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.

  • Home 3D Printing ‘Just Not There Yet’ Admits MakerBot

    Home 3D Printing ‘Just Not There Yet’ Admits MakerBot

    MakerBot was going to change the world. It was going to bring 3D-printing, long a product limited to designer offices and workshops, into the home (or at least the garage). But earlier today, under a veil of marketing speak and glitzy videos, the company announced a new focus on commercial — not consumer — products,…


  • Supergirl Has A Superman Hype Problem

    Supergirl Has A Superman Hype Problem

    Did you hear? Superman joined Supergirl! But did you know that Superman wasn’t the only character cast for the new season of the hit new-to-CW show? It’s true — but you probably didn’t know that, because 90 per cent of what we’ve seen about the new season so far is related solely to the big…