I love being a hater. I think it’s important to have standards. Being skeptical isn’t just a hipster hobby, it’s a useful tool — it can keep you safe, sane, and might even land you a job as a journalist. So when I see my online kin being skeptical of gadgets and tech that I …
I love being a hater. I think it’s important to have standards. Being skeptical isn’t just a hipster hobby, it’s a useful tool — it can keep you safe, sane, and might even land you a job as a journalist. So when I see my online kin being skeptical of gadgets and tech that I …
The Apple Watch had a lot of hopes pinned on it when it launched in 2015. Not only was the smartwatch the first proper device of the Tim Cook era at Apple, but as a new product category, the Apple Watch suggested the possibility of a post-iPhone future for a company that had come to …
Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department era may be black and white with scholarly typewriter motifs, but the singer’s current phone case is in screaming color. Following the release of her “Fortnight” music video on April 19, Swift posted a YouTube Shorts video with clips from her life, including one of her holding her phone with …
The Quest 3 represents a solid balance between specs, price, and capability. For most people, Meta’s headset is plenty, but for other VR gamers, only the highest-quality resolution will cut it. That’s where Pimax comes in with its latest VR headset, the Crystal Super. As the name implies, the Crystal Super comes with more resolution …
The iPad has always existed between things. In fact, it was originally pitched as existing in between the iPhone and Mac, capable of things both devices can do, but designed to be better at a few key tasks. From one angle, that made the iPad the antithesis of netbooks, pale imitations of notebook laptops Steve …
How often have you picked up a coffee for your coworker or grabbed a burrito for your bestie without a care in the world about them paying you back — only to have 10 bucks show up in your Venmo later that day? And, sure, a punctual payback is nice. But is Venmo making friendships …
While the metaverse might have faded into the background, thanks to Apple’s Vision Pro, there’s still growing interest in the “spatial computing” and mixed reality (XR) experiences that are available today. Meta and Apple are already in the game, and in early 2023, Samsung announced plans to release its own XR headset in partnership with …
I’m not the sporty type. The only sport I ever excelled in was middle school cross country because I figured out that if you ran faster than everyone else, you got to be alone on the trail. But with recent spinal surgery and 40-something-year-old bones, I haven’t been a trail runner for years. I’m also …
The sheer icy cliff face looms high above me. I’m tired from lifting my ice picks above my head and sinking them over and over again into the Antarctic glacier. I look up. A long ways to go. I wish I was home. Luckily, I am home — I lift up my VR goggles and …