The 10 Tech Products That Defined This Decade
Of course, as Uber has expanded around the world, its problems have also grown. Its serious internal culture issues were...
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The 10 Worst Tech Product Launches of the 2010s
The 2010s are nearly in the books, and while the decade has seen its share of megahits—The Cloud! Chromebooks! Instagram!—there...
Why the ‘Queen of Shitty Robots’ Renounced Her Crown
After Savage came calling, so did Stephen Colbert. One night in the fall of 2016, Giertz and three of her...
T-Mobile 5G Test: Wider Coverage That’s Not Much Faster
Don't get me wrong, T-Mobile's 5G switched back to 4G LTE at times too, but it happened much less frequently...
The Tech-Obsessed, Hyper-Experimental Restaurant of the Future
“His Instagram is insane. All day, every day, plus targeted ads. Every account has a point of view and a...
Audio Porn Platform Quinn Streams Erotica to Your Ears
Caroline Spiegel drags her mouse and pulls the audio scrubber from left to right on the screen. The track, “Good...
Best Buy Made These Smart Home Gadgets Dumb Again
Last week, a series of smart home gadgets became dumb again. On November 6, Best Buy pulled the plug on...
HBO Max Is the New $200 iPhone
It’s been a good month for freebies. This week, AT&T announced that its upcoming HBO Max streaming service—it’s HBO plus...
Google’s .New Shortcuts Are Now for Everyone
A year ago, Google introduced one of those time-saving tricks that makes the cold, relentless march of time just a...
I Tracked Everything My Baby Did Until Nothing Made Sense Anymore
“And don’t forget to download our app!” the lady on reception told my partner and I as we dropped our...
In Praise of Ugly and Conspicuous Security Cameras
At the end of the '60s, in the embryonic days of cable television, an enterprising executive had an idea. He...
RIP Dashboard, the MacOS Feature I Don’t Want to Live Without
I knew the end was coming when the Weather widget on Apple’s Dashboard stopped showing daily temperature lows over the...
USB-C Has Finally Come Into Its Own
The Surface Pro 7. The Kindle Fire HD 10. The PlayStation 5. All major gadgets announced or detailed this week,...
Andy Rubin’s Essential Gem Isn’t Just a New Phone
On Tuesday, Andy Rubin emerged from his nearly year-long Twitter silence to show off a prototype of a mobile device,...
A Computer Model From Facebook AI Research Group Can Offer You Styling Tips
If fans of Netflix’s Queer Eye have learned anything from Tan France, the flamboyant fashion consultant of the series, it’s...
The Big Lure of Tiny Keyboards
Look down at your computer keyboard (if you’re reading this on your phone, just work with me—picture it in your...
How to Donate or Recycle Your Lego Bricks
Got too many Lego pieces scattered throughout the house? Now might be a good time to put them back in...
Facebook Watch and the Emotion-Harvesting Future of Television
This story is part of a series on how we watch—from the delight of Netflix randomness to crappy captions on...
