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Some of the iOS 17 upgrades includes Contact Posters, a new stickers experience and Live Voicemail. (Apple)

Five features iPhone users can test now in the iOS 17 public beta

Apple's latest iPhone software update, iOS 17, is now available as a public beta for anyone brave enough to test it. Here are five notable changes to check out.

By Heather KellyUpdated July 12

Analysis

What we love and hate about Threads, Meta’s new Twitter clone

By Geoffrey A. Fowler and Naomi NixUpdated July 12

Analysis

Printer ink is a scam. Here’s how to spend less.

By Geoffrey A. FowlerJuly 12

You can say no to a TSA face scan. But even a senator had trouble.

By Shira OvideUpdated July 11

We hate printers as much as you do. Printer Week is here to help.

By Geoffrey A. FowlerUpdated July 11

The Help Desk Team

Geoffrey Fowler has for more than a decade been holding tech companies accountable where it matters most: the products you use every day.

Heather Kelly is a veteran journalist on the intersection of humans and gadgets, and offers humorous advice on our digital lives.

Chris Velazco is the guy you’d want to take shopping with you for deep knowledge about what’s new, what’s a rip-off and what’s actually right for you and your family.

Tatum Hunter goes deep into how apps, websites and other technology actually works to help you get the most out of it.

Danielle Abril covers how technology is impacting the way we work and how companies are using artificial intelligence and other tools to exert more control over us.

Shira Ovide writes The Tech Friend newsletter, which offers actionable advice on being the boss of technology in your life, and to prod digital power brokers to do better for you.

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