When 25-year-old Pearl Kasirye heads to bed after a stressful day at work, she opens up the Calm sleep and meditation app and turns on a Sleep Story to help her nod off. Her favorite bedtime listening ...

Is your smartphone "sexist"? The rise of voice assistant technology—and longstanding gender disparities within the tech industry—means assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Cortana are under a microscope ...

Technology’s many automated female voices are nothing if not helpful. By Susan Dominus Artwork by Yehwan Song Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the ...