30 2026 April
What We Can Learn from the Complex Legacy of Tim Cook
One of the biggest tech stories this month was related to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s decision to step down after 15 years leading Apple into...
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Lessons From Utopias, the World’s Most Expensive Beer
It’s a cross between a fine liquor and a reimagined beer. It’s also $240 per bottle and banned in 15 states due to having an...
Read Now30 2026 March
United Unlocks Excitement by Finally Serving the Neglected Back of the Plane
This is a time when travelers could use some good news after hours long delays at airports fueled by political impasse on funding TSA. So...
Read Now19 2026 March
A New Product That Imagines an Anti-Surveillance Future
One of the biggest viral tech stories this week was an announcement from a company called Deveillance that announced a product called Spectre 1: the first smart...
Read Now02 2026 February
Why We Should Stop Celebrating When Big Dreams Fail
The grand vision of Neom — the Saudi megacity that was going to change the future of how and where humans live– is officially a failure. The...
Read Now28 2026 January
How Technology is Rethinking Songs and Musical Instruments
Yesterday Eleven Labs announced a collaboration with Grammy award winning artists like Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel to use their AI tools to compose and perform all-new...
Read Now15 2026 January
5 Non-Obvious Takeaways from the World’s Largest Tech Show
I spent several days touring the trade show floor talking with tech experts, trying out demos, encountering lots of weird robots and interviewing people about their visions...
Read Now11 2025 December
Apple Finds the Wrong Way to Measure Innovation
The iPhone Air is a sales disaster with some media outlets reporting “virtually no demand.” The latest Samsung S25 is also facing disappointing sales results....
Read Now03 2025 December
The 2025 Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide
Today we continue with my annual Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a few products that caught my eye throughout the past year. 5. Montblanc Digital...
Read Now24 2025 November
How AI Is Helping Reduce Accents, But Could Do Much More
Thanks to AI there are a number of new services that are designed to help language learners learn a new dialect and reduce their accents...
Read Now20 2025 November
Does the World Still Need Car Keys? I Hope the Answer is Yes.
Writing about innovations that I hope die quickly isn’t usually my style … except for today. A recent piece in WIRED magazine asks whether we should still...
Read Now12 2025 November
Electricity Will Be Free in the Future. In Australia, It Already Is.
Solar power in Australia costs about a third of what it currently costs in the US. As a result, more than 1 in 3 homes...
Read Now03 2025 November
The Personal Exoskeletons Are Coming—Here’s What It Means
Nike just announced a groundbreaking new sneaker that includes an advanced exoskeleton to make walking and running easier. It’s essentially a bionic shoe. The upside...
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