Author Archives
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Garmin has done a good thing, the Venu X1
Venu X1 fuses practical features you need in a smartwatch with lightweight materials and advanced health and fitness features. When it’s time to train, recover or explore — trust this smartwatch to take you there… More here. This looks comparable… Read More ›
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Inside America’s Death Chambers
Maybe everyone dreams of dying, even if not in quite this way. I once had nightmares about being a victim of crime, but after I began witnessing executions, I came to imagine myself on some subconscious plane as the perpetrator… Read More ›
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CW&T Solid State Watch
This project begins as a celebration of the Casio F-91W wristwatch. Initially released and unchanged since 1989, this affordable, reliable and accurate timepiece is a beautiful feat of engineering. You seriously can’t find another piece of technology that’s so ubiquitous… Read More ›
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When was the worst time to be alive?
If there’s one lesson from history that might get you through such woes, it’s the fact that however bleak things are for you now, chances are they would have been worse if you’d had the misfortune to be alive in… Read More ›
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What Google Knows About You
It’s hard to overstate how deeply Google is woven into our lives—and how much it collects along the way. If you use services like Search, YouTube, Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, or Android (which, let’s face it, covers most people), you’re… Read More ›
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Is Apple fixing the wrong things?
There are so many parts of iOS that could do with tweaking to make the experience better and yet they have been ignored in iOS 26. The reference is to market fancy new aesthetics and not to worry about these… Read More ›
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The best we have
It’s a dull grey day in the pebbledashed sprawl of north-west London when I first see Keir Starmer. We’re at RAF Northolt just outside Ruislip, a military airport that seems to capture much about modern Britain. Set among the tired… Read More ›
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TRMNL
Meet the world’s first dedicated screen for things that matter… More here. Good price and a potentially excellent utility. Tempted…
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Analogue Apple Watch Alternatives
With a rounded tonneau case reminiscent of the Patek Philippe Ellipse, the Noah x Timex Lighthouse Watch combines the modern horological trend for slim understatement, with throwback cool. The quartz ticker features a compact, rounded 31mm x 35mm case with… Read More ›
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26’s main new feature- gaslighting
I have been trying iOS 26 on my iPad Air and I must say that it is not great. I’m not talking about the performance, it’s a beta, but rather the visuals. Apple spent a long time explaining the ‘innovation’… Read More ›
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