I’ve been testing laptops professionally for over two decades, and I can’t remember a year where the gap between platforms was this narrow — or this interesting. Four major AI-accelerated laptop platforms are battling for your desk right now, and after spending the better part of two months living with each one, I’m ready to …
I used to end every workday the same way: unplugging a tangle of USB-C cables from my laptop, hunting for the right wall wart to charge my phone, and hoping my earbuds hadn’t died overnight. My nightstand was a graveyard of half-dead devices and my desk looked like a power strip had thrown up on …
I didn’t think much about my mouse until my wrist started waking me up at 3 AM with a dull, grinding ache that radiated up my forearm. For years I’d been using whatever cheap optical mouse came bundled with a computer, or the stock Apple Magic Mouse that looks gorgeous but forces your hand into …
Three years ago, I lost six months of product photos, benchmark data, and an entire draft of a review I’d been working on since CES. The culprit? A spinning hard drive that decided to click its final click while I was copying files to what I thought was a safe backup. That was the last …
Here’s the thing about desk setups: most of us spend more time sitting at them than we do sleeping, yet we’ll obsess over mattress reviews while ignoring the pile of cables snaking across our workspace. I’ve been testing tech for over two decades, and the gadgets that genuinely surprised me weren’t the flashy ones with …
I’ve been shooting video content for over two decades, and if there’s one thing that hasn’t changed, it’s this: the barrier to producing great-looking footage keeps dropping, but figuring out which gear actually matters gets harder every year. Back when I started, you needed a dedicated camera operator, a bag full of lenses, and a …
Every year around this time, my inbox fills with the same panicked question from friends, relatives, and readers: “What tech should I get the graduate in my life?” And every year, I give the same honest answer — it depends entirely on where they’re heading next. A kid moving into a dorm has wildly different …
I spent the better part of two decades hunched over monitors, wondering why my neck ached and my desk felt like a cramped airplane tray table. Then I bought my first monitor arm — an Ergotron LX on a whim during a late-night shopping session — and it genuinely changed how I work. That was …
I’ve spent the better part of three months talking into more microphones than I care to count. Some of them made me sound like a late-night radio host; others made me sound like I was broadcasting from inside a tin can. The USB microphone market has exploded in 2026, and for good reason — between …
I’ve been that person — the one scrambling for an outlet at the airport, watching my laptop hit 3% during a client call, or realizing my phone is dying right when I need to pull up a boarding pass. After years of traveling with tech that demands more power than ever, I finally got serious …