Mat Smith
Articles by Mat Smith
The Morning After: FBI warns about fake election security videos
The biggest news stories this morning: Meta’s Orion prototype hands-on, Amazon Prime’s free games for November include Dishonored and Guardians of the Galaxy, Election 2024: What will the candidates do about the digital divide?
The Morning After: Nintendo made its own music streaming service
The biggest news stories this morning: Microsoft’s Recall AI tool gets delayed again, Samsung could launch its extended reality wearable device next year, The next version of Android will arrive in early 2025.
The Morning After: Our verdict on the Kindle Colorsoft
The biggest news stories this morning: Nothing's first community-designed smartphone glows in the dark, X’s Community Notes feature has one job, and it’s failing to do it,, Meta AI has more than 500 million users.
The Morning After: How will the next US president deal with big tech?
The biggest news stories this morning: Apple introduces the M4 Pro chip, which finally brings Thunderbolt 5 support, Instagram reduces video quality for posts that aren’t raking in views, Apple gives the Mac mini a tiny redesign.
The Morning After: Apple Intelligence is officially here
The biggest news stories this morning: Grok can try to explain Elon Musk’s terrible jokes, The iMac gets an M4 refresh for faster Apple Intelligence, You’ll get another chance to pre-order the retro-themed PS5 today.
The Morning After: YouTube is testing a new subscription option that could remove most ads
The biggest news stories this morning: A $105,000 robot arm nobody needs can cook a delicious lunch, A new trailer for the Dune: Prophecy series just dropped, Amazon is rebooting its live-action adaptation of God of War.
The Morning After: Amazon finally made a Kindle with a color display
The biggest news stories this morning: Analogue’s 4K remake of the N64 is almost ready, First Look at Prada’s NASA spacesuit, New Pixel updates include AI-powered theft protection.
The Morning After: Apple’s surprise iPad mini
The biggest news stories this morning: Sonos’ $999 Arc Ultra is a powerhouse soundbar, Creators getting paid to post on Threads don’t understand its algorithm either, The next entry-level Kindle just leaked.
The Morning After: Our verdict on the Meta Quest 3S
The biggest news stories this morning: Fujifilm’s X-M5 is its first sub-$1,000 camera in years, SpaceX successfully catches its Super Heavy Rocket, Google strikes deal to power its AI data centers with nuclear.
The Morning After: Pokémon hack exposes future games, beta designs and more
The biggest news stories this morning: Hackers made robot vacuums randomly yell racial slurs, Do you want a giant Redbox machine? Steam tells gamers they’re buying a license, not a game.
The Morning After: This is Tesla’s robotaxi, the Cybercab
The biggest news stories this morning: Tesla’s robotaxi, the Cybercab, Intel’s 15th-gen CPUs are all about power efficiency and thermals, Nintendo is looking for 10,000 testers for a new Switch Online feature.
The Morning After: Nintendo’s latest hardware is not the Switch 2
The biggest news stories this morning: How to watch Tesla’s robotaxi event, Green Day’s Dookie has been demastered for Game Boy, Zoom’s latest feature update focuses heavily on its AI assistant.
The Morning After: Boring Company’s Vegas Loop plagued by lost drivers, trespassers and skateboarders
The biggest news stories this morning: SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts are leaving the ISS on October 13, The best projector for 2024, Meta Quest 3S hands-on.
The Morning After: The best deals we found on Amazon’s Prime Day 2024
The biggest news stories this morning: Phoenix Springs review, How to use the new Apple Cash Tap to Cash feature in iOS 18, Meta is working to fix Threads’ engagement bait problem.
The Morning After: The first Apple Intelligence features should finally arrive on October 28
The biggest news stories this morning: Apple’s revamped Mac mini and iPad mini could be here as soon as November 1, What happens when solar panels die? X lost a court battle after trying to claim ‘Twitter ceased to exist’.
The Morning After: Samsung’s latest software update was bricking older Galaxy phones
The biggest news stories this morning: YouTube Shorts are getting longer, Tesla’s fifth Cybertruck recall is due to a rear-view camera glitch, Texas is suing TikTok for allegedly violating its new child privacy law.
The Morning After: Oura's return to the smart ring fight
The biggest news stories this morning: Tesla stops selling its cheapest car, Students used Meta's smart glasses to automatically dox strangers, OpenAI rakes in over $6 billion in new funding.
The Morning After: Microsoft is killing off HoloLens 2
The biggest news stories this morning: reMarkable Paper Pro review, The trailer for Squid Game 2 has landed, Raspberry Pi built an AI camera with Sony.
The Morning After: Verizon and PlayStation’s network separately hit by outages
The biggest news stories this morning: Epic is suing Samsung, GM’s Cruise fined $1.5 million, Reddit policy changes make sitewide protests nearly impossible.
The Morning After: Apple’s rumored smart display may arrive next year
The biggest news stories this morning: YouTube blocks songs from Adele and Green Day amid licensing negotiations, Fujifilm GFX100S II review, A peek at how A Minecraft Movie will handle crafting.