Chris Matyszczyk

Amazon really, really wants you to buy Fire TV

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. But do I want it to? Amazon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s all very well deciding to cut the cord. But what are you going to cut it with? Which of these little sticks and boxes will work for you: …

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FCC chairman jokes he’s a Verizon puppet

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A naturally funny man? Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The best comedy requires exquisite timing. I can imagine, therefore, that the emergence of a video showing Fedetal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai partaking of edgy humor might not be perfectly timed for some. Protesters have …

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Selling iPhone X. T

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not loved by carrier store salespeople? Óscar Gutiérrez/CNET It’s been a pulsating few weeks. I’ve wandered around various carrier stores and Best Buy, learning about phones and failing to find a single salesperson to tell me that iPhone X is the best phone …

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Daisy Ridley: Social media is bad for your mental health

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She wants to be social like, you know, a human being. Theo Wargo/Getty Images Recently, Facebook’s first president, Sean Parker, worried that the site was detrimental to children’s health. He admitted that Facebook’s design deliberately exploited human vulnerabilities. Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley has no …

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Apple iPhone X edged out by iPhone 8, says Consumer Reports

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Will Apple weep at this review? James Martin/CNET It was, apparently, so close. Yet the iPhone X, Apple’s future of the smartphone, just wasn’t quite good enough. Not quite, indeed, as good as the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. That’s the curious conclusion …

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Neil Young savages Apple over audio quality

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Apple does not make him happy. Matt Kincaid/Getty Images Could it be that Apple doesn’t have a heart of gold? Could it also be that Tim Cook’s company has an ear of tin? Music legend Neil Young seems to believe that Apple has single-handedly wrecked …

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I went to buy an iPhone X. T

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not worth it? César Salza / CNET I think of T-Mobile most often when I see it’s insulted Verizon and when I see someone wear a pink tutu at a party. Still, it’s presented itself very well over the last couple of years …

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For Christmas, Samsung embraces political correctness

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. And all you got me was a phone? Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Oh, those tech companies. They preach diversity, but the reality is a little less all-embracing than some might hope. So what are they supposed to do when the holidays come along? For …

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Apple’s new iPhone X ad features singing poop

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He/she/it sings too. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Soon, you’ll be sitting round the fire, counting your blessings, surrounded by those you love the most. You’ll look at your new gifts — perhaps even the iPhone X you bought for yourself — and insist on …

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Samsung’s Apple

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Wait, what are they doing? Motorola/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s painful when you don’t get invited to the party. You can sulk. You can post something mean or hurt on Facebook. Or you can just crash the festivities. This seems to have been Motorola’s …

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