Google Home and the Microphone I Already Own
Google's Tuesday event gave us the Pixel, but the thing I can't stop thinking about is Home, the $129 speaker, and what four months with an Echo Dot has taught me about always-on microphones.
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.
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.
Digging Up a Yahoo Account I Forgot I Had
Yahoo's confirmation that 500 million accounts were breached sent me digging through a Yahoo Mail account I forgot I still had since 2003.
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.
iOS 10 Is Out Today. Here's What I'd Check Before You Hit Install
iOS 10 dropped today, September 13. Some actual, specific things worth doing before you tap Install, from someone who already got burned once this week.
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.
My Phone Charger Paranoia (Thanks, Samsung)
A Labor Day weekend spent oddly paranoid about my phone charger, thanks to Samsung's Note 7 recall, plus a smaller aside about the SpaceX pad explosion that took out a satellite meant for internet access in Africa.
The Dropbox Email Finally Made Me Fix My Passwords
Dropbox forced a password reset on old accounts this week over a 2012 breach, and it finally pushed me to set up a real password manager. Heres exactly what I did.
Fourteen Days, Eighteen Planets, Zero Other Players
Two weeks and forty hours into No Man's Sky, on the grind, the lonely planets, and why the hype around meeting other players fell apart almost immediately.
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.
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.