Chris Matyszczyk

‘Eternal Sunshine’ director Michel Gondry makes iPhone film

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s hard when your tricycle leaves you. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Are you running away? For a vacation, I mean. Perhaps a permanent one, far away from the woes that surround you. With perfect timing, Apple has just released …

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Verizon mocks T

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Verizon has recently been pushing the alleged quality of its service very hard. Roger Cheng/CNET There’s little more enjoyable than phone carriers carping in each other’s directions. The latest was a warning on Wednesday to T-Mobile customers. The message: Your service might not …

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How I tried to get Microsoft to turn me away from MacBooks

 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. I wanted to be sold. I really did. Sarah Tew/CNET I’m vulnerable. I look at my MacBook Air and think it a little dowdy.  It works just fine, but there are those times when you want to believe there’s something better out there.  So when …

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Apple ad admits employment of tired old man

 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He’s so tired, but he wants you to cry with happiness. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Being Apple is exhausting. So many people to please, so many gadgets to make and so many members of the media spying and spewing words on your every gesture. …

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iPhone melts in sun, says customer

 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Some parts of the world are currently boiling. Why, some smaller jets can’t even land at or takeoff from Phoenix Airport because it’s 120 degrees. In the UK, of course, a heatwave is anything over 70. Brits begin to burn at that temperature.  Still, it …

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AT&T offers unlimited romps on the beach (and on runways)

 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. There’s nothing like an unlimited number of couples romping unlimitedly. AT&T/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Have you noticed that carriers are all telling similar stories these days? Once, the idea of unlimited data seemed to have limited potential.  Now they’ve suddenly realized, “Gosh, people just …

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US Open golfer’s phone case is, well, not for everyone

I tend to believe that phone cases are a scourge that serves only to show painful lack of taste. Why cover up a beautiful product with pink sparkles or a Superman logo? British golfer Paul Casey, however, believes they’re perfect for showing off beauty that’s personal to him. As he practiced for the US Open, which started on Thursday, Casey …

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School principal offers students $100 to stay off phones

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. No selfies on a Tuesday? Which teen can do that? Getty Images King Canute, they say, stood at the shore and commanded the waves to stop and turn back. The waves weren’t obedient. Why, then, does Diana Smith think she’ll be more successful? She’s the …

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New Apple ad boasts that iPad Pro is, um, powerful

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. This is a scene from an Apple ad. Who’d have thunk it? Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Apple’s in its 40s now.  When you get there, you want everyone to believe you’re still young and strong, the apogee of vibrant power. Even if you might …

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Bodycam allegedly records deputy stealing cash

 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s worth remembering that bodycams can film everything. Jim Watson /AFP/Getty Images Citizens and police departments alike endorse bodycams because they preserve vital evidence of officer behavior. Then there’s John Braman. This former Florida deputy sheriff from Volusia County has been charged with stealing money …

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