Articles by Lance Ulanoff, Editor At Large

Lance Ulanoff is an award-winning tech journalist, on-air expert, and commentator.

Before joining TechRadar, he served as Editor in Chief of Lifewire. Prior to that, he was Chief Correspondent for Mashable where he covered all facets of technology and the intersection of digital and life. He also helped Mashable find new ways to tell stories. Lance is based in NY.

A 38-year industry veteran, Lance Ulanoff has covered technology since PCs were the size of suitcases, “on line” meant “waiting” and CPU speeds were measured in single-digit megahertz. Prior to joining Mashable as Editor in Chief in 2011, Lance Ulanoff served as Editor in Chief of PCMag.com and Senior Vice President of Content for the Ziff Davis, Inc. While there, he guided the brand to a 100% digital existence and oversaw content strategy for all of Ziff Davis’ Web sites. His long-running column on PCMag.com earned him a Bronze award from the ASBPE. Winmag.com, HomePC.com, and PCMag.com were all honored under Lance’s guidance.

He makes frequent appearances on national, international, and local news programs including Live with Kelly and Mark, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNBC, CNN, and the BBC. He has also offered commentary on National Public Radio and been interviewed by newspapers and radio stations around the country. Lance has been an invited guest speaker at numerous technology conferences including Think Mobile, CEA Line Shows, Digital Life, RoboBusiness, RoboNexus, Business Foresight, and Digital Media Wire’s Games and Mobile Forum.

Lance received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Hofstra University in New York. He serves on Hofstra’s School of Communication Advisory Board.

In his spare time, Lance draws cartoons, which he occasionally posts online. He and his wife Linda have been married for over 30 years and have raised two amazing children.

Articles by: Lance Ulanoff

Forget Disney’s BDX Droid — the $399 Hugging Face Microduck robot is even more adorable and versatile thanks to Lidar, NFC and, yes, roller skates

By Lance Ulanoff Published 27 August 26

Hugging Face MicroDuck robot is the first educational robot I've wanted in a very long time — even if I do have to program some of the cuteness.

Meta settles its alleged social media harm case for $18B — and agrees to massive changes that may be almost impossible to enforce

By Lance Ulanoff Published 26 August 26

Meta just settled the huge US multi-state case against it, alleging the social media giant's products harm teens. It's paying $18B— but are the promised product changes enough to truly protect teens?

Meta thought AI could do the job instead of humans — what happened next should surprise absolutely nobody

By Lance Ulanoff Published 26 August 26

Meta may have tried to use AI to replace as much as 60% of its workforce. Here's a look at why that's obviously a bad idea.

PS5 game disc of Undisputed boxing game in case

PlayStation Blackout won't matter — and the reasons are as obvious as the physical media you never owned

By Lance Ulanoff Published 25 August 26

Some believe DoesItPlay's PlayStation Blackout week, protesting the end of physical media, is poorly timed and won't make a bit of difference. I tend to agree.

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A person perusing the recommendations on the Home screen of the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2024)

By Lance Ulanoff Published 20 August 26

Kindle users are up in arms over recent changes that some claim remove a key DRM workaround, but what if there's another Airplane mode hack?

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The Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold is the best folding Pixel yet — but it doesn't beat Samsung's best

By Lance Ulanoff Published 20 August 26

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Google's latest foldable is an impressive device with key refinements over its predecessor, but it doesn't do enough to match Samsung's best.

Apple AirPods Pro 3 either worn by a man standing in front of a red-brick wall, or on a table with gray twine cover

AirPods with cameras could not arrive at a worse time — and I'll just say no

By Lance Ulanoff Published 19 August 26

Apple may have accidentally leaked its AirPods with Cameras plans, and it's clear that this is the last thing our ears need.

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Meta might be on the hook for $1.4 trillion if it loses a landmark lawsuit and that would truly mark the end of social media as we know it

By Lance Ulanoff Published 17 August 26

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are about to face their toughest trial yet. How the huge State AG's lawsuit could force Meta to make some difficult decisions.

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'I hope people say I was a good and decent man,' Tim Cook on his post-Apple legacy — and why for him I don't think any other answer was possible

By Lance Ulanoff Published 14 August 26

Tim Cook was asked about his legacy as CEO of Apple, and his answer was more revealing than you might think.

A year ago, it took Claude AI and me hours to build Asteroids; we just built a Breakout clone in five minutes — and you can play it

By Lance Ulanoff Published 14 August 26

I wanted to see if Claude was functioning properly, so I asked it to build a game from scratch. The speed at which we completed the task blew my mind.

I shot the solar eclipse with the iPhone 17 Pro Max, but only this app made it possible to capture my slice of solar system heaven

By Lance Ulanoff Published 12 August 26

The Solar Eclipse of 2026 provided a unique opportunity to test the limits of smartphone photography and try out an iPhone app that really makes it work.

Total Solar Eclipse showing people wearing glasses and looking at the eclipse

'You all know we’re not actually going to lose gravity for 7 seconds today right?': why the Weather Channel is reminding us that the eclipse doesn't zap gravity and the study that asked if it has any effect

By Lance Ulanoff Published 12 August 26

Wait. There might be some effect?

I spent a couple of hours with the new Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold — it’s not a reinvention, but a nudge toward perfection

By Lance Ulanoff Published 12 August 26

The Pixel 11 Pro Fold gets a refined design, upgraded components, and a fascinating new HiLights hardware feature, while remaining true to its flexible, Gemini-centric roots.

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Apple and the curse of the mythical next thing

By Lance Ulanoff Published 11 August 26

Two diametrically opposed 20th Anniversary iPhone rumors now exist in space-time, and it's starting to stress me out. What if we focus on the present instead?

I asked Gemini if my chicken salad was still good: it saved itself and my stomach

By Lance Ulanoff Published 10 August 26

A simple question about the freshness of chicken salad turned into a broader learning experience about AI's own safety nets.

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ICYMI split image of Bose headphones, the GTA VI box art and Kojima holding a CD-player

ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from our Z Fold 8 Ultra review to GTA 6's Netflix partnership

By Hamish Hector Published 8 August 26

The week's biggest tech news stories from Samsung, Google, GTA, Netflix and more for August 7, 2026.

OpenAI Hardware AI renders from Gemini and ChatGPT

I asked Gemini and ChatGPT to build OpenAI's mythical AI hardware — the results are shockingly good but still don't make me want this $300-plus device

By Lance Ulanoff Published 7 August 26

Seeing an AI vision of the future

Video grab of Kiana Hall's Instagram video of Jimothy Raccoon next to Rokyu City's rendering

It's like, 'Wait a minute, are you, wait, is that Jimothy?' The inside story of how the viral raccoon climbed inside Roku City

By Lance Ulanoff Published 6 August 26

Jimothy Raccoon, the squat, viral Seattle-based mammal, is now immortalized inside Roku City. Here's how that happened

Elon Musk: 'At some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world's internet,' but that promise hinges on launching thousands more next-gen satellites and the massive Starship working as promised

By Lance Ulanoff Published 5 August 26

Starlink head Elon Musk believes he can serve most of the world's Internet in less than a decade, but is that claim realistic?

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is flatter, thinner, and almost creaseless — and, yes, I love it more than the Z Fold 8

By Lance Ulanoff Published 5 August 26

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Flatter, thinner, faster, and even more AI

OpenAI vs Apple text messages reveal something about Apple, but probably not what you’re thinking

By Lance Ulanoff Published 4 August 26

In the ongoing lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI, the ChatGPT parent just released messages and emails that paint a picture of something far more mundane than corporate espionage.

MySpace coming back — again — is no surprise; I’m only shocked it’s not been announced as the first all-AI social media platform

By Lance Ulanoff Published 3 August 26

Myspace's owners promise a revival, but with myriad questions about the relaunch swirling, we can reach only one likely and unfortunate conclusion.

This hilarious robot collapse reminds me that robot development is nowhere near where it needs to be, but a huge breakthrough from DeepMind could change all that

By Lance Ulanoff Published 31 July 26

Two recent robot demonstrations — one a huge fail and the other an inspiring breakthrough — remind us how far robots capable of living and working among us are from reality.

'Underdog' — this is why struggling browser Firefox and Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham football club are now joined at the kit

By Lance Ulanoff Published 30 July 26

Why is Firefox sponsoring Wrexham AFC? The connection between the scrappy football club and struggling web browser is more obvious than you might think. We got to the bottom of it.

'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer

By Lance Ulanoff Published 29 July 26

Apple Upgrade is Apple's new multi-product-category leasing program that not everyone loves, but there's more to it than endless product subscription.

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