Tag: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: We played Steam games on a Chromebook
Gaming has been one of Chrome OS’ weak spots for years. Most Chromebooks have lower-power hardware paired with an OS built on web technology, so playing AAA titles found on Windows has simply not been an option. Cloud gaming, like Google’s own Stadia, offered a solution of sorts, but many…
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The Morning After: Apple may have hired a longtime Ford exec for its car project
I thought Apple’s car project had gone a little quiet, but it’s still a thing, according to Bloomberg. The company has reportedly hired a longtime Ford engineer and executive to work on its car thought experiment, once called Project Titan. Desi Ujkashevic had been with the automaker since 1991 and…
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The Morning After: Formula E unveils the world’s most efficient race car
Formula E officially unveiled its Gen3 car yesterday, ahead of this weekend’s Monaco E-Prix. There are some big power and efficiency changes coming when the new cars hit the track next season. Much of the focus on Gen3 has been the massive upgrades to performance, but the car also sports…
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The Morning After: Apple’s repair-it-yourself iPhone service and toolkits launch in the US
Apple's Self Service Repair program is now available in the US. If you have an iPhone 12, iPhone 13 or third-generation iPhone SE, you can buy replacement batteries, cameras and displays from a dedicated store and use the company’s official repair manuals to fix it yourself. You can even spend…
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The Morning After: Mastodon, an open-source Twitter alternative, is having a moment
News of Twitter's buyout has rattled some users, as Elon Musk indicated he plans to take a much more hands-off approach to content moderation. As is often the case when Twitter makes a change (or infers that one is coming), some users have threatened to leave the platform. Mastodon has…
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The Morning After: Elon Musk is buying Twitter
This morning’s tech headlines are heavy on Musk. While the SpaceX and Tesla boss is still chasing hyperloop glory, yesterday Twitter accepted Elon Musk's buyout offer of $44 billion — more than anyone else would have likely paid for the social network. Musk has already said he’ll take the company…
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