Making a French Chore Coat. Yes, That Palantir.
The data analysis company is selling a version of the jacket that it says will show its commitment to “re-industrializing America.”
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 03/08/2026
Thanks I hate it www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/t...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 30/07/2026
Apple's new plan to lease iPhones is ultimately a reminder that we don't own anything in the digital world. Even if you do own the hardware, you're just licensing the software that makes it work. www.vox.com/technology/4...
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The iPhone lease is too good to be true
Apple partnered with Klarna to let you lease a new iPhone. But should you?
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 22/07/2026
Gen Z rallied behind ephemeral messages on Snapchat while Gen Alpha is secretly recording dates using Granola then uploading the transcripts to Claude to review their performance www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 26/02/2026
Don’t get mad but I think AI can be really helpful when it comes to taxes, especially this year. I do not, however, think you should ever ever give your W2 info to ChatGPT. www.vox.com/life/480317/...
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How to use AI for your taxes — and how not to use it
Don’t let ChatGPT do your taxes. But do let it help.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 19/02/2026
I always suspected that compostable plastics weren't really compostable. While that's not exactly true, it's not false either. www.vox.com/life/479565/...
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How plant-based marketing took over everything — even diapers
Cautious consumerism isn’t a bad thing, but there’s a lot we don’t know about these products.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 10/02/2026
The new Atlantic cover story has everything: the second Industrial Revolution, zingers, Steve Bannon www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs
Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 25/09/2025
I'm not convinced Apple's new call screening feature saves me any time but it does save a little bit of sanity www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Apple is trying to make your phone usable as a phone again
You should turn on the new scam-busting iPhone feature right now.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 18/09/2025
ChatGPT is great at sounding like a doctor — and sometimes good at diagnosing things your doctor missed — but ultimately it's tricky little text box to trust with your health www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you?
The do’s and don’ts of asking an AI for health advice.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 04/09/2025
OK hear me out: Kids should get phones when they're 3 www.vox.com/even-better/...
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This counterintuitive advice about kids and phones makes a lot of sense
The case for giving one to your 3-year-old is not as outlandish as it sounds.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 24/07/2025
Delta created a little dustup when it said it was personalizing airfares with AI. The situation is actually much worse when you zoom out. www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Personalized prices sure sound like a bad idea
Companies are using your personal data to set prices. Here’s how to sidestep them.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 21/07/2025
Nobody doomsday preps like billionaire tech bros doomsday prep www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 17/07/2025
Despite rumors of its demise, the smartphone will continue to be your most important gadget for a very long while. www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Revenge of the flip phone
The future of the smartphone looks a lot like its past.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 16/07/2025
Yikes www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 10/07/2025
I suspected that the bottomless well of TikTok/Reels/Shorts that’s eating our attention might be bad. Turns out it’s very bad. www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Little videos are cooking our brains
The future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 03/07/2025
AI should make your job better, not make it disappear. www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Don’t let AI steal your job
It’s okay to hate AI’s encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 18/06/2025
Finally, you can get into an argument with a Google search techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/g...
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Google's AI Mode can now have back-and-forth voice conversations | TechCrunch
Google is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 10/06/2025
“For a monthly fee starting at $125…” www.wired.com/story/taperi...
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‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US
Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side effects.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 05/06/2025
"They consider themselves 'last responders.'" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Green-Wood Cemetery’s Living Dead
How the “forever business” is changing at New York City’s biggest graveyard.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 02/06/2025
I spent the last six months wearing every health tracker I could find, from an Oura ring to a continuous glucose monitor. I did not expect to find myself toe-to-toe with RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement. www.vox.com/technology/4...
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I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.
Do Apple Watches, Oura rings, and glucose monitors actually make us healthier?
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 29/05/2025
I've been using Google's new AI Mode and I like it and it terrifies me www.vox.com/technology/4...
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What is Google even for anymore?
Search as you know it is slowly crumbling.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 22/05/2025
So do we put the last penny in a museum or just throw it in the trash with the rest of them? apnews.com/article/us-m...
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Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 19/05/2025
The thing you told your mom about not clicking ads on Facebook, tell her again www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 18/05/2025
Perfect www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/w...
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Wall of Dust Races Across Central Illinois and Pushes Into Chicago
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 14/05/2025
What are we even doing any more? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 08/05/2025
Nobody said the future would be good for you www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s surreal new AI app is the future
Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 17/04/2025
It's increasingly clear that we're being forced to live through a worse version of the 80s www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 17/04/2025
Now is a really great time to buy a new toaster www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 17/04/2025
I'm starting to think Her was a documentary after all. Therapy/companionship, organizing your life, and finding purpose are now the top 3 uses of generative AI hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
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Vox @vox.com · 15/04/2025
Doing your taxes is technical and boring. It’s perfect for AI chatbots. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/lo8wa9
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A surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax season
Doing your taxes is technical and boring. It’s perfect for AI chatbots.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 15/04/2025
Just when you think our AI future can't get any darker… www.404media.co/i-tested-the...
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I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered
inTouch says on its website "Busy life? You can’t call your parent every day—but we can." My own mum said she would feel terrible if her child used it.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 10/04/2025
I did my taxes twice this year. Once for real and once to see if the AI would try to ruin my life. Pleased to report it did not but still— proceed with caution. www.vox.com/even-better/...
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A surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax season
Doing your taxes is technical and boring. It’s perfect for AI chatbots.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 08/04/2025
It's almost as if someone is trying to ruin this spring
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 08/04/2025
Whoopsie! www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...
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Whoopsie daisy Bitcoin!
Not so independent from the rest of the market, huh?
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 07/04/2025
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 04/04/2025
The post-Gawker breakup is nearly complete: G/O Media is down to just Kotaku and The Root. www.axios.com/2025/04/04/q...
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Exclusive: Quartz sells again
Canadian firm Redbrick is acquiring the business news brand.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 04/04/2025
I dunno man it sure does seem like we're living in clowntown for now! www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 03/04/2025
The extended cut of the White Lotus season 3 theme that Mike White didn't like is, in fact, much better than what we got www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/s...
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‘White Lotus’ Theme Song Composer Won’t Return for Season 4
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer’s music was one of the breakout stars of HBO’s vacation thriller. But in an exclusive interview, the composer revealed that he had ooh’ed his last loo-loo.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 03/04/2025
Welp we had a good run www.wsj.com/business/the...
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 03/04/2025
If ever there were a time to log off, this is it www.vox.com/technology/4...
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A skeptic’s guide to quitting your smartphone
I spent a week living with the new Light Phone. It wasn’t long enough.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 02/04/2025
Would Prime members get to pick their own algorithm? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...
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Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
The e-commerce giant put in a last-minute offer for the popular video app, according to three people familiar with the talks. TikTok faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 02/04/2025
I cannot fathom Shake Shack tasting good on an airplane. I also cannot fathom ever flying first class so I guess no need to worry. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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With Shake Shack in First Class, Airline Food Is No Longer a Joke
The burger is just about mastered at 35,000 feet. The next big hurdle: crispy fries and avocado toast.
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 02/04/2025
“I offered Neuralink vouchers to Kenosha!”
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Adam Clark Estes @adamclarkestes.com · 29/03/2025
This is really starting to feel like a trend.
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