Happy New Year! Over the last Christmas holidays, I had a few gatherings with various groups and people. For one evening, we had a potluck and then sang karaoke. I am not always the most comfortable singing publicly because I forget lyrics, but since they are on a screen, it reduces some of my anxiety. Into the evening and during a slower love song, one guy who was known for being creepy with women went up to one of our friends and, in front of...
From The Verge: Now that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has appointed a new CEO to run Microsoft’s biggest businesses, he has a little more time on his hands for other adventures. Beyond focusing on Microsoft’s technical work, Nadella is now turning to the ancient art of blogging to discuss Microsoft’s...
From PC Mag: The Pebble Round 2 isn’t meant for everybody. It doesn’t have the fitness-tracking features of a Garmin wearable or even those of flagship smartwatches from Apple, Google, or Samsung. Instead, it’s meant to follow the same core philosophy behind the Pebble Time 2 as a playful device...
From CNET: In a 2025 year-end post, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri addressed the massive shifts AI is causing in photography, stressing that authenticity will be harder and harder to come by -- and offering thoughts on how creators, camera makers and Instagram itself will need to adapt.
"The key risk...
From The Verge: New photos and video seem to confirm previous leaks hinting that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will sport a new camera bump. OnLeaks posted images of what look like dummy phones on X, following renders it leaked back in September.
We’ve seen a similarly raised island on the Galaxy Z...
From PC Mag: Samsung is closing out the year with a flurry of product news. After announcing new speakers and Google Photos support for its TVs, the company has now introduced the budget-friendly Galaxy A17 5G and the Galaxy Tab A11+, which launch next month in the US.
The Galaxy A17 5G succeeds...
From PC World: LG Electronics will show off it’s new line of lifestyle TVs–the LG Gallery TV line–at CES in January, 2026. The Gallery TV is designed to optimally display the more than 4,500 works of art available from the company’s LG Gallery+ service (a “light” version is bundled with the TV; the...
From PC Mag: Gmail has been around for more than 20 years now, so chances are high that you've outgrown your first email address. However, Google doesn't offer a way to change your email handle, forcing you to create a new one or stick with a potentially embarrassing moniker.
That could change soon...
From The Verge: In just the past couple years, the art TV category that’s been dominated by Samsung’s The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG Gallery TV. The TV will leverage the Gallery+ service that LG released earlier this...
From CNET: Following up on a data breach that it first reported in June, insurance provider Aflac revealed in December that the incursion compromised the personal data of 22.65 million people. In its update, the company said that files containing personal data related to customers, beneficiaries and...
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