Chris Matyszczyk

Google search glitch says LaVar Ball founded NBA

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. What would a LaVar Ball NBA have looked like?  Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images The machine has replaced the customer in being always right. Except, that is, when it’s flamingly wrong. For a short time on Tuesday, a search for “NBA founder” …

Read More »

A Steve Jobs Android phone? Oh please don’t

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives     The world needs this? Vincenzo Barbato/Facebook screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET If there’s one thing everyone remembers about Steve Jobs, it’s his sartorial elegance. The black turtlenecks, the slightly baggy Levi’s jeans and the New Balance sneakers were the required look for everyone who was …

Read More »

Please spare a thought for those alone this Christmas

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Just one message, one thought, can make all the difference. Alexey Dulin / EyeEm For some people, Christmas is neither happy nor merry. It’s lonely. Oh, they might not want to admit it. They might say they’re going to be just fine. But as you …

Read More »

How Apple risks losing its position of trust

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Trustworthy? Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Claiming to be the good guy has its issues. Once you’ve set yourself up to be holier than all the world’s thou’s, you constantly have to live up to it. So when it emerged that Apple has been secretly …

Read More »

Online trolls sound like reasonable people when confronted

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Behind the mask could be someone you chat to in the coffee shop. Getty Images When you read some of the vile things posted on Twitter, do you try and imagine what the person behind the nastiness is really like? Do you envision them going …

Read More »

Dad swears repeatedly at Sky TV box, always loses

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Not every customer soars with the service. Daniel Leal-olivas / AFP/Getty Images Have you ever been this dad? You buy a piece of technology, bring it home and lose your faculties trying to make it work. I’ll readily confess this has happened to me. Though, …

Read More »

Please don’t like this article on Facebook

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Stop. Don’t do it. Please don’t do it. BOYI CHEN#69256 Look, it’s time to be honest. I write for just one reason. Because I want you to like me. I know, I know. It’s weak. Pathetic, even. Can’t I just be satisfied with who I …

Read More »

Any phone but iPhone X, according to this Sprint salesman

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Still not the Apple of any salesperson’s eye. James Martin/CNET “You’re biased,” they said. “You’ve been to every store but a Sprint store.” When I say “they,” I mean at least two people. I couldn’t argue. I’ve paid several visits to carrier stores and Best Buy in …

Read More »

Facebook isn’t destroying society after all, says former exec

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A change of heart?  Michael Kovac Recently, former Facebook execs have been beating their breasts in sorrow and supplication at what their former employer has done to humanity. First, it was former president Sean Parker, who said he worried what Facebook was doing to kids’ …

Read More »

Parents spy on their kids online more than kids think

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Guess what? Your mom knows. Getty Images Hey, kids.  You think your parents aren’t very smart, don’t you? You know far more about technology than they do. And, well, they couldn’t snap a chat if they tried, right? A new survey, released Wednesday, might make …

Read More »