Thank you, Home button, for leading me through a scary future
This may be shocking to hear from someone who would later edit a magazine called iPad and iPhone User, but I was the last of my friends to get a mobile phone. In the end,…
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Before SSDs, this iconic hard drive was a real glimpse of the future
This might be one of the dorkiest articles I’ve ever conceived. My editor even made fun of me for it! But it’s true and I’m not afraid or ashamed to say it — I actually…
HDMI 2.2 vs. DisplayPort 2.1b: Future of display connectors, explained
What is HDMI 2.2? At CES 2025, the HDMI Forum announced HDMI 2.2 (PDF), the next-generation HDMI standard. While remaining backward-compatible, it increases bandwidth and support for higher resolutions and refresh rates, as well as…
Apple is doomed because it can’t see the future
More bad news for people who get attached to rumored Apple products as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the company has canceled one of its headset projects: Apple Scraps Work on Mac-Connected Augmented Reality Glasses.…
ATSC 3.0: The future of broadcast TV spent another year in neutral
For the past five years running, I’ve written an annual check-in on ATSC 3.0 (or “NextGen TV”), the broadcast standard that’s supposed to greatly improve over-the-air TV. Every year, it’s been a story of baby…
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: Betting the future on ‘fake frames’
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros DLSS Multi Frame Generation is a game-changer in compatible titles, driving snappy new levels of smoothness by increasing frame rates fourfold, tightly paced. Great 4K and 1440p performance Tightly…
AR glasses won’t be the future until they solve this common pain point
Ever since the ill-fated demise of Google Glass in 2015, there’s been a part of me itching to know how augmented reality (AR) glasses tech has advanced — and every now and then, I get…
Now you can instruct Chat GPT to do things in the future
Open AI has now updated the Chat GPT with the new beta feature Tasks, which allows the AI chatbot to perform tasks at a later time. Users simply say what they need and when they…
Q&A: AMD execs explain CES GPU snub, future strategy, and more
Why didn’t AMD talk about their upcoming GPUs in their CES 2025 keynote? Or their new Z-series processors for handheld PCs? What is the Ryzen AI Max? And when can I actually buy a Ryzen…
Apple’s 2024 full of surprises set up an unpredictable future
Hi, it’s me, Father Time. This is my 421st More Color column, only about 20 of which have been part of my annual attempt to predict the future while blaming myself for failing to properly…