Google’s Pixel Tag is making the same ‘boring’ design mistake that Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi made
The Pixel Tag comes in exactly one color, a grey green called Fog, wrapped around stainless steel with a G logo stamped right on the…
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Sony Is Killing PlayStation Game Discs Exactly How Apple Killed the Headphone Jack
I got a serious case of déjà vu when Sony announced it was ending physical disc production in 2028. Reading their blog post about “shifting…
Samsung and Google Are Trying Smart Glasses Again, at the Worst Possible Time
“Glasshole” entered Urban Dictionary as word of the day in March 2013, which tells you roughly how long it took society to make up its…
From Polestar to OnePlus to DJI, the US is becoming a harder place for globally influential brands
Polestar exited the US market last week. OnePlus decided to stop selling phones in the US on Friday. DJI has been standing at the exit…
Google, Amazon, and Sonos All Redesigned Their Smart Speakers, Except Apple
Between 2017 and 2021, Amazon’s devices division burned through over $25 billion, with Alexa and Echo hardware at the center of almost every bad quarter….
Who is Apple’s New Chief Hardware Officer: Meet Johny Srouji, The Man Shaping Apple’s Roadmap
Every great Apple product from the last thirty years came out of a partnership. Steve Jobs had Jony Ive, a designer with more operational power…
Flipper One Behind The Scenes: “Sharper, Smarter, More Cunning, Brutal” says Flipper CEO
When you first see the Flipper One, it’s clear something has changed. Its predecessor, the Flipper Zero, had the playful, almost toy-like charm of a…
Smart Glasses Could Transform Sports. But There’s a Trust Deficit.
For centuries, a pair of glasses has been one of the most socially innocent objects a person can wear. They exist in one of two…
AI Generates Thousands of Product Renders a Day. Almost None Ship.
In April 2024, a design page called Inspiring Designs posted a few images of a gorilla-shaped couch. The gorilla’s arms curved into armrests. Its chest…
The iPhone Ultra Feels Like the Opposite of What People Want From Apple Right Now
Something interesting happened when Apple released its most affordable Mac in years. The shelves emptied. Without the circus of a world-changing keynote or the pressure…
How to Think like Antoni Gaudi – Turning Nature Into a Design System
How does an architect collaborate with gravity? What happens when a building’s support system is designed to branch and spread weight just like a forest…
Apple said ‘AI’ exactly 28 times at WWDC 2026. Google mentioned it nearly 100 times at I/O.
By the end of this year’s big tech keynotes, one comparison stood out more than any product demo. Apple said “AI” 28 times at WWDC…
Audi’s $1M Nuvolari Has the Same Design Problem Jaguar Had Last Year
Audi gave the world a new supercar, and on paper the Nuvolari sounds engineered for universal applause. A V8 hybrid powertrain, 987 horsepower, 499 units,…
7 Biggest AI Ideas That Came Out of BEYOND Expo 2026
The youngest person at BEYOND Expo 2026’s AI Hack Day was nine years old. That little fact, shared by co-founder Dr Lu Gang, actually says…
Get Ready for the Tiny Home Backlash
The tiny home showed up at exactly the right time. Post-2008, when the American Dream had basically become a meme, a whole generation watched housing…
90,300 Empty Offices Are Becoming Apartments Across the US. “Adaptive Reuse” Just Hit Critical Mass.
Across America, downtown office towers sit half lit and half leased, their elevators still running, their HVAC systems still humming, their floorplates waiting for people…