TechpadinTech News MWC Is Bleeding Exhibitors and Nobody Wants to Say the Word "Cancelled" LG, Ericsson, Nvidia, Sony and now Facebook have all pulled out of Mobile World Congress ahead of the late-February show, and GSMA is still insisting its going forward. February 10, 2020·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Loretta Ad A personal reaction to Google's "Loretta" Super Bowl ad and why its emotional pitch bugged me more than it moved me, plus a quick aside on Tesla's wild stock run. February 2, 2020·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Tesla's Stock Is Doing Something I Don't Understand Tesla's stock has more than tripled since last summer and just blew past $600 a share after a surprise second straight profitable quarter. I don't understand it, and I'm suspicious of anyone who claims they do. February 1, 2020·4 min read
TechpadinTech News A Train of Satellites Just Wrecked My Orion Shot A string of Starlink satellites photobombed my attempt at an Orion shot last night, which turned into a whole thing about SpaceX, astronomy forums, and my neighbor's telescope. January 30, 2020·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Robot That Fetches Toilet Paper CES 2020's press days gave us both Samsung's ambient-robot concept Ballie and Charmin's toilet-paper-fetching RollBot, and only one of those makes any sense to me. January 7, 2020·3 min read
TechpadinTech News That Viral Bushfire Map Isn't What You Think It Is The viral map of Australia's bushfires overlaid on Europe has been everywhere this week — but it's not showing what most people think it is, and the correction is getting misused. January 5, 2020·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Epic's Free Game Giveaway and the Baby Yoda Toy Panic Epic's daily free-game giveaway is quietly the best deal of December, and the real Baby Yoda toy shortage says more about internet culture outrunning retail than any of the big year-end headlines. December 31, 2019·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The New Xbox Looks Like My Fridge Microsoft showed off the Xbox Series X at The Game Awards this week, and my first reaction wasn't about specs, it was "why does it look like a mini fridge." December 16, 2019·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Ring Hacking Stories Aren't About Ring, They're About Your Password A string of Ring camera hacking stories hit the news this week, including one where a stranger talked to a kid through her bedroom camera. It's not really a Ring problem, and that's kind of the scary part. December 14, 2019·4 min read
TechpadinTech News T-Mobile and Sprint Go to Trial (I'm Not Convinced) The T-Mobile/Sprint merger trial kicked off in a Manhattan courtroom this week, and four years as a Sprint customer has left me pretty skeptical it'll do anything for prices. December 10, 2019·3 min read
TechpadinTech News A Jury Sided With Elon Musk and I'm Still Chewing On It A jury cleared Elon Musk of defamation last Friday over the "pedo guy" tweet, and some scattered thoughts on what that verdict does and doesn't actually settle. December 8, 2019·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Stadia Launch Night: My Controller vs. My WiFi A launch-night rundown of Google Stadia's rocky debut: WiFi controller pairing hassles, streaming that mostly held up, and a "Pro" subscription that still makes you buy every game. November 20, 2019·3 min read
