TechpadinTech News No, We Didn't Just Give the Internet to the UN The US government's oversight contract over ICANN's IANA functions quietly expired October 1st, and the "Obama gave away the internet" panic that followed is mostly nonsense. October 3, 2016·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Nobody Handed Over the Internet This Weekend The US government's oversight contract for IANA quietly expired this weekend and the internet kept working exactly like it always has, no matter what cable news made it sound like. October 1, 2016·4 min read
TechpadinTech News My Note 7 Is Officially a Recalled Product Now The Galaxy Note 7 recall went from a company statement to an official CPSC recall today, and I own one of the phones in question. September 15, 2016·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Welcome to Dongle Life Apple killed the headphone jack today and handed everyone a dongle to deal with it. A few thoughts on why that tiny piece of plastic is the real story from this morning's keynote. September 7, 2016·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The Note 7 Ships Tomorrow and I'm Already Nervous About It Preordered the Galaxy Note 7 the night of the keynote, and it ships tomorrow. Some thoughts on the S Pen, the return of the SD card slot, and why I'm nervous about the price. August 18, 2016·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Patch Your Firewall: Notes on the Shadow Brokers Auction The Shadow Brokers put alleged NSA hacking tools up for auction this weekend, and it turns out some of the exploits target firewall gear a lot of us are still running unpatched. August 16, 2016·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Note 7's Iris Scanner and Other Things Nobody Asked For Samsung's Note 7 brings an iris scanner, USB-C, and a waterproof S Pen — plus some thoughts on why every phone launch now leans on a biometric party trick. August 10, 2016·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Samsung Skipped a Number and Gave the Note an Eyeball Scanner Samsung's new Note 7 (yes, 7, they skipped 6) showed up this week with an iris scanner and USB-C. Some thoughts from someone who has never once wanted a stylus. August 4, 2016·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Pokemon Go Plus Got Delayed and I'm Kind of Relieved Niantic just pushed the Pokemon Go Plus wristband from late July to September, and after a week of dead batteries and dropped logins, I'm not even mad about it. July 24, 2016·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The Rocket Landed and Nobody Noticed A rocket stuck a rare land landing at Cape Canaveral last week and almost nobody noticed because everyone was too busy chasing Pokemon around parking lots at midnight. July 22, 2016·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Watching the Mr. Robot Premiere at 1am Thoughts on the Mr. Robot season two premiere, why its hacking scenes actually hold up, and the odd split-screen feeling of watching it the same week Pokemon Go ate everyone's attention. July 14, 2016·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Tesla Buying SolarCity Still Smells Like a Bailout to Me Tesla's all-stock offer to buy SolarCity has been public for a week now, and the family ties and shaky balance sheet involved make it look a lot more like a bailout than a "synergy" play. June 27, 2016·3 min read
