To My Email Address On Its 18th Birthday—I Hate You
How long have you had your email address? I was wondering the same thing the other day, so I checked my Gmail creation date using Google Takeout—18 years!
How long have you had your email address? I was wondering the same thing the other day, so I checked my Gmail creation date using Google Takeout—18 years!
We might have gone (sort of) paperless in the modern world, but we're still a long way from going wireless. Despite my best efforts, my desk and other tech hot-spots in my home are often the site of a twisted cable nightmare.
It used to be that if you wanted to make a half-decent Bigfoot video, you needed to spend a lot of time making a suit, and then walk around the local forests while your friend films you, hoping that no hunters mistake you for a bear.
What do good graphics in a game mean to you? Is it about fidelity, or the freedom to create anything? Or, is it about making graphics that look as much as the real world as possible?
I guess it's hard to get attention for your movie these days, with the competition in both cinemas and on streaming channels hotter than ever. So what did Apple do to help promote F1: The Movie? They made a movie trailer that buzzes in your hands.
YouTube is one of the most interesting things to come out of the whole internet thing. It's basically like community TV, but with a global reach. Anyone can upload content to YouTube, and it changes the whole balance of power when it comes to video content.
In case you didn't know, every Chromebook has an AUE or Auto Update Expiration date. After this date, your Chromebook will keep working, but it will no longer receive software support or updates.
Everyone's excited about the Switch 2 (myself included) and one of the coolest features are the included mouse sensors in the new Joy Cons.
I love Star Trek (not you, Lower Decks) but even the best shows have their fair share of silly, dumb, or downright baffling episodes. Sometimes the writers seem to have pulled their plots out of a hat full of words, and then somehow the episode makes it all the way to broadcast.
At the June 2025 WWDC event, Apple unveiled a major and comprehensive overhaul of its entire operating system family across all its devices. One of the most apparent changes is the introduction of "Liquid Glass", which dramatically changes how UI elements look and behave.
Meta's Quest headsets are inarguably the most successful mainstream VR product yet. It took VR from a strong niche product, to something that anyone could afford and enjoy. No PC needed, just put it on and play.
With iPadOS 26, showcased at Apple June 2025 WWDC conference, the popular tablet family is getting one of its biggest overhauls ever. As my most-used computer, I've always strained against the artificial limits placed on Apple's slick and powerful device, but it seems the chains might be coming off.
Sony generally hits it out of the park with its peripherals, and offers them at a fair price, but the announcement of a wireless Sony fight stick has me scratching my head because—who asked for this?
Microsoft has finally shown us a large part of the strategy it's devised to keep Windows on handheld PCs, and combat the threat of SteamOS. It's a plan with many moving parts, it seems, but so far it looks like the right set of moves.
The Switch 2 is backwards compatible with most games from the original Switch, but in these early days that compatibility isn't quite perfect yet. However, even games without explicit Switch 2 patches can benefit from Switch 2 hardware.
It's been a week since I wiped Windows 11 from my Lenovo Legion Go handheld and replaced it with the first official version of SteamOS for handhelds other than the Steam Deck.
As I write this, my own Switch 2 console is still in transit, but many luckier folks than I have had their hands on one for a few days now and the real facts and figures are coming out of the woodwork,
These days, it's pretty much a given that you need a sound bar or some other external audio system for a flat-panel TV, because TV speakers suck!
One of the biggest problems when it comes to treating internal organs is that, well, they're internal. Which means that either treatments have to be traumatically invasive, or medicine has to be pushed through our metabolic pathways, which isn't as efficient and can have unwanted side effects.