Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Not a Facebook fan? Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Facebook and its ilk have taken a beating of late. Even former executives have admitted they fear social networks are doing terrible damage to kids’ psyches. Now there’s another senior tech …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A little inattention from Apple? Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Apple squirmed a little after it was revealed that it was secretly slowing older iPhones to protect their batteries from excessive degradation. Cupertino subsequently apologized and instituted a battery replacement program for a mere $29. On …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Lacking in intelligence? Sprint/iSpotTV screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Have you ever been in an argument and called your opponent stupid? How did that go? Generally, calling people dumb doesn’t exude emotional intelligence. Yet here is Sprint suggesting that Verizon customers might not do too well …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image A trusted friend. Sarah Tew/CNET I take it for granted. I know you aren’t supposed to do that in relationships, but, in this case, I suspect my MacBook Air is flattered. How many tech products can you rely on without thinking? How many …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She’s not happy with Alexa. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images We’re perched in an era where the very definition of intelligence is being questioned. The intelligence of our government and the intelligence of our gadgets. It seems as if almost every new gadget claims to …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Is it hard to achieve a silent consensus via gadgets? Tetra Images The other day, I was on a Skype call with a hard-headed (and hard-nosed) techie. We could see each other. I could hear him. He couldn’t hear me. We fiddled and we fiddled. …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Do you struggle with such things? Samsung Can you put an IKEA wardrobe together without even looking at the instructions? Oh, you can? And when you buy a piece of home electronics, do you simply rip open the box, connect the wires with …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Can Steve Bannon elevate Logan Paul’s image? SNL/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It all began with Logan Paul being Logan Paul. As he giggled and chuckled in a Japanese forest known for suicides — in front of a hanged body — perhaps the YouTube star …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Perfect? Or can you still criticize it? Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You have no excuse now. Your photo app was once full of questionable photography that even Instagram filters couldn’t save. But now you’ve bought an iPhone X, and every portrait — or, more …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. When you’re told something you may not have expected. Samsung; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When it comes to flattery, some people are weak. Even when they’re, say, leaders of the free world. There are those, however, who don’t necessarily hear compliments very often, if …
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