Wasteful? Or really rather cute? Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET ZDNET Recommends Contempt fascinates me, as does distaste. But when the two are put together, I can't resist wondering about the source and speculating about the ramifications. Especially when the negative feelings are being directed toward a seemingly innocent gadget. Please imagine that many experts regard this particular gadget with such disdain that they say, according to the San Francisco Chronicle : "Hard no!", "Never," or even "wasteful." A gadget that's wasteful? Perish the very concept. Gadgets always and only exist to make the world a better place and ultimately save it, surely. Also: Robots and videogames have a surprising lesson to teach. We just have to listen But wait, what gadget could possibly be rousing such uncontrolled negativity? Why, it's the electric corkscrew. Should you never have seen one of these things, it comes with a charging stand and ...
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Wasteful? Or really rather cute? Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET ZDNET Recommends Contempt fascinates me, as does distaste. But when the two are put together, I can't resist wondering about the source and speculating about the ramifications. Especially when the negative feelings are being directed toward a seemingly innocent gadget. Please imagine that many experts regard this particular gadget with such disdain that they say, according to the San Francisco Chronicle : "Hard no!", "Never," or even "wasteful." A gadget that's wasteful? Perish the very concept. Gadgets always and only exist to make the world a better place and ultimately save it, surely. Also: Robots and videogames have a surprising lesson to teach. We just have to listen But wait, what gadget could possibly be rousing such uncontrolled negativity? Why, it's the electric corkscrew. Should you never have seen one of these things, it comes with a charging stand and ...
Many Americans are already thinking about their New Year's resolutions , and most say they're making their health a top priority. A new survey shows people are looking to exercise more, eat healthier and lose weight, according to market and consumer research company Statista. They're also hoping to save money and spend more time with friends and family, Statista's survey shows. Dan Ackerman, an editorial director at CNET, joined "CBS Mornings" on Thursday to share tips on how technology can help people reach those goals in the new year. The first item on the list is a virtual reality headset. Ackerman said VR headsets now offer a variety of features that can help people get motivated about their health- and fitness-related resolutions. "That sounds crazy, but there are headsets that are wireless and lightweight," he said. The latest VR headsets feature exercise programs, such as boxing programs and even music programs for those who enjoy da...
Graphic: Twemoji For better or worse, 2022 saw millions of workers who had been spending the past couple of years in hastily made home offices start returning to their daily commutes, but tech makers aren’t forgetting the lessons they learned since the sudden shift to work from home kicked off. Laptops are more popular than ever, webcams are finally getting good, and 2022's hybrid work market didn’t slow down at all. Pandemic development momentum hasn’t stopped, yes, but that also applies to fun shit. Following on the heels of the laptop boom, the gaming handheld space is becoming much more diverse, no longer dominated solely by options from the likes of Nintendo or Sony. The Steam Deck has ushered in an era of affordable handheld gaming PCs, and cloud gaming services and even devices are making themselves available for those who don’t want to splurge on a full computer. Hobbyist devices like drones are also taking off now (not sorry for the pun), with new options fro...
Homemade pie is one of life’s great simple pleasures. Whether it’s with a sweet or savory filling, a mouthful of warm deliciousness sandwiched between perfectly cooked flaky crust is a surefire way to shake off the wintertime blues on a cold day. Actually, we should say that eating pie is one of life’s great simple pleasures. Making pie, on the other hand, can be a great big hassle, with a lot of annoying prep work before you get to take a single bite. Lucky for us, though, there’s a way to skip almost all of the hassle, thanks to Thanko. The Japanese cooking gadget maker has an uncanny ability to know just what we want to help us achieve our home chef ambitions, and last year they created the Pie Maker, a handy little plug-in machine that let you cook a pair of mini pies. It was a great idea, especially considering that very few homes in Japan have a large, dedicated oven for baking. The only problem was that the pies were pretty small, so now Thanko is offe...
/ It’s time to stop thinking about new gadgets as ‘upgrades’ and start evaluating them as independent products. The Dell XPS 13 Plus has a heck of a lot in common with the XPS 13 — but its audience is very, very different. Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge Gadgets, since time in memoriam, have worked a certain way. You, a company, release one. It’s good, but it’s not perfect. No gadget is perfect! So you do market research and focus groups. You figure out who’s buying. You figure out what they like and what they don’t like. You refine. You fix problems. The next year, you release a version of that device that is objectively, concretely better. This is the next-gen device, the Device 2.0. You call this device an “upgrade.” You tell your customers to recycle Device 1.0 and replace it with Device 2.0. Some of them do. “Should you upgrade?” the tech bloggers write, calculating the pros and cons of doing so. I know, I know, this is a vast oversimplification of...