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.

  • The Future Of 4K Is For Enthusiasts Only

    The Future Of 4K Is For Enthusiasts Only

    The guy next to me huffed loudly — an explosive grunt of displeasure that had me halfway between amusement and horror. We were in a meeting room at the Hilton in New Jersey, seated in front of a giant TV with a giant sound system, and we’d just seen footage played back on Panasonic’s UB900…


  • This Cute Robot Is The Coolest Toy Since Furby 

    This Cute Robot Is The Coolest Toy Since Furby 

    San Francisco AI startup Anki has a great reputation for making robot that cars you can race with your phone. And considering that all three founders got their start at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotic Institute, that’s really no surprise — making little cars you race around a track should be a piece of cake for these…


  • The Cheapest Kindle Just Got Better

    The Cheapest Kindle Just Got Better

    Amazon has just announced some nice improvements to the cheapest Kindle. The price is still crazy good at $US80 ($107), and the battery still lasts for weeks. (It also still has a middling 167 ppi display.) But it’s also thinner, lighter and now comes in black and white.