gear roundup

Have you ever swapped out an old iPhone battery for a new one? Probably not, because it's difficult and frustrating and expensive to do. But that could soon change.A recent ruling by the…

Big changes are coming to Reddit, and nobody is happy about it. Reddit management is looking to take the company public, which means the money-minded folks behind the scenes are feeling…

Teenage Engineering, the Swedish design firm that created various weird and beautiful gadgets like Panic's Playdate gaming handheld and the the OP-1 music synthesizer, has a new device to…

Surprise, surprise, smartphone sales are down again. According to the tech analyst firm IDC, phone sales have declined by nearly 15 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2023. This…

The tech industry is about as leaky as a submarine made of Swiss cheese. The latest untimely reveal comes courtesy of CNBC, which reports that internal documents from Google indicate the…

Our old friend Spot the robot dog is joining the Big Apple's police force. New York City mayor Eric Adams announced that the New York Police Department will be acquiring some new…

The ongoing incursion of artificial intelligence into every app, service, and facet of your life continues. Microsoft’s popular Android keyboard app SwiftKey lets you type by swiping across…

It's April 1, which means there's no shortage of nearly unbelievable news out there. Here are some recent developments that actually happened. I swear, no foolin’.Apple Play LaterFirst,…

Good artists borrow, great artists steal feature ideas from the app du jour.That might as well be the collective mantra of consumer tech companies, some of which have a well documented…

The artificial intelligence incursion has made its way to the App Store. BlueMail, an app that uses AI to write emails and manage people’s calendars, was set to release an update to its…