Software & AI

A women-only dating review app that defamed men without consent and then leaked tens of thousands of users' data.

The previous ChatGPT model's Minesweeper was functional but very simple, and he called it terrible next to ChatGPT-5.

Impressed by how much more complete a Minesweeper game ChatGPT-5 produced compared with the previous model from the same prompt.

The old default model is slower and more basic at coding, but produced the better image and invitation in his tests.

The fallback model free users get after hitting the GPT-5 limit, still better than last generation.

Fast at coding, but it produced the same basic Tetris and a chess game that errored every time.

A clear step up from older models, especially for coding and writing, and simpler to use, though it still hallucinates and is no better at…

He calls the new software features extremely minor on the Fold 7, with Gemini screen sharing the best addition.

A surprise second place on 29-point-chasing form: the fastest and decent at product research and humour, but erratic on charts and voice qu…

Strong on Workspace integration, voice and Veo 3 video, but slowest, prone to inventing products and wordy in deep research, finishing thir…

Best at citing sources but often wrong or confused, including fabricating a price, finishing last on 19 points.

A solid but unspectacular update, with a cool Liquid Glass look and some useful features that other platforms already had.

Handy for Amazon power users in Europe to compare prices across stores.

Sharing the Premier family plan with five others costs less and gets far more than the individual plan.

A cost-effective way to play new games, beating retail if you play at least one new game a month.

The Android assistant told the same joke repeatedly and lost 3-0 on humour.

The iPhone's assistant told funnier, more varied jokes and won 3-0.

Used as the comparison against the sponsor and found slower and pricier.

A slick, fair-feeling wallpaper app, despite a pricey subscription and long ads; a solid 6/10.

Once useful and used by him for years, but it was exposed for swapping creators' affiliate links and withholding better coupon codes, so he…

Launched at the perfect moment but unfinished, so it failed to keep users and overtake Twitter, though it still has a sizeable audience. He…

Bumble undermined its women-message-first appeal with a redesign and a poorly judged billboard campaign, and its share price dropped sharpl…

Sonos's app overhaul removed core features and broke accessibility, costing the company money and its CEO his job. He rates it a six out of…

Nothing's iMessage-on-Android feature was made pointless by Apple's RCS announcement, and the app sent data unencrypted despite promises.