New Anthony Bourdain documentary deepfakes his voice

‘We can have a documentary-ethics panel about it later’

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Apple isn’t just a walled garden, it’s a carrier

By Dieter Bohn June 7

158 comments / new

With the Samsung Galaxy S21, it’s time for Bixby to put up or shut up

By Dieter Bohn January 14

20 comments / new

CES 2021 Day 2: here come the gaming laptops

By Dieter Bohn January 13

CES Day 1: TCL takes its shot and Intel hunkers down

There were a lot of gadgets announced yesterday

By Dieter Bohn January 12

13 comments / new

What to expect at CES 2021

By Dieter Bohn

Everybody might be staying home, but the gadgets are still coming out

The MacBook Air is once again the benchmark by which other laptops will be measured

Many will be found wanting

By Dieter Bohn November 20, 2020

224 comments / new

Samsung’s rumored Galaxy S21 phone lineup is starting to make sense

By Dieter Bohn November 17, 2020

5 comments / new

Apple is astonishingly confident in its new M1 Mac processors

By Dieter Bohn November 13, 2020

148 comments / new

What to watch for at today’s Apple silicon Mac event

By Dieter Bohn November 10, 2020

21 comments / new

The Xbox reviews are in and Microsoft is off to a good start

By Dieter Bohn November 6, 2020

13 comments / new

Good hardware features don’t require advanced technology, just clever designers

By Dieter Bohn November 5, 2020

18 comments / new

5G alone won’t be enough to justify buying an iPhone this year

By Dieter Bohn October 12, 2020

82 comments / new

The Pixel 5 and 4A 5G play it safe

Google isn’t going out on any limbs here

By Dieter Bohn October 1, 2020

39 comments / new

The Google Pixel couldn’t win at the high end, but the midrange isn’t any easier

By Dieter Bohn September 30, 2020

71 comments / new

The Ring drone is just the latest Amazon privacy puzzle box

By Dieter Bohn September 25, 2020

52 comments / new

The PS5 is priced, the Oculus Quest 2 launched, and the GoPro Hero 9 reviewed

By Dieter Bohn September 17, 2020

The new Apple Watch SE and iPad Air are better ‘better’ options

By Dieter Bohn September 16, 2020

20 comments / new

Processor: Google Pixels are coming, OnePlus Buds are seized, and LG is making weird phones again

By Dieter Bohn

The LG Wing is gloriously wacky.

The Apple Watch is being held back by Siri

By Dieter Bohn September 14, 2020

57 comments / new

Fold, Flip, or Duo: the hows and whys of folding phones

By Dieter Bohn September 2, 2020

77 comments / new

Apple and Epic have to win over more than just a judge

By Dieter Bohn August 25, 2020

42 comments / new

Fortnite vs Apple vs Google: a brief and very incomplete timeline

By Dieter Bohn August 14, 2020

27 comments / new

Apple is still tending its walled garden

By Dieter Bohn August 11, 2020

37 comments / new

The big takeaways from Samsung’s Unpacked announcements

By Dieter Bohn August 6, 2020

2 comments / new

Samsung’s next folding phone needs to feel more normal

By Dieter Bohn August 5, 2020

16 comments / new

Google’s Pixel conundrum and Microsoft’s TikTok conundrum

By Dieter Bohn August 4, 2020

Samsung needs a splashy product for its splashy product launch

By Dieter Bohn July 8, 2020

12 comments / new

Google’s Android peripherals are going to take time

By Dieter Bohn July 1, 2020

48 comments / new

Apple might not include a charger with the iPhone 12. Good

By Dieter Bohn June 30, 2020

234 comments / new

iOS 14 on the iPhone

With iOS 14, Apple is finally letting the iPhone home screen get complicated

Widgets, hideable pages, App Library, and App Clips: a lot of new concepts for one update

By Dieter Bohn June 24, 2020

97 comments / new

The iPadification of the Mac is coming, no touchscreen required

By Dieter Bohn

Meanwhile, the Mac’s original elegance has moved to the iPad

Five features to hope for at WWDC

By Dieter Bohn June 21, 2020

14 comments / new

Apple’s App Store policies are bad, but its interpretation and enforcement are worse

By Dieter Bohn June 17, 2020

53 comments / new

Android 11 may be the best texting platform if you use multiple chat apps

By Dieter Bohn June 11, 2020

27 comments / new

What Windows can teach the Mac about the switch to ARM processors

By Dieter Bohn June 10, 2020

73 comments / new

Google is going to try to win TV for the umpteenth time

By Dieter Bohn June 3, 2020

96 comments / new

Is Google finally managing its messaging mess?

By Dieter Bohn May 27, 2020

39 comments / new

The biggest announcements from Microsoft Build 2020

By Dieter Bohn May 20, 2020

5 comments / new

What Sundar Pichai’s ‘long-term’ hardware commitment means for the Pixel

By Dieter Bohn May 19, 2020

32 comments / new