Ultra-Long Battery Life Is Coming … Eventually
Consumer electronics companies are boasting about unprecedented leaps in battery tech. How legit are the claims?
Sonos’ Patent Win Will Change Google’s Smart Speakers—for Now
Your Google speakers will lose some of their features in an upcoming software update. Here’s what that means.
Yup, CES Is Happening. Here’s What to Expect
Things couldn’t be weirder—at the premier consumer tech conference, or in general.
I Thought Tech Would Take a Pandemic Hit. I Was Wrong
Plus: Digital forgetting, concerns over TikTok and China, and the prescience of king tides.
Facebook Reaches for More Realistic VR With Haptic Gloves
The company has unveiled a new prototype wearable that mimics the feeling of handling real objects in the virtual world.
How a VR Company Became the Airbnb for NFTs
Yes, that’s a really a thing now.
Microsoft Surface Duo 2: A Bad Case for 2 Screens
Microsoft’s book-phone displays flashes of brilliance, but delivers endless annoyance.
Look Over Here, Kids, It’s the Metaverse
Facebook’s vision for the future of computing comes with some shiny new branding.
Apple Finally Remembered What Makes Laptops Great
To build a MacBook Pro for the future, the company has gone back to what worked in the past.