Face filters on Instagram and Snapchat are far and away the most mainstream use of what we call augmented reality. We’ve already spent years contorting our faces, surrounding them with butterflies or pinning stuff to our heads to find out which Disney villain best represents us. However, it wasn’t until I got my hands on the …

It’s no secret that Apple believes its iPad Pro tablets are made for creatives who like making things. While I’ve never owned an iPad Pro, I do indeed like making things. And if you’re going to be making things, the newest iPad announced in April includes Apple’s fast M1 chip and, in the version I’m testing out, a fancy 12.9-inch …

Not long ago, GoPro made action cameras a thing. However, in recent years, a newcomer has entered the arena: Insta360. While GoPro has established itself as making reliable tools that can be found in many a video-maker’s gear bag, Insta360 has leaned into the quirky side of things.  The new Insta360 Go 2 is small… like really small. It uses …

At the bottom of a box in my in-laws’ basement, I found the phone that I used from 2009 through 2012: the LG VX8550, better known as the Chocolate 2. It’s smaller than most phones today and presumably named after its resemblance to a chocolate bar. Its most iconic features were its iPod-like scroll wheel and the way it slid …

The iPhone 12 Pro Max offers so many bells and whistles, but how many of them can you really use in one battery charge? Welcome to One Charge Challenge, where we try out a product’s most fun features through a series of challenges, in a single battery life cycle.  Our first challenge with Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3 put the wearable through several stress tests, …

Welcome to our new series One Charge Challenge, where we test a device’s most fun features through a series of challenges — in a single battery life cycle. For episode one, I try out Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 3. I’ve never worn a smartwatch before, so was excited to try out the health and fitness features, get a sense of …

It only takes a couple scrolls through my Instagram feed to find a bunch of people using Insta360 cameras to get some pretty mind-blowing shots. The company has designed accessories like the Invisible Selfie Stick to make it look like a drone is flying right in front of your face. The Bullet Time Handle puts you in a scene like …

It’s hard to feel creative when we’re all stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic and no one knows when the world will go back to normal. So when the new iPhone SE arrived at my house along with the direction to “just do something creative with it,” it felt a little daunting. I dressed up like a burglar and shot …

We’ll get to see the last full supermoon of the year on May 7. This one’s dubbed the “super flower moon” and if April’s “super pink moon” was any indication, it should be a real barn burner.  Last month, I went up to my roof with the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, iPhone 11 Pro and my first ever DSLR, the Canon …

The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra‘s telephoto camera is capable of 100x zoom, a feature the company dubs “Space Zoom.” So I found out when and where the International Space Station was going to pass by my apartment and tried to find it — space, meet zoom. I also pitted Space Zoom against the iPhone 11 Pro‘s zoom to see how …