Mike Murphy

When was the last time you bought anything bigger than a soda or a sandwich from a vending machine?

Last night, the United States elected reality TV judge Donald Trump president. Trump has repeatedly made comments about wanting to surveil mosques and Muslims, about wanting to remove thousands of undocumented immigrants from the country, and and even about building literal walls to keep people out of America. He has called for his political rivals to be put in jail, and for a special investigator to look into and ultimately jail Hillary Clinton over her email scandal.

Just as the first states were due to close their polling stations for the US election today, action-camera-maker GoPro announced that it was issuing a recall for its new Karma drone, which has only been on the market a few weeks.

If we didn’t already know that Trump had no clue how technology worked, with the “acid washing” of emails and the “cyber,” then this latest revelation should make it perfectly clear: Trump’s campaign website has been set up with an oddly lazy construction that, somewhat amazingly, was only discovered today.

Millions of Americans have visited the polls today in a historic election for the next US president, but many have faced difficulties in casting their votes. At some polling stations voters faced exceedingly long lines, especially before work hours, and at others, poll goers were seemingly harassed in an effort to prevent them from casting their vote. But there’s one place where voting was surprisingly hassle-free: the International Space Station (ISS).

While most of the US is a little preoccupied with something else today, Snapchat updated its app to include support for its forthcoming video-capturing glasses, called Spectacles. The update might also be a glimpse into what it’ll be like to record and share videos with the wearables.

If Google could control every aspect of your life, would you let it? What if it did a really good job at it?

Perhaps it was the lack of ports that did it for you. Or maybe it was the removal of the MagSafe power connector. Or maybe it was the weird mini-touchscreen that replaced the function keys for an extra $300. Or maybe you just think Apple is boring now.

Just two weeks after unveiling a new slew of MacBook Pro laptops that only contain USB-C ports, Apple seems to be acknowledging that it may have tried to force its users into the future a little too soon.

GoPro’s year keeps getting worse.

Facebook is slowly becoming the internet.

Our internet reading habits are becoming increasingly mobile.

Google’s first homegrown smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL, were announced last month, and were seen by many as the company’s initial attempt to directly take on the likes of Apple in the premium handset market.

It seems it’s impossible to get away from iPhone rumors these days, even while attending a college graduation ceremony.

This past week, Apple spent 82 minutes unveiling a new app, a computer screen made by another company, and three laptops with the same name. They weren’t exactly the major overhauls that many were hoping for, and the event comes not too long after the company released a new iPhone that looked much like the last two it put out, and its other notable innovations of late have been making its products in different sizes and unleashing a sea of dongles on the world.

Apple doesn’t invent a lot of things. It tends to refine ideas that others produce, and market them better than anyone else.

Apple unveiled its latest laptops today, but they don’t seem wildly different from their predecessors. And one thing that definitely hasn’t changed is Apple’s approach to upselling.

At its headquarters in Cupertino, California, Apple unveiled a slew of new laptops and a few other minor updates on Oct. 27. The company hasn’t updated some of its computers in years, and some were long overdue for a refresh. However, Apple kept us waiting on information about its desktop computers.

Apple debuted a refreshed line of its flagship laptops during a media event at its headquarters on Oct. 27.

Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach, California

A month after it was released, the iPhone 7 Plus is finally getting its most-anticipated feature: the new “portrait mode,” which turns the 7 Plus into a surprisingly decent Facebook-profile-picture-taking machine.

This Thursday (Oct. 27), Apple will be showing off some new hardware at its Cupertino, California headquarters. About a month after showing off the new iPhone and Apple Watch, this event’s focus is likely to be on Apple’s long-overlooked computers.

It’s going to be a busy week for Apple.