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No One's Even Trying Anymore

CES 2026 was cool, but only in the brief moments when AI wasn't sucking up all the air.

The Last Newsletter of 2025

Time for rest, everyone. We'll see you next year.

OnePlus Chose the Worst Time to Debut Another Smartphone

Like selling bathing suits in the middle of the Arctic winter.

Android XR is Coming For Your Face!

A busy week immersed in extended reality; a short newsletter to honor it.

I Want To Be a Bear (Specifically, a Hibernating One)

I wanted to sleep, but Samsung launched the triple-folding phone, and Google dropped a major Android 16 release.

Google's Pixel 10 Can AirDrop to the Apple iPhone. War Is Over

The new cross-platform file-sharing ability is enabled by antitrust pressure, not magic.

The Government Shutdown Is Why You Can't Buy the OnePlus 15

Another glaring example of how everything is political, even the launch of third-tier phones.

Fitbit's Gemini-powered Health Coach is Nicer to Me Than I Am to Myself

The computer did not call me lazy for prioritizing rest.

That One Time Google Played Frankenstein

A quick tribute to Project Ara, the modular smartphone that could have been.