I miss when tech looked cheap, plastic, and honest

Old plastic gadgets were chunky, strange, and sometimes ugly, but they had a tactile clarity modern tech keeps sanding away.

After a disappointing finale, the Vought Rising looks like it could be the Boys universe’s saving grace

Prime Video’s Vought Rising has dropped its first trailer, revealing a 1950s-set prequel story centered on Soldier Boy and the dark origins of Vought’s first superhero team.

This one new Raycast 2.0 feature is driving me mad

Raycast 2.0 is a great update, but one change to the clipboard history has completely broken my workflow. Here’s what changed and how to fix it.

This robot barista is trying to turn championship coffee into a scalable business

Artly’s robotic barista system, Jarvis, is already serving coffee in Portland while using computer vision and motion capture technology trained on champion barista Joe Yang. The company believes automation can preserve craftsmanship rather than replace…

AI may have just won a literary prize. My heart weeps seeing it poison our love for books.

Three of five winning stories in the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been flagged as AI-generated, and it’s a lot bigger deal than you might think.

EXCLUSIVE: Spider-Noir showrunner Oren Uziel on creating Nicolas Cage’s dark new Spider-Man series

Few superhero franchises continue to dominate pop culture like Spider-Man. With upcoming films like Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse building up hype, Sony is now expanding the web-slinger’s universe onto streaming with…

I’m not convinced Googlebook will be Google’s next big thing, or if it even deserves it

Google wants Googlebook to be the MacBook for Android buyers, but unproven AI, fragmented silicon, and no confirmed pricing make that a very tall order.

L’Atitude 52°N Smart Glasses That Don’t Scream “Tech”

What happens when tech doesn’t feel robotic, but blends with your go-to eyewear style? L’Atitude 52°N smart glasses answer that with discreet AI, which seamlessly captures moments hands-free, without breaking the flow of your adventures.

Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Roommate
Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Roommate

The wildfires that would come to engulf Los Angeles had just begun to burn when Frankee Grove finally admitted to herself that she needed a roommate. It was January 2025, and Grove, then 42, had recently broken up with her boyfriend of six years. They had lived together in a two-bedroom Spanish bungalow on a […]

Google Gemini’s new thinking level lets you dial up the brainpower

Google’s Gemini app may soon let users control how deeply the AI “thinks” before responding. New third-party integrations also appear to be on the way ahead of I/O 2026.