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OpenAI Dots vs. Meta Muse—where one agent makes calls and the other knows you better
OpenAI Dots vs. Meta Muse—where one agent makes calls and the other knows you better
I’ve used ChatGPT almost every workday for years, teaching OpenAI’s chatbot how I like a headline trimmed and which words I’ll delete on sight. So OpenAI launching Dots at DevDay, three weeks after Meta put Muse out, felt personal in..
iPhone Duo vs Surface Duo: Apple is finishing what Microsoft started
iPhone Duo vs Surface Duo: Apple is finishing what Microsoft started
When Apple announced the iPhone Duo, my brain went straight to iPhone Duo vs Microsoft Surface Duo. Not because the two phones look alike—they really don’t—but because Microsoft spent years trying to convince us that putting two screens on a..
First impressions: Xiaomi 18 Pro Red Transparent Exploration Edition, a 1 TB-only crush I can’t talk myself out of
First impressions: Xiaomi 18 Pro Red Transparent Exploration Edition, a 1 TB-only crush I can’t talk myself out of
Xiaomi spent its launch talking up dual 200 MP cameras and a 5 GHz chip. Then a red phone filled the stage screen, and I forgot the numbers for a good minute. The Xiaomi 18 Pro Red Transparent Exploration Edition..
First impressions: Meta Muse, the AI agent I’d rather watch from a safe distance
First impressions: Meta Muse, the AI agent I’d rather watch from a safe distance
Despite my long-standing cynicism toward Facebook, I opened the Meta Muse post hoping for something that might change my perspective. I didn’t find one. I found a very good pitch for an agent that wants my email and, sooner or..
Logitech PRO gaming hardware just got more interesting
Logitech PRO gaming hardware just got more interesting
Gaming gadgets tend to get the same updates every year: fewer grams, more DPI, a higher polling rate. So when Logitech unveiled its new PRO lineup at G Play 2026, I expected more of the same. That’s not what I..
Meta’s audio-only glasses are the latest take on less-is-more tech—and I’m listening
Meta’s audio-only glasses are the latest take on less-is-more tech—and I’m listening
Here’s something I didn’t expect out of Meta Connect 2026: a pair of Meta audio-only glasses. Officially called Ray-Ban Meta Audio, they’re smart glasses without a camera—an interesting choice at a time when camera-equipped wearables, including Meta’s Ray-Bans, are facing..

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