At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced small but significant updates to watchOS 11. This year is the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Apple Watch, and rumors abound that we will see a major redesign of Apple's wearable this fall, with a new suite of health features …
Read More »Google and Fitbit Made a Kids’ Smartwatch
Last week, a neighbor invited my children over for ice cream. My 9-year-old wanted to walk alone, so she strapped on her Apple Watch and set out with my son. I watched the blue dot rush enthusiastically off. “Baby, you’re going the wrong way,” I texted. She corrected her course, …
Read More »Dyson’s WashG1 Is an All-in-One Wet Floor Cleaner That Doesn’t Use Suction
Cleaning your floors is a vile, tedious chore, which ultimately has less to do with the task itself, and more to do with the general sense that the tools available for the job are inadequate. I have two kids, a big dog, and a big house. Most cleaning tools are …
Read More »An Iconic CD Changer Is Back to Challenge Streaming Fatigue
Today, Bang & Olufsen—the audio company that has made what we called “the prettiest gadgets in the world”—is rereleasing its iconic CD player, the Beosound 9000. If you were alive in the 1990s, you definitely saw this CD player standing in a place of honor, six discs and glass lid …
Read More »Nike’s Layoffs Prove the Olympics Can’t Solve Its Midlife Crisis
Amid much hoopla at the Palais Brongniart—the former home of the Paris stock exchange—sports giant Nike launched an exhaustive lineup of footwear and apparel innovation ahead of the Paris Summer Olympic games. During the three-day gala event, dubbed Nike On Air, the company debuted new kits for almost every sport. …
Read More »The World Doesn’t Need More Journal Apps
Picture it. The year is 2013. Something called a “cronut” keeps popping up in your Instagram feed. You went on a trip with your best friend, so you made an album on Facebook, tagged her, and geotagged the restaurant. Then you wrote a Yelp review. Maybe you publicly disagreed with …
Read More »Yes, You Really Need a Budget
Like many people, I signed up for Mint because it was free. After all, that's what people who are good at money do—use things because they're free. And, by many standards, I am decent at managing money. I pay my mortgage monthly. I put aside money for vacations and savings, …
Read More »Our Favorite Electric Bike Is $500 Off Right Now
Here in the Pacific Northwest, spring has sprung. Yes, it is but a false spring, and by the end of the week we will again be moping through chilly gloom and rain. But for the time being, the sun is shining on our gleaming white vampire limbs, and we are …
Read More »Apple Beats an Apple Watch Lawsuit
In recent months, Apple has grappled with a series of lawsuits concerning the fate of its popular Apple Watch line. But this week, the company had a victory. As reported by Reuters, a federal judge ruled in Apple’s favor and dismissed an antitrust lawsuit that claimed that Apple had illegally …
Read More »Apple TV+ Is the New HBO
I have strong feelings about the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses. It’s a combination of gripping John Le Carré–style espionage thriller and workplace comedy, like The Office. Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, an unkempt, neckless individual who slurps up greasy lo mein noodles and presides over Slough House, where …
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