The popular Starlink Mini kit is on sale for just $199 with the new "activation benefit". Residential service plans are also discounted, bringing the starting price to just $39/month for the first 6…

MiX Silver is a bundle of MiXplorer file manager and Archiver, Image, Tagger and PDF add-ons as a paid app to support development of MiXplorer.…

Jack Dorsey continually demonstrates he is, at best, oblivious to his role in enabling the authoritarian dismantling of democracy and informed consensus. Ethical tech publications should stop…

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Liquid Glass on MacOS, and it being an abomination (epic rant from Nilay Patel there). OK, it’s not recent, but there’s still a lot of talk and Nilay’s rant…

Android will become a locked-down platform in September 2026. Sign the petition, install F-Droid, debate with coleagues... #android

I have always had a weird relationship with AirPods Max. On one hand, they sounded great. On the other, they felt strangely outdated for a $549 product the moment Apple started shipping smarter…

As trillions of dollars flow into the global energy and AI buildout, Halcyon’s platform helps energy professionals make faster, smarter decisions

And we finally have a word for them.

A couple of weeks ago, I released Where Can I Watch? launched on the App Store, and I recently shipped the first update. Version 1.1.0 includes four new features and six bug fixes most of which came…

Founder Alex Klarfeld joins us for a podcast interview, with an update on Supergood's product journey, reverse engineering APIs ethically, and automating tech for old industries

I have been using macOS voice control for about three years. First it was a way to reduce pain from excessive computer use. It has been a real struggle. Decades of computer use habits with typing and…

You’ve probably seen the ads for Homeaglow — the home cleaning service that claims to charge just $19 for the first cleaning. To add credibility to their company, their tout a very high…

iPadOS 26 was a popular release, as Apple solved* several of the iPad’s most glaring issues. However, the launch of the MacBook Neo has resurfaced various iPad frustrations — and reminded me of a…

... and the bar for graduating school/college is cratering

I'm doing something about it with my own product, PodRead. You can now buy a credit pack for $4.99.

Apple Podcasts is introducing HLS video support, forcing creators to choose between traditional audio-first feeds and the new video-driven standard.

Above: community radio station 2SER’s studios in Sydney NSW, Australia. Edison Research at SSRS released the Infinite Dial 2026 in the US, which I co-presented. You can download the slides and…

Photo taken at my local Apple Store Today, I opened the Apple Store app on my iPhone to see if either of the two Apple stores near my house had the new MacBook Neo in stock . No luck. Both locations…

This past week: postmarketOS publishes 2025 financial report and 2026 budget, GNOME 50 approaching with libadwaita 1.9 released with new sidebar widget for adaptive apps, Stevia speech input…

I’ve had my iMac for almost a decade now, and aside from slowing down a bit over the years, it’s worked just fine. Until now. It started with Spotlight no longer being able to find any apps or files.…

In this deep dive, we will examine M5's GPU performance across various workloads. TLDR: It can be very powerful if the programmer knows how to use it correctly.

Sick of Copilot, Grok AI, or the upcoming Googleization of Siri? Disgusted with the insane prices for RAM and storage? Tired of watching prices rise for video games, the proliferation of…

Apple is being Apple. Leaks regarding its iPhone Fold multitasking plans suggest it’ll hold back that device much like it long held back the iPad. I grumble about this over at Stuff. iPhone…

Hands-on Arduino Ventuno Q first look from Embedded World 2026 with Dragonwing IQ8 specs, Geekbench CPU/GPU benchmarks, and mainline Linux support.

I’ve been a long time proponent and user of open-ear headphones for general purpose audio usage. I’ve owned various Shokz bone conduction devices, to the original Sony Linkbuds, the…

These are the phones I remember owning since 2000. Nokia 3210 Sony Ericsson K300i Nokia E63 Dopod D600 Motorola Milestone Samsung Galaxy Nexus Nexus 5 Apple iPhone SE OnePlus 5 OnePlus 7 Pro Motorola…

For the past 10 days, an all-new $599 MacBook has captivated the tech press. A laptop grabbing so much attention in 2026 probably wasn’t on too many prediction lists. The situation may lead people to…

After trying Gemini to figure out how others viewed the Best Knives annual article, I got a bit obsessed. Let’s ask Gemini about some opinions I have about gear. I am going to ask Gemini questions…

I wanted the TiinyAI Pocket Lab to be real. A few months ago I got burned by NVIDIA’s DGX Spark, a $3,999 “personal AI supercomputer” with one fatal number buried under the…

Run command-line apps smoothly

Sam Henri Gold: There is a certain kind of computer review that is really a permission slip. It tells you what you’re allowed to want. It locates you in a taxonomy — student, creative,…

A man joyfully adjusts settings on a futuristic interface labeled "Analyzing," exploring the possibilities of Stardock's Clairvoyance technology in a cozy, modern workspace. I have been trying out a…

My 2026 keynote at UX Camp in Calgary exploring the growing overlap between technology disciplines, my own identity crisis in design leadership, and how UX Designers got crowded out of strategic…

On Thursday afternoon, I wandered over to Grand Central to pick up lunch. Immediately after walking into the terminal I noticed that the Apple Store that overlooks the main hall was closed off and…

Our trusty Brother MFC laser printer and scanner was getting long in the tooth and my wife wanted color printing. After a lot of research, she landed on the Canon MF644Cdw and placed an order.…

So where has the last six months gone? I was planning on getting images done for Fedora 44 Beta but I was unwell and busy and ran out of time. So what better time to get them out than Pi Day!. So…

I find this to be the defining difference between the "devices" (the phone, the tablet, the watch, etc.) and a computer: the computer is a blank slate, it is what you want it to be.

Earlier this week, the Dayton Hamvention announced its 2026 award winners. This year’s Technical Achievement Award winner is Bob Famiglio, K3RF. It’s hard to argue with this choice. As…

I meant to post this many months ago when I was shopping for my Prius. Interesting to see Toyota updating its BZ EV and apparently radically improving it. What is appealing to me is the simplicity…

Extension Manager (com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager) Ease local management of Gnome extensions Mission Center (io.missioncenter.MissionCenter) Windows-style task manager Setup a keyboard shortcut to…

In 2022, I had to buy a new computer. I was working for a company that didn’t provide a work laptop, and I literally had to run to the nearest Apple Store to buy the best machine I could afford at…

Hello readers! As you probably noticed, there was no newsletter last week. I had a serious health emergency, and recovery is going to take some time. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to do…