Latest articles by Jerry Hildenbrand
Tech Talk Computers have been able to translate speech for a long time. Now they're getting good at it.
Small Deal Day Online retailers sell plenty of small-ticket essentials that we love as much as the showcase items. Here are today's best.
Premium sound These Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 earbuds bring incredible sound and are packed with features. Grab them while they're $100 off.
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Should I buy it? It's great research for the real holiday shopping time: Black Friday.
Android & Chill AI can be used for a lot of boring, mundane things because it does a great job at them. You're using it right now!
Battery life The chemistry that can provide power from metals makes those metals degrade over time and there's not much we can do about it.
Power in your hands You read a lot of words about on-device AI, but what do they all mean?
I think therefore I am Agentic AI is the next step towards smarter computing.
Tech Talk The parts that make a good phone aren't quite the same as what you need for AI. Let's look at the differences.
Should I buy it? The Galaxy S25 FE claims to offer all the features you love at a lower price. Does it live up to that promise, or are you better off buying the "regular" Galaxy S25?
Android & Chill When faced with a family friend who is letting his phone affect his life and relationship, I got a wake-up call about being addicted to a phone.
APV Qualcomm's newest Snapdragon Elite chip brings Advanced Professional Video (APV) support to smartphones. Is this important, and if so, why?
OVER 9000 MediaTek might have just built a better chip than anyone else. Too bad it will never come to mainstream devices in North America, though.
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Android & Chill Plenty of AI features are coming to the Chrome Browser. Some of them look pretty good!
Lossless Spotify now joins players like Amazon Music and Apple Music and will offer "lossless" quality audio if you have the right gear and the bandwidth for it. What does that even mean?
Same as it ever was You can build hype for anything if you know how to talk without saying much. You can also do something new and different.
Should I buy it? There is a lot of tech out there, and new products are coming every day. It's hard to figure out which ones are worth it.
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Android & Chill The problems between the Pixel 10 and Samsung's Galaxy Watch 8 simultaneously showcase everything terrible and great.
Tech Talk If you use headphones or earbuds, there's a good chance you're using ANC. But what is it? Here's an explainer.
Android & Chill Google won't have to sell off Chrome or Android, and it will be mostly business as usual for billions of consumers.
