Helping My Dad Untangle His Tech

Plus smarter Amazon shopping, a rental car fail and one way to put your phone down

Hello and welcome to my first newsletter of 2026!

This is what I call the shoulder season in tech… it’s the time when most companies hold off on their big announcements until CES in Las Vegas, which kicks off Sunday.

For the uninitiated, CES used to stand for the Consumer Electronics Show, but that’s no longer the case. It’s now just CES to reflect the sh…