Your Biggest Fear About AI Shopping Is Right: How to Protect Your Privacy If you’ve felt uneasy about using AI shopping tools—chatbots that recommend products, voice assistants that place orders, or personalized deal finders—you’re not alone. A recent report from eMarketer confirms that data privacy is shoppers’ number one concern when it comes to AI-powered shopping. And the fear is well-founded. ...
The Best To-Do List Apps of 2026: Wirecutter’s Top Picks If you’ve tried a dozen task managers and still feel scattered, you’re not alone. The right to-do list app can make the difference between a day that flows and one that slips away. In December 2025, Wirecutter published its latest round of recommendations after testing dozens of apps. Their picks reflect both what has improved and what hasn’t changed in the task-management landscape. ...
Data Privacy Tops List of AI Shopping Fears: What You Can Do to Stay Safe A recent survey from eMarketer confirms something many online shoppers already suspect: data privacy is the number one concern about using artificial intelligence tools for shopping. The finding isn’t surprising, given how much personal information these tools often require. But understanding the worry—and knowing what to do about it—can help you shop smarter without giving away more than you intend. ...
The Most Private To-Do List Apps of 2026 Intro When Wirecutter published its annual roundup of the best to-do list apps earlier this year, the focus was understandably on features, reliability, and ease of use. But for people who manage sensitive tasks—work projects, health reminders, financial to-dos—the privacy practices of those apps matter just as much as how well they sync across devices. This article looks at what the top picks mean for your data, and how to choose an app that respects your privacy. ...
Shoppers’ Biggest AI Shopping Fear? Data Privacy—Here’s How to Protect Yourself Shopping with AI assistants—chatbots that recommend products, compare prices, or even complete purchases—has become more common in the past year. But a recent survey from eMarketer confirms what many privacy advocates have suspected: data privacy is shoppers’ top concern when using these tools, and by a wide margin. ...
The Best To-Do List Apps of 2026, According to Wirecutter A good to-do list app can be the difference between feeling in control of your day and drowning in mental clutter. But with dozens of options, each claiming to be the most intuitive or the most powerful, picking one can itself become a chore. That’s why the team at Wirecutter—the product review arm of The New York Times—regularly puts these apps through rigorous testing. Their latest update for 2026 is now available, and it offers a clear-eyed look at which apps are worth your time and data. ...
Afraid AI Shopping Tools Will Steal Your Data? Here’s How to Shop Safely Intro You click “recommend for me” on a product page, and within seconds a chatbot suggests a jacket you’d actually wear. AI shopping tools are convenient, but they come with a cost: your personal data. A new survey from eMarketer confirms that data privacy is shoppers’ biggest fear when using AI for shopping—by a wide margin. The concern is not unfounded. AI assistants, virtual try-ons, and personalized recommendations often collect far more information than you might realize: browsing history, purchase records, location, voice commands, and even facial measurements. ...
Best To-Do List Apps for 2026 That Respect Your Privacy If you’re like most people, your to-do list app knows a lot about you: your daily schedule, deadlines, personal projects, even health appointments. That kind of data is valuable—and not just to you. Many productivity apps collect, share, or sell information about their users, and some have suffered security breaches in recent years. So when Wirecutter, the product review site owned by The New York Times, published its annual roundup of the best to-do list apps in December 2025, readers rightly began asking: How well do these apps protect my privacy? ...
Your Chrome Productivity Extension Might Be a Backdoor: How to Stay Safe If you use Chrome extensions to help with daily tasks—grammar checks, password managers, note-taking apps, or calendar helpers—you probably installed them for convenience. What many users don’t realize is that these same tools can be quietly weaponized, turning your browser into an entry point for attackers. Recent investigations have shown that security of browser extensions is far from guaranteed, and the risks are only growing. ...
Shoppers’ Top AI Fear? Privacy. Here’s What to Know and How to Protect Yourself Introduction If you’ve used an AI-powered shopping assistant—like ChatGPT to compare products, a retailer’s chatbot for recommendations, or Google Shopping’s AI summary—you’ve probably appreciated the convenience. But a new survey from eMarketer confirms what many consumers already suspect: data privacy is shoppers’ biggest AI shopping fear, by far. The survey, published in May 2026, found that concerns about how personal data is collected, used, and shared topped the list of worries, ahead of accuracy of recommendations and even cost. ...