Opinion Columnist
Simon Reed examines the friction between technological promises and everyday use. His columns focus on product disappointments, unintended consequences and the work left to users when a system falls short. He is skeptical of novelty for its own sake.
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Paramount+ is betting big on the future of *Star Trek* with its new series, *Starfleet Academy*, premiering January 15. With the cancellation of several *Trek* series, the weight of the franchise rest...
Read article →Logitech mouse users on macOS are experiencing widespread issues this week, with customized features like button assignments and scroll wheel configurations suddenly failing. The culprit? An expired s...
Read article →Word on the street – or rather, above the street – is that Schmidt Sciences has quietly launched the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System. Details are still emerging, but sources close to the pro...
Read article →The world's oceans are in crisis, and frankly, anyone surprised hasn't been paying attention. For the eighth consecutive year, ocean temperatures have reached record highs, absorbing an unprecedented ...
Read article →Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), the biannual charity speedrunning extravaganza, isn't just about raising money for worthy causes like the Prevent Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Borders. It's q...
Read article →The tech world is bracing for potential memory shortages in PCs and smartphones, but don't expect a flood of new production capacity just yet. Major players like Micron are reportedly proceeding with ...
Read article →Jerome Powell, in a highly anticipated address this week, dashed hopes of an early interest rate cut, signaling the Federal Reserve will maintain its current course amid persistent inflation concerns....
Read article →Burtran's Nano-Oxy Smart Air Purifier promises a revolutionary sleep experience, touting negative-oxygen-ion generation that mimics a "forestlike atmosphere." But does this device deliver clean, safe ...
Read article →The Lego Group's newest creation, the Smart Brick, has landed, and the initial reactions are, well, mixed. Is this the dawn of a new era for construction toys, or the beginning of the end for unfetter...
Read article →The tech world is awash in a sea of new programming languages, each promising to be the next big thing. But is this constant reinvention really progress? I say it's time to pump the brakes on new lang...
Read article →SpaceX's meteoric rise is inextricably linked to Gwynne Shotwell, the company's president since 2002. But as SpaceX eyes a potential IPO, Shotwell's leadership faces its toughest test yet. She's not j...
Read article →Pigeon's Device. The name alone conjures images of mad scientists and backyard tinkerers. But is this mysterious piece of tech the breakthrough it's purported to be, or just another overhyped gadget d...
Read article →It's a new year, and the tech world is buzzing about self-hosting. The promise of owning your data and controlling your digital destiny has always been appealing, but has the complexity finally been t...
Read article →The American Dialect Society (ADS), the authority on all things linguistic, has spoken: 'Slop' is the 2025 Word of the Year. While some might scoff, the choice reflects a broader cultural mood that's ...
Read article →The mobile landscape is dominated by behemoths like Google and Samsung, each pushing the envelope with increasingly complex features and, frankly, bloated software. But what if you crave simplicity?...
Read article →Nvidia is betting big on a return to the Chinese market. CEO Jensen Huang has announced that the company has "fired up" production of its H200 AI chips in anticipation of resumed sales to China. This ...
Read article →Another year, another set of resolutions destined for the graveyard of good intentions. But before you resign yourself to repeating past failures, consider this: maybe you just need better gadgets. I'...
Read article →The tech world is buzzing today with the recreation of a long-lost piece of history: Steve Jobs's 1975 Atari horoscope program. Yes, *that* Steve Jobs, years before Apple's rise to dominance. Thanks t...
Read article →The retrocomputing scene just got a serious shot in the arm. A developer known as amcchord has successfully ported the BasiliskII Macintosh 68k emulator to the ESP32-P4, specifically targeting the M5S...
Read article →Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a company founded in China, is now facing scrutiny from Chinese officials. According to the *Financial Times*, China's commerce ministry is assessing whether th...
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