Editorial

How to disconnect and break free of the very thing that’s hurting you more than you know
This is a story about Tommy, but it might as well be just as much about you, or Gina for that matter.

Curious about Trump's "Truth" social network? Make your own instead
Trump's "Truth" social network is almost here, but if you want real freedom, you can just make your own version of it for free.

How Apple trade-in turned my broken MacBook Pro into an expensive paperweight
Here's my Apple trade-in nightmare experience, and my reasoning on why you shouldn't use Apple and their repair partners to recoup some of your expensive Mac investments when upgrading.

Like Whatsapp, Signal just “jumped the shark” and stops caring so much about privacy
Signal changes their policy about being completely open with users and decides to start adding closed-source components to their centralized servers.

What The Matrix Resurrections trailer tells us about everything that’s wrong with society
This is not a debate of what's real and what's not. It's a debate over what's right, and what's wrong. It's also my opinion.

This is why I’m potentially skipping the iPhone 13 and not upgrading this year
Smartphones have become too expensive for the incremental upgrade they bring and I might just skip the iPhone 13 this year altogether.

Dear Apple, stop telling us what we need and start listening for a change!
There was never a time when we needed Touch ID more on our iPhones than now, Apple, so can we please get it back in some shape or form?

Apple is screwed if it doesn’t launch a foldable this year
At this point it’s Apple being stubborn that keeps a foldable iPhone off the shelves, and it might come back and bite the apple, literally.

Security and Privacy are just Marketing Terms for Apple
When it comes to actually proving or verifying Apple's security and privacy features, you're probably going to be met with a "Trust me, bro" response.

Explaining Windows 11’s bad design
Some backlash against Windows 11 has already started. Sure it looks pretty good, but what about the interaction design for usability, efficiency, productivity, and diversity? Well, maybe that side of things won't be so good.

This is my favorite phone as a Photographer
For the past decade or so, my primary criteria for choosing a smartphone has been its camera capabilities. For numerous years after the Nokia Lumia 1020 was released, there was no innovation in smartphone camera capabilities. Happily we've finally…

AT&T Reminds Us That 5G Will Be Awesome Someday
We've been hearing about the advantages of 5G's high speed wireless data connections for years now, but if you have a 5G capable phone, you probably rarely see significant speed boosts and you may not even know why you would want higher bandwidth…

How to make cloud gaming way better
Isn't the point of cloud gaming to have a huge amount of computing resources available to gamers? Why do Stadia and Xbox cloud games shut down?

Why would you want Android apps on Windows 11?
Android apps on Windows 11 sounds like a really great idea, but I can't really think of any Android apps that I don't already have better equivalents for on Windows. What Android apps would you really want to run on Windows?

How (and why) Email could become your favorite messaging system
Your email hatred is probably misplaced. The beauty of email is that you can modify it to do anything you want. There's probably already an easy way to fix what you hate and turn it into a dream hot rod of internet messaging.

This is the only password you have to remember
NordPass was designed with security in mind by cybersecurity experts who use state-of-the-art encryption to protect your data.

I dropped Google Photos for Plex
Google Photos' free compressed unlimited cloud storage is no more. Maybe I should use Plex for my mobile photo management instead? Let's see how that turns out.

Android 12 themes still aren’t as good as Windows Mobile 2003
With Android 12, we're finally seeing some resemblance of system-wide themes... Finally! But older computer operating systems still did it better.

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro camera is great with a few gotchas
Ever since the Huawei P20 Pro came out with its 40 megapixel main camera, Huawei has been killing it with some of the best cameras on phones since the Nokia Lumia 1020 from 2013! How's that Mate 40 Pro camera doing these days?

Dear Apple: I tried loving AirTags, but I don’t…
I’m a forgetful person. I actually got into this tech business because…

Stop being so negligent when it comes to your privacy!
Nothing is for free. Especially not online. There’s always a price, and it’s your most valuable asset: your data. Protect your privacy!

Windows 10X was probably going to suck anyway
The latest word on the street is that Microsoft's new Windows 10X operating system has been put on the back burner for now or maybe cancelled completely. That's probably a good thing.

I divorced WhatsApp and all of Facebook, so my friends threatened to divorce me [Update]
Update: As I said I would, here’s the receipt for those who…

Why you shouldn’t care about Apple Music going “lossless”
If rumors of Apple Music offering lossless quality streams are true, then you shouldn't care about it. Here's why, in my opinion, you should go "meh" on it!

Here’s why I’m not upgrading to the 2021 iPad Pro
I already talked about the fact that I'd rather buy the MacBook Air than the 2021 iPad Pro. Now I'm telling you I wouldn't upgrade either to the M1 iPad Pro.