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.
  • Final Fantasy Makers Announce Apple Watch Exclusive Game

    Final Fantasy Makers Announce Apple Watch Exclusive Game

    Square Enix has a curious relationship with mobile gaming. It has games on both Android and iOS. They’re very good games. Some are even updates of some of the best games ever made. But they are ridiculously expensive games. Chrono Trigger, which is one of the most engaging RPGs ever pixellated, goes for $15. Final…


  • Some Crafty Nerds Got Windows Running On A Chromebook

    Some Crafty Nerds Got Windows Running On A Chromebook

    You can stop regretting owning that ridiculously cheap Chromebook you picked up last EOFY. The guys over at CodeWeavers have worked out a way to run Windows on Chrome OS. That means Steam, Photoshop and a non-web version of Office could all be on your Chromebook very soon.


  • This Tiny Robot Lets You Play God With Huge AI

    This Tiny Robot Lets You Play God With Huge AI

    We were all quite pumped a few weeks ago when Anki announced its plan to move beyond smartphone controlled cars into emotionally intelligent robots. At the time of the announcement Anki indicated that it would release an SDK with the inclusion of Cozmo, but until now details on what that SDK would be were sparse.…