Mat Smith
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The Morning After: Disney+ will debut early in Europe
Hey, good morning! Disney+ might be making an early appearance in Europe, but why is your most hyped game of 2020 most likely delayed? Maybe it's the Final Fan... → Read More
The Morning After: Apple teams up with the creator of 'Bob's Burgers'
Hey, good morning! Apple is here to remind you that its TV+ service is still here. Ahead of a SAG award to Jennifer Aniston for her part in the streaming servic... → Read More
PlayStation's new Back Button accessory is a wasted opportunity
Sony's DualShock is a good controller. Its Emmy award-winning design has hardly changed over the last couple of decades. It had a run of minor refinements until... → Read More
The Morning After: Let the Samsung Galaxy S20 leaks begin
Hey, good morning! As the team recovers from a hard week in Vegas (we were there to work, you know), the year begins in earnest. Cast your eyes a little furthe... → Read More
Six ways to 'win' at CES
How do you grab the headlines and the crowds at CES? This year's show had a few lessons. → Read More
The Morning After: Introducing the Best of CES 2020 finalists
The Consumer Electronics Show is a place where dreams are m... pitched to dismissive investors and crowdfunders. There are thousands of companies, startups and... → Read More
Neon’s ‘artificial human’ avatars could not live up to the CES hype
Neon and its "artificial human" avatars were the first viral hit of CES. It had everything to get the internet excited: A corporate giant (the company is from S... → Read More
The Morning After: Apple's return to CES
The more data leaks that occur, the more likely Apple is to talk about how great its privacy practices are. And the company's triumphant return to CES -- Apple'... → Read More
A dispatch from inside Sony's prototype electric car
It's a miracle Sony was able to keep its electric car concept under wraps ahead of CES. In an age of leaks (and given that over ten different companies coll... → Read More
LG Display is cramming curved and bendable OLEDs into every part of your life
CES is the show for gazing at gorgeous, huge TVs from the likes of Samsung, Sony and LG, but if you want a teaser of things still over a year away, you have... → Read More
We're live from Sony's CES 2020 press event!
Sony's CES mood in recent years is one of quiet confidence and, well, not many big hardware announcements. Instead, it uses CES press conferences as a showcase... → Read More
The Mateo bath mat can monitor your weight, posture and even your shoe size
Bathroom scales are scary. When you step on one, it's rarely good news, especially in 2020, when you can beam the vital statistics to your phone, and see those... → Read More
The Suunto 7 improves on Wear OS with offline outdoor maps and fitness features
Suunto's next wearable is trying to satisfy the needs of two different wearable types: the die-hard fans that have followed (if not bought) its multisport watch... → Read More
The Morning After: Samsung's 'zero bezel' TV looks like this
Hey, good morning! And we are back. Welcome to 2020. I'm not sure how your new year goals and resolutions are going, but I'm putting off any of my efforts unti... → Read More
Apple adds five new Arcade games as its free trial draws to a close
Not sure what to make of Apple Arcade, the company's $5 a month gaming service? It didn't really matter, as the service landed in September (or earlier if you w... → 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