Mat Smith
Articles by Mat Smith
The Morning After: Our verdict on the iPhone 16e
The biggest news stories this morning: Sony cuts the price of PS VR2 to $400, What to expect at MWC 2025, iPhone 16e review.
The Morning After: How to follow Amazon’s hardware event tomorrow
The biggest news stories this morning: Disney+ just dropped an explosive trailer for Andor season 2, How to get MagSafe charging on an iPhone 16e, Nintendo Switch 2 is launching soon, here’s everything we know so far.
The Morning After: Apple reveals its new cheapest iPhone. What’s missing?
The biggest news stories this morning: Humane’s AI pins will stop working in 7 days, Oppo’s Find N5 is an exciting foldable you might never see in the US, xAI launches Grok 3 AI, claiming it is capable of ‘human reasoning’.
The Oppo Find N5 is an impressive, very thin foldable with a giant battery
With the Find N5, Oppo went to town on hardware. It feels and looks more premium than the company’s previous foldables but with substantial spec bumps at a time when many smartphones seem a little iterative.
The Morning After: What to expect from Apple’s new launch this week
The biggest news stories this morning: Viktor Antonov, art director for Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died, Anyone in the US can now buy Nintendo’s Alarmo clock from the online store, Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review.
The Morning After: It’s true, TikTok is back
The biggest news stories this morning: Where is the best place to buy a cheap iPad? Honda and Nissan have ended their merger plans, Apple will introduce its ‘newest member of the family’ next week.
The Morning After: Musk wants to buy OpenAI. It doesn’t want to be bought.
The biggest news stories this morning: TikTok suggests Android users in the US should sideload the app, OnePlus 13 phone review, Apple will reportedly announce a new iPhone SE this week.
The Morning After: Apple’s Invite app and its less welcome third-party porn apps
The biggest news stories this morning: How to use Apple Invites to plan your next event, Oura Ring 4 long-term review, the return of Ask Engadget. Send Mat your questions!
The Morning After: Ontario cancels then un-cancels its Starlink contract over tariff trade war
The biggest news stories this morning: Samsung leader cleared of fraud charges after winning appeal, The 10 best audio tech gadgets we saw at NAMM 2025, AI helped The Beatles win a grammy.
The Morning After: Our verdict on the Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S25
The biggest news stories this morning: Comcast unveils ultra-low lag internet connection, UPS plans to slash its shipping business with Amazon by half, The Galaxy S25 Ultra review.
Samsung Galaxy S25 review: More powerful, but more of the same
The Samsung Galaxy S25 has useful AI features and an impressive battery life, but the samey hardware and unchanged price tag make for an unconvincing upgrade.
The Morning After: The Chinese AI assistant sending shockwaves through US rivals
The biggest news stories this morning: Bluesky’s moderation report shows how quickly harmful content grew, China’s DeepSeek AI assistant becomes top free iPhone app as US tech stocks take a hit, The iPhone notch might come back.
Curvy sides, flat edges: The Galaxy S25 and the arbitrary shape of smartphones
Smartphones have hopped from flat to curves for as long as smartphones have existed. Shouldn't we have have figured this out?
The Morning After: Everything Samsung announced this week (and future devices teased)
The biggest news stories this morning: Everything Samsung teased beside the Galaxy S25 series, a bad Star Trek movie and the first Mac.
Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25+ hands-on: Slimmer, but a little too similar
With the Galaxy S25, there’s not a lot here to differentiate from last year’s Galaxy S24. In fact, you really have to look for changes.
The Morning After: TikTok lives to scroll another day (or 75)
The biggest news stories this morning: President Trump has delayed the TikTok ban,What to expect at Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Unpacked event, X adds a dedicated video tab to fill the brief TikTok void.
The Morning After: What to expect from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event next week
The biggest news stories this morning: Amazon Prime will no longer let clothes shoppers try before you buy after this month, Celebs and tech luminaries want to create a fully open social media ecosystem, iPhone Air rumors and an entry-level iPad.
The Morning After: Introducing the best of CES 2025 winners
The biggest news stories this morning: Sony Honda Mobility’s Afeela 1 feels like a PlayStation 4 in the PS5 era, The weirdest tech of CES 2025, Ropet is the cute-as-hell emotional robot that the modern Furby wishes it could be.
The Morning After: Finding fun and relaxation in the middle of CES 2025
The biggest news stories this morning: G’s OLED evo TVs for 2025 come with AI and a 165Hz refresh rate, The best CES gadgets you can actually buy right now, This is a battery-powered plug-in induction oven.
The Morning After: Meta gives up on fact checking for Facebook and Instagram
The biggest news stories this morning: The robot vacuum that can climb stairs, X’s Linda Yaccarino on Meta ending fact checking: ‘Welcome to the party’, Everything NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced at CES 2025.