Mat Smith
Articles by Mat Smith
The Morning After: Apple adds its new M5 chip to iPads, MacBooks and even the Vision Pro
The biggest news stories this morning: ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming PC review, The US Mint is putting Steve Jobs on a $1 coin, The Honor ‘robot’ phone.
The Morning After: Our verdict on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold
The biggest news stories this morning: Razer Blade 18 review, Tensor’s Robocar will be ‘Lyft-ready’ out of the factory, Researchers find just 250 malicious documents can leave LLMs vulnerable to backdoors.
The Morning After: The best Amazon Prime Day deals so far
The biggest news stories this morning: Don’t buy an Echo Show (you can have mine), Nissan Leaf 2026 review, The problems with AI data centers
The Morning After: Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorsoft fuses two types of ereader
The biggest news stories this morning: Microsoft jacks up the price of Game Pass Ultimate, Peloton updates its entire Bike, Tread and Row series, Ray-Ban Meta (2nd Gen) review.
Peloton updates its Bike, Tread and Row machines with form-checking cameras, rotating screens and lots of AI
The Cross Training series all benefit from new hardware, varying levels of AI smarts with Peloton IQ, and software improvements. And swiveling screens.
The Morning After: What to expect from Amazon’s big devices event today
The biggest news stories this morning: EA confirms it will go private in $55 billion acquisition, How to follow Amazon’s big hardware event, A PlayStation photography book is my next coffee-table tome.
The Morning After: US and China agree to agree on a TikTok deal
The biggest news stories this morning: SpaceX’s lunar lander could be ‘years late’ for a planned 2027 mission to the Moon, Some iPhone 17 models are reportedly prone to very visible scratches, Watch the new trailer for Disney’s The Mandalorian and Grogu.
The Morning After: Meta's Ray-Ban Display is the closest thing yet to true smart glasses
The biggest news stories this morning: Inside the Apple audio lab where AirPods are tested and tuned, Oakley Meta Vanguard are the smart glasses athletes might actually want, iPhone 17 review
Nothing’s Ear 3 buds have a walkie-talkie style ‘super mic’
The Ear 3’s new standout feature/gimmick: the Super Mic. It’s like a walkie-talkie for your wireless headphones.
The Morning After: The verdict on AirPods Pro 3
The biggest news stories this morning: All the biggest announcements from Nintendo Direct, Free Spotify users can finally listen to any track immediately, The iPhone 17 square selfie camera is a bigger deal than you think.
The Morning After: HBO Max is going to get more expensive
The biggest news stories this morning: Lenovo Legion Go 2 hands-on, Gmail will now filter your purchases into a new tab, iPhone Air hands-on.
Welcome to the era of thin smartphones (whether you want it or not)
The iPhone Air might not be another MacBook Air, but that's okay.
The Morning After: Hands-on with the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, AirPods Pro 3 and more
The biggest news stories this morning: Hands-on with everything from Apple's big event, Apple isn’t making any carbon-neutral claims with its Series 11 smartwatch, All of the new iPhones start with 256GB of storage.
The Morning After: What to expect from Apple’s iPhone 17 event today
The biggest news stories this morning: This pettable Poké Ball is a Tamagotchi-style toy with over 150 Pokémon inside, Rimac introduces its take on solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, Meta reportedly suppressed research about how dangerous its VR headsets are for kids.
The Morning After: reMarkable’s new e-ink device is the size of a notepad
The biggest news stories this morning: What to expect at Apple's iPhone 17 event, Eufy wants robovacs to conquer stairs, The LEGO Ultimate Death Star: Over 9,000 pieces and $1,000.
The first new Bond game in over a decade is Hitman meets action blockbuster
007 First Light might cover all the Bond movie beats.
The Morning After: DJI’s tiny Mic 3 can record four subjects at once
The biggest news stories this morning: The best mobile microphones for 2025, Sony RX1R III camera review, Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds.
The Morning After: The verdict on Google's Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10
The biggest news stories this morning: Google Translate’s latest feature is its take on Duolingo, Apple's next iPhone event has a date, Everything we played at Gamescom 2025.
Everything we played at Gamescom 2025
Gamescom is a bigger deal than ever. Here's everything we played and previewed from Europe's biggest gaming show.
Google Pixel 10 review: The new smartphone standard
The Pixel 10 blurs the line further between the base and pro models of Google’s phone series. With a 5x telephoto camera and most of the company’s most powerful AI features, it delivers a lot for a few hundred dollars less than its Pro sibling.