Welcome to a special edition of You Asked: The Editor’s Cut. With the chaos of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in full swing, we thought it would be refreshing to take a step back and reflect on something a bit more personal.
The right piece of tech, especially when gifted, can do more than entertain or simplify life — it can spark creativity, ignite a new passion, or even shape someone’s career in unexpected ways. Whether it’s the thrill of unboxing a gadget you’ve been dreaming about or the surprise of receiving something you never knew you needed, these moments tend to stick with us.
So, we posed a question that takes us beyond the hustle of holiday shopping: What tech-related holiday gift have you received that had a profound impact on you — your love of tech, electronics, or even your career?
To help answer this, Caleb invited three of his colleagues to discuss their insights on the topic:
So grab your coffee (or your shopping list) and stick around — this one’s going to be a fun trip down memory lane!
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
This post is brought to you in paid partnership with Best Buy.
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