I’ve been testing gadgets professionally for over 25 years, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned about health tech, it’s this: the number most people obsess over — total body weight — is the least interesting thing your body can tell you. I learned that lesson the hard way last spring, when I started training …
I’ve been carrying portable storage for longer than some of my colleagues have been alive. Floppy disks, Zip drives, the very first pocket-sized USB sticks that held a laughable 128MB. So when I tell you that the portable SSD has fundamentally changed how I work, test, and travel with gear, it’s not hyperbole — it’s …
I’ve been testing smartwatches since the original Pebble convinced a million people that a wrist computer was a reasonable thing to want. In the years since, I’ve worn everything from a $1,800 Apple Watch Ultra to a $12 no-name fitness band that arrived in a box with no English text whatsoever. After months of testing …
I’ll be honest — when my team first suggested I test a walking pad under my desk, I was skeptical. I’ve been writing about technology and productivity gear for over 25 years, and I’ve seen every “revolutionary workspace upgrade” come and go. Balance ball chairs. Under-desk ellipticals. Those bizarre standing desk converters that wobbled like …
I didn’t think much about indoor air quality until my allergy meds stopped working. For years, I’d pop a cetirizine every morning during pollen season, keep the windows mostly shut, and carry on. But last spring, after three straight weeks of waking up congested at 5 AM and dragging through afternoon calls with a foggy …
I’ve been testing audio gear for over two decades — and after building out my entire sound environment for deep work — and if there’s one question I get more than any other, it’s this: “Do I really need to spend $400 on noise-cancelling headphones?” The answer, after spending the last three months living with …
We’ve all been there. You’re three hours into a six-hour layover, you’ve finally found the one outlet that actually works in the entire terminal — and someone’s already camped in front of it with a family-size pizza and a tablet playing cartoons at full volume. Your laptop battery icon has gone from comforting green to …
I spent the last six weeks carrying a 15.6-inch slab of glass and circuitry in my backpack everywhere I went — coffee shops, airports, hotel desks, my own couch. My team and I wanted to answer one deceptively simple question: is a portable monitor actually worth the money in 2026, or is it one of …
Samsung Just Revealed Galaxy Glasses: Why AI-Powered Smart Eyewear Might Finally Be Ready for Prime Time Today’s Galaxy Unpacked event in London just changed the game for wearable AI. Samsung officially took the wraps off Galaxy Glasses (codenamed Jinju), and after spending the last decade watching this category stumble between gimmick and disappointment, I think …
I’ve been writing about consumer tech for over two decades, and I still get caught off guard by recurring fees. Last fall, I was helping my neighbor set up a four-camera security system around his property — name-brand stuff, good hardware, easy installation. We had everything mounted and connected in under an hour. Then the …