Editorials


Will 2017 be the year of 4K?

I can’t believe I’m asking this question again. It seems like 4K has been around longer than Elvis and yet it’s still never completely caught on. For myself, I first saw a “consumer” demonstration of 4K in…



The machine that ruined the world?

I guess for some people, progress is all about ruining the fun for other people. For every person who tells you how easy it is for things to get done today, for every guy who never…





STREAMING SATURDAY: What is The OA About?

Netflix’s The OA asks viewers to “trust in the unknown.” After watching the pilot episode, that’s exactly what I did with the streaming service’s future hit. Stuart Sweet challenged me to watch the first episode of The OA and…


Are our voice assistants spying on us?

Voice assistants are everywhere now. The unquestioned hit of the recent Consumer Electronics show was Amazon’s Alexa, which wasn’t even revealed at the show. Alexa now controls more devices than ever before and it seemed like…




OPINION: Is the computer mouse obsolete?

If so, it’s had a good run. The mouse was invented back in 1965, in the days when interacting with computers meant flipping long banks of switches and getting paper tape printouts in return. It took off…