Your Screen Protector Is Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Your Screen Protector Is Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

When you’re buying a new smartphone, salesmen love pestering you to buy some increased protection — insurance, a case, and, obviously, a screen protector. The screen protector has long been hailed as a necessity, costing anywhere from $10 to $60. These little slips of plastic and glass have ballooned to a $50 billion industry, but …

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Friday’s the Last Day to Return Your Apple Vision Pro

Friday’s the Last Day to Return Your Apple Vision Pro

This month, Apple released its first truly anticipated product in years, the Apple Vision Pro. It’s a groundbreaking device, with some of the best hardware specs and the most impressive performance of any commercial headset ever released. It’s also a $3,500 toy, one that an untold number of people seem to regret taking home. If …

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How the Apple iPhone changed the world

How the Apple iPhone changed the world

When Apple announced the iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs called it a “revolutionary product” in a handset category that he said needed to be reinvented.  Now, nearly two decades and 42 models later, the iPhone is one of the world’s most popular phones. Apple has sold over 2.3 billion units of the iPhone and has …

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The Most Disappointing Gadgets of 2023

The Most Disappointing Gadgets of 2023

While 2023 was a big year in consumer tech and had some clever innovations to show off, not everything was a smash hit, to say the least. Whether it was subpar performance, a troubled launch, or a glaring design flaw, these products disappointed us the most. This year’s picks, like the Apple iMac or the …

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IPhones: iPhones getting RCS: Nothing CEO Carl Pei quotes former Apple chief Steve Jobs

IPhones: iPhones getting RCS: Nothing CEO Carl Pei quotes former Apple chief Steve Jobs

Apple has announced that it will start supporting RCS – the latest messaging standard – on iPhones from next year onwards. The move comes after competitors like Google, Samsung and, most recently, Nothing pressurised the company by various means into adopting the messaging standard. Soon after the company announced it, Nothing CEO Carl Pei posted …

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