"Aerospace grade materials" might be the single most overused marketing phrase in consumer electronics

Annual shoutout to everyone on family tech support duty this holiday season. You the real MVP

My Smartphone Awards 2025 (Spoiler alert) 🧵 Best Big Phone: Xiaomi 17 Pro Max Huge 6.9" display, 7500mAh silicon carbon battery, triple 50MP cameras, AND a 3-inch back screen with TONS of uses, including as a camera viewfinder. Great use of space Runner-ups: Oppo Find X9 Pro

AIRDROP FOR ANDROID?! Pretty sick sick new feature that I am specifically excited about: Android update that makes Quick Share work with Airdrop. So you can easily share files/images between Android phones and iPhones (starting with Pixel 10)

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Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.

Today, we’re introducing a way for Quick Share to work with AirDrop.

TWO hundred and thirty dollars 😭 This feels like a litmus test for people who will buy/defend anything Apple releases

You know what's bothering me for no reason? Up until 1080p, we referred to video resolutions by their VERTICAL RESOLUTION 426x240 = "240p" 854x480 = "480p" 1280x720 = "720p" 1920x1080 = "1080p" But then above that, we started using HORIZONTAL resolution, but rounded 7680x4230 = "8K" 3840x2160 = "4K" And then for everything in between, we just... threw that out? 2560x1440 = "2K/1440p" ??? 2772x1272 = "1.5K" ?????????????

Alright let's hear your best TECH hot takes. Like the ones you agree with to bump them to the top 👀