Damon Beres, Slate

Damon Beres

Slate

New York, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • Slate
  • The New York Times
  • Gizmodo
  • Medium
  • Reader's Digest
  • Mashable
  • HuffPost
  • HuffPost Australia
  • Le HuffPost

Past articles by Damon:

All the New Ways Apple Is Trying to Take Over Your Life

The walled garden is becoming harder to escape. → Read More

We Are Living in a Land of Broken Things

Damon Beres, a journalist who has covered the right-to-repair movement for years, responds to Joshua Bales’ “In the Land of Broken Things.” → Read More

Opinion | Your Smartphone Should Be Built to Last

A movement is underway to slow the obsolescence of our electronic gear. → Read More

This Device Proves Apple Could Crush Nintendo (If It Wanted To)

If Apple made an iPhone game controller, you wouldn't need a handheld console. → Read More

You’re Hardwired to Love Social Media – LOVE/HATE –

It should be impossible to feel ambivalent about social media anymore. The horse is dead and beaten, its bones picked over: We know services like Facebook harvest our data, spur violence, and elect… → Read More

Scary Movies That Make You Afraid to Go in the Water

Scary movie alert: You may want to hold off on that cruise once you watch these. Dun dun. Dun dun. Dun dun. → Read More

Using the Starbucks app is a game you won't win

Sure, you may be reload at $10 a pop, but isn't it worth it for the convenience? It is, right? Is this what people said about Walmart... → Read More

Elon Musk enjoys world's gentlest softball interview with Marques Brownlee after total meltdown

After one of the wildest weeks of his life, Elon Musk is all smiles on MKBHD. → Read More

Aliens kill an old man and turn him into a W.M.D. in 'Inuyashiki: Last Hero,' a bizarre must-watch

Read our review of 'Inuyashiki: Last Hero'. There's a lot to love in Amazon's streaming anime, if you can stomach it. → Read More

Battery Life Secrets to Keep Your Smartphone Alive

Many apps on iPhone and Android use “location services” to, say, tag status updates with GPS data (“We’re at Disney World!”) or find good deals in your immediate area. This can reduce battery life, so always keep track of it. You can tell if an app is using location services by looking out for a small arrow on the top of your menu bar. Lifehacker has a thorough set of instructions for turning… → Read More

Best 4th of July Movies the Whole Family Can Enjoy

Culture Best Fourth of July Movies the Whole Family Can Enjoy Whether watching with the kids, the neighbors, or yourself, these movies are great choices around the Fourth of July. American Graffiti Via Amazon.com You want: To revel in ’60s-era Americana at its finest. You’re watching with: Anyone from teens to grandparents. Critics say: “A brilliant work of popular art, it redefined… → Read More

PSA: Those Instagram Story emoji sliders will snitch on your ass

Be forewarned, your friends will see exactly how you voted. → Read More

'Neon Advance' reminds us that some gadgets really can live forever

Your iPhone definitely won't, though. → Read More

Juul vapes will contribute to a dangerous e-waste crisis

Your Juul may not kill you, but it's not doing the planet any favors. → Read More

Things You Didn't Know About the Titanic

For the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, we bring you surprising bits of trivia and Titanic facts you've never heard. → Read More

The Most Honest Cities in the World

What are the most (and least) honest cities in the world? Reader's Digest conducted a global, social experiment to find out. → Read More

3 years later, who knows what the Apple Watch is for?

A deep dive into Apple's weirdest product. → Read More

Facebook needs to fundamentally change to fix its worst problems

One congresswoman finally asked the right question. → Read More

Surprising Christmas Trivia You Never Knew

Ever heard of a Christmas carp? Wonder why stockings are hung by the chimney with care? And ponder who created the candy cane? Sit by the fire, my child, and we will illuminate. → Read More

Apple's new 'Battery Health' feature actually sucks

Apple may benefit from the new battery health feature in iOS 11.3, but you probably won't. → Read More