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.
  • iPhone X First Look: Let’s Talk About That Whole Face ID Thing…

    iPhone X First Look: Let’s Talk About That Whole Face ID Thing…

    The iPhone X’s Face ID camera module has received a bit more press than Apple probably intended. The facial recognition security tech was the whiz-bang feature that caught everybody’s eye during the Tim Cook and friends keynote — and later it was repeatedly fingered as the culprit behind the long-rumoured iPhone X shortages and delays.…


  • Google Pixelbook: The Gizmodo Review

    Google Pixelbook: The Gizmodo Review

    I had to change how I think because of Google’s new $US1000 Pixelbook. This gorgeous 2-in-1 is some of my favourite hardware for the price, but it’s loaded with Chrome OS, the worst operating system you could put on your computer. If you’ve grown up a power user of MacOS, Windows, or Linux than Chrome…