Alex Cranz

Senior Consumer Tech Editor. Trained her dog to do fist bumps. Once wrote for Lifetime. Tips encouraged via Secure Drop, Proton Mail, or DM for Signal.

  • Intel Is Making A Version Of Its Overkill i9 Processor For Laptops

    Intel Is Making A Version Of Its Overkill i9 Processor For Laptops

    The i9 designation is reserved for Intel’s fastest processors that can go in a desktop you or your friend (and not a multimillion dollar business) might own. These things are very fast – with up to 18 cores in each processor, capable of running 32 threads simultaneously. The i9 processors, which were first introduced back…


  • GoPro Is Trying To Save Itself With A Super Cheap Camera 

    GoPro Is Trying To Save Itself With A Super Cheap Camera 

    It might look like the $US300 ($391) GoPro Hero 5 (which is now two years old), or the $US400 ($521) GoPro Hero 6 (which was released last year) but this is actually a brand new and much cheaper GoPro. Simply called the GoPro Hero, this new $US200 ($261) action camera will feature most of the…