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Welcome to Techn News Briefing. It's Thursday, December 21st. I'm Alex Ocala for the Wall Street Journal. Coming up on today's show, ever notice how when you search for something in your email inbox, you can never find it.

It's not just you. We'll learn how to search better with Daniel Fargis,

gear and gadgets editor at Off Duty.

And then, Buy Now Pay Later Services like Gear and Gadgets Editor at Off Duty.

And then, Buy Now Pay Later services like After Pay, A Firm,

and Clarna really took off during the pandemic.

Now, people aren't using them not just for big purchases

from online retailers, but for day-to-day expenses like

groceries.

W.S.J. reporter Angel O'Yung tells us how these services work and why consumers are shifting

more of their spending to buy now pay later lenders.

But first, why is it that when I search my email for my upcoming flight to Houston,

I get every single email that includes the word Houston.

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