Matt Weinberger

Matt Weinberger is a writer and editor based in San Francisco. His work has appeared in publications including Business Insider, ZDnet, and Computerworld.

  • An Apple Vision Pro mixed reality (XR) headset during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 5, 2023. Apple Inc. will charge $3,499 for its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, testing whether consumers are ready to spend big bucks on a technology that the company sees as the future of computing. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    If Apple can’t make smart goggles happen, nobody can. So, what happens if Apple fails?

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA &#8212; Passenger Jeff Olsen laughs as comedian and &#8216;air hostess&#8217; Pam Ann makes jokes during JetBlue&#8217;s JetPride flight 1969 from San Francisco to Long Beach, CA on May 14, 2010. JetPride flight 1969 passengers were treated to champaign and pink cupcakes before boarding the flight. Comedian Pam Ann was the honorary purser on the flight &#8211; she also checked in the passengers. The special flight number commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots and the birth of the pride movement. JetBlue is the official airline of Long Beach Lesbian &amp; Gay Pride, Inc., and a portion of the proceeds from JetPride will be donated to The Gay and Lesbian Center of Long Beach.<br /> (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)Tech

    Tech’s era of generosity is over, as Silicon Valley starts to replace freebies with airline-style upcharges and fees

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  • Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., arrives to the White House for a meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Technology industry leaders arrived to the White House for a summit to talk about emerging innovations like artificial intelligence while the effects of the administration&#8217;s trade war with China loom in the background. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal is an expensive slog and distraction—and CEO Satya Nadella knows he’d be nuts to walk away

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