Mat Smith
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The Morning After: 'E.T.' returns to help sell Comcast services
Hey, good morning! Welcome back to Cyber Monday, which already sounds far too dated to be used in 2019. As stores wring the last tenuous bargains and discounts... → Read More
The Morning After: Black Friday has begun
Black Friday 2019 will be remembered for discounted wireless headphones and the year everyone on Earth owned an Instant Pot. → Read More
The Morning After: Over 200,000 Tesla Cybertruck deposits
Hold on to that paycheck. Black Friday cometh, and it seems a lot of retailers don't really care for the fine details of starting their sales specifically on Fr... → Read More
The Morning After: Google Stadia's launch game line-up gets a big boost
Hey, good morning! We kick off the week with the launch of Google's much-publicized Stadia streaming game service tomorrow, with the company fleshing out the la... → Read More
Microsoft's new Office app for mobile combines Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Microsoft's new Office smartphone app attempts to put everything you might need in one place. → Read More
The best workout headphones
The gym can be a dull, boring place for some of us. Myself included. Fortunately, you've got a smartphone -- or an MP3 player. Whether it's for a musi... → Read More
Get ready for a week of fitness and health tech on
This week, we're exploring the best fitness and health tech for you, whatever your goals. → Read More
The Morning After: Russia's 'sovereign internet' law takes effect
Facebook, Tesla and Russia are making the headlines. → Read More
The Morning After: Apple warns iPhone 5 owners to update
And we're back. Over the weekend, we heard rumors that Overwatch 2 (or a sequel of some kind) could appear this week, that Facebook's (still) struggling with po... → Read More
The Morning After: The battery-saving power of dark mode on iPhones
Hey, good morning! Welcome back! This week is reviews week, so you can expect verdicts on Microsoft's new Surface family, Google's new Pixel phones and Nest de... → Read More
The Morning After: Get the Mac Pro 'cheese grater' look for your Windows PC
Welcome back! It's Monday. As the fall weather pulls us indoors, we have all the best games on the device (or PC) of your choosing, say farewell to the first ch... → Read More
The PlayStation 5 officially launches 'holiday 2020'
Sony has offered up even more drip-feed details about its next-generation console, but the major points are that, yes, it will be called the PlayStation 5, and... → Read More
The Morning After: California's crackdown on political and porn deepfakes
Hey, good morning! Welcome to your week! Over the weekend, the state of California cracked down on deepfakes, New York's East River has floating LEDs to show i... → Read More
'Link's Awakening' on Switch doesn't ruin the formula of an all-time classic
Link's Awakening is a weird Zelda game that wears its quirks on its sleeve. It started life as a port of the SNES title A Link to the Past but morphed into a un... → Read More
The Morning After: New York state moves to ban flavored e-cig sales
Hey, good morning! Welcome to Monday morning! New York state is rushing to ban sales of flavored e-cigarettes, there are even more Pixel 4 leaks -- focused on... → Read More
Where’s my USB-C iPhone?
Over the years, reports have come and gone on the notion that Apple will swap from Lightning to USB-C on its iPhones — matching rival Android phones, and... → Read More
Apple watchOS 6 launches on September 19th
When Apple unveiled watchOS 6 at its June event, there was a lot of ground to cover. The wearable OS would include an on-device App Store and an even deeper foc... → Read More
The Morning After: Google's Pixel 4 might handle your on-hold calls for you
Welcome back! If you have an Xbox, you might have had some issues playing over the weekend, but Microsoft's console is back online. We're also wrapping up our r... → Read More
Panasonic's high-contrast dual LCD does a great impression of an OLED
Panasonic's cavernous IFA booth had everything from high-concept beauty products through to cameras and TVs. Regarding the latter, it had two prototype TVs, an... → Read More
Sony's Xperia 5 isn't the triumphant return of the compact flagship
Sony's Xperia phones have increasingly slid into the shadows, as Samsung, Apple and Chinese challengers carve up the smartphone market. Last year, the Xpe... → Read More