Author: Jack Slater

  • Two-Point Hospital is Good

    Somehow I never got around to writing about the launch of Two-Point Hospital last year. It’s the silly hospital administration game from some ex-developers of the beloved classic from Bullfrog, Theme Hospital. Both have similarities in their management of the hospital you build and in the silly ailments that patients are seeking remedies for. Two-Point…

  • New AirPods

    Updated AirPods are finally available. Announced way back in 2017, alongside the still absent AirPower oval charging mat. Apple says the 2nd generation of AirPods have a new H1 SOC that replaces the W1 chip in the first generation, faster connection times, support the “Hey Siri” wakeword/hotword without having your iPhone out, and have longer battery…

  • New (old) iMac Day

    Well, not as old as yesterday’s iPads. But the non-pro iMac finally received an update to its internals after a little more than a year and a half. This update was also delivered via press-release, ahead of Apple’s upcoming press event on the 25th which is rumored to be exclusively about their video streaming service.…

  • It’s New (Old) iPad Day

    If you don’t want to waste time at an upcoming event by talking about updates to old products that nobody will think about for too long, you do it in a press release. As rumored, that’s what Apple has done with this press-release update to their iPad lineup. The iPad Mini has been updated for the first…

  • Xbox One S All-Digital Edition Rumored for May

    If this actually ships with this name it probably won’t be the worst-named product Microsoft has ever shipped, but it will be close. The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition has been rumored to come out in May without a disc drive. Jez Corden of Windows Central has the sources and more details. As I’ve remarked…