Part of the Smart Home Saga – a four-part look at my ongoing truce with Google Nest. In classic Google […]
Google Pulls the Plug on Nest Gen 1 & Gen 2: What It Means for You (and for Google) Read More »
Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
Early 2025 brought another round of subscription hikes across the smart home world – Ring increasing prices, Nest bundling more
Smart Home Subscriptions Are Starting To Feel Like Rent Read More »
Consumer Experience, Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
With the EU’s AI regulations kicking into effect in early 2025, the industry is doing something it hasn’t had to
AI Regulation Gets Real — and Tech Finally Has Homework Read More »
AI & Automation, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, IT & Security, Technology Trends
Google’s early-2025 announcements around Gemini Agents felt like a quiet shift wrapped in a flashy keynote. For years, AI has
AI Agents Arrive — and Suddenly Software Has Opinions Read More »
AI & Automation, Digital Life, Productivity, Technology Trends
This year’s coverage of Tesla’s production cuts, pricing swings, and cooling demand across the EV market feels like a long-awaited
EV Reality Check: Tesla’s Rough Year and the End of Automatic Hype Read More »
Infrastructure, Leadership, Marketing & Innovation, Technology Trends
Over the first half of 2024, a funny thing started happening with strict return-to-office policies: a lot of them quietly
Return-to-Office 2.0: Quiet Retreat from Loud Mandates Read More »
Leadership, Technology Trends, Workplace Behavior, Workplace Culture
As news of new streaming bundles and price hikes rolled out in 2024, it became official: we’ve spent a decade
Streaming Fatigue: Congratulations, We’ve Rebuilt Cable Read More »
Consumer Behavior, Digital Life, Smart Home, Technology Trends
When Google rolled out AI Overviews, the idea made sense: give people quick, helpful summaries instead of ten blue links.
Google’s AI Overviews Stumble Shows How Hard “Simple” Really Is Read More »
Digital Life, Marketing & Innovation, Technology Trends
When Congress moved forward with a bill that could ban or force the sale of TikTok, the conversation went from
TikTok’s Possible Ban Shows How Dependent We’ve Become on One App Read More »
Consumer Behavior, Digital Life, IT & Security, Technology Trends
With Copilot now embedded across Windows, Office, and Teams, Microsoft essentially turned the entire productivity stack into a conversation. Your
Copilot Everywhere: When Your Workflow Becomes One Big Prompt Read More »
AI & Automation, Technology Trends
A fresh round of 2024 reviews on Matter – the standard that was supposed to finally unify the smart home
Matter Was Supposed to Fix the Smart Home. It Mostly Added Another Layer Read More »
Digital Life, Smart Home, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends
The Vision Pro launch feels like Apple quietly whispering, “Hey, we’re changing computing forever,” while the rest of us are
Apple Vision Pro Arrives — and We’re All Beta Testers Now Read More »
Digital Life, Tech & Gadgets, Technology Trends