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Jeremy Kaplan

Jeremy Kaplan

Former Editor-in-Chief
Author/Co-Author of 258 articles

As Editor in Chief, Jeremy Kaplan transformed Digital Trends from a niche publisher into one of the fastest growing properties in digital media, ranking on the annual Inc 5,000 for three years running. Through DT, he can reach 30 million people every month; the website has over 4 million followers on social media. During his tenure, the publisher has won multiple awards, including a sought-after Digiday Content Marketing Award in 2019. The same year, Jeremy was named one of FOLIO: 100, honoring publishing professionals making an industry-wide impact.

Before joining DT, he served five years as the science and technology editor for FoxNews.com, where he made international news through a series of articles exposing Hector Xavier Monsegur as the head of LulzSec, revealing a months-long collaboration with the FBI, and detailing the ultimate takedown by law enforcement officials of the hacker collective.

Kaplan worked for over a decade as an executive editor at Ziff Davis Media, publisher of PCMag.com and Extreme Tech. While there, he helped found the GoodCleanTech blog, which was a 2008 finalist in the MIN Best of the Web Awards and the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards Competition.

He's a sought after tech pundit and futurist who’s worked with organizations like the Consumer Tech Association to identify and highlight the world’s most innovative technology. Kaplan appears regularly on television and radio, including frequent appearances on Fox Business, Reuters, Cheddar, and NPR.

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Hands-on with Microsoft Mesh: I handed someone a whale shark, and it was awesome

Microsoft has unveiled Mesh, a cross-technology platform that lets app developers build persistent virtual environments. Thanks to Hololens, I tested it out.
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The future of transportation: Self-driving cars? Try self-driving everything

Self-driving cars are further away than you think, but autonomous planes and trains are more or less here … and will shape transportation in the near future.
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The Future of Sports: How biometric data and A.I. will revolutionize athletics

Through biometrics and artificial intelligence, tech is reshaping sports and the athlete of tomorrow. The goal: Solving the puzzle of human performance.
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From 200,000 attendees to just one: Here’s what Vegas looks like during CES 2021

CES is the largest convention to hit Las Vegas all year. It means money for cabdrivers, doormen, and waiters. So what happens when CES goes virtual?
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Smart kitchens do everything but cook, and now Samsung will even help with that

Samsung’s latest kitchen appliances aim to push connected cooking further than ever before. And like it or not, IoT could shape your next dinner party.
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CES award winners: Where are they now?

Before CES 2021, let’s take a look back at the gear we’ve highlighted from the last decade to see when we picked the marvels … and when we’ve missed the magic.
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Tech for Change: New gadgets at CES 2021 finally bridge the language barrier

Tech has turned us all into travelers these days, but language remains a challenging topic -- one tech is actively tackling.
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Tech for Change: CES 2021 reveals new ways to stay healthier than ever before

At 2021 CES, we expect new gadgets to improve our understanding of our health, and keep us fit. Here are a few to keep your eyes on.
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Tech for Change: CES 2021 reveals new devices and tech to fix the planet

CES 2021 exhibits the small changes to the products we use and the tech we rely on to help us to act locally against climate change, even as we think globally.
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Apple has revealed the best apps of 2020. Here’s what they reveal about us

Apple unveiled its picks for the best apps of 2020, a collection of games, tools, and utilities that have shone throughout this year.
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Way more than watches: Where wearables are going

Next-gen wearables will be much more than watches. They'll help us train our bodies, stay healthy, and give us amazing new powers. Here’s what’s coming.
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CES 2021 to be powered by the Microsoft cloud: Teams, Azure, and more

The CTA announced CES 2021 would be powered by Microsoft's Teams collaboration environment, the Azure cloud computing service, and the Microsoft Power Platform.
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Tesla Battery Day: Model S Plaid, Autopilot updates, and all the big news

At Tesla Battery Day and a shareholder meeting, CEO Elon Musk unveiled a new Model S Plaid, updates to electric battery tech and more. Here are the highlights.
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President Trump has failed the U.S. on 5G. Can we lead on 6G?

President Donald Trump did little to invest in 5G infrastructure compared to China, but there's still hope for 6G.
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Google cancels 2020 I/O conference amid coronavirus concerns

The latest casualty of the novel coronavirus: Google's 2020 I/O developer conference, scheduled to take place May 12- 14, was canceled amid fears that the COVID-19 virus could spread through showgoers.
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Forget the Internet of Things. Here’s what IoT really stands for

IoT means the Internet of Things, but there’s a growing movement to change the definition, to give it more meaning and set us up for the next decade of innovation. Tomorrow, IoT will mean Intelligence of Things, impacting AI, 5G, and every other buzzword. Here’s what that shift will bring – and how everything’s going to change in the decade ahead.
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Qualcomm’s self-driving car made me never want to touch a steering wheel again

At CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Qualcomm announced a new platform for self-driving cars, called Snapdragon Ride. And to showcase all of its powers, Qualcomm gave me a ride in a Lincoln MKZ that had been tricked out with all the sensors, radar, and chips necessary to use the new platform.
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You’ve got a privacy problem, FTC commissioner tells Apple and Facebook

Privacy today is untenable, argues Rebecca Slaughter, a commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission. It sounds apparent to you and I, but it was something of a slap in the face to the other folks on a Tuesday panel at CES 2020: Privacy execs from both Facebook and Apple.
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Qualcomm says 2020 is the year 5G will finally go mainstream

Qualcomm is all-in on 5G and thinks you will be too soon enough. Company president Cristiano Amon expects 200 million 5G smartphones to ship in 2020. Fixed wireless and 5G PCs are here as well, including a newly anounced laptop from Lenovo. The company sees 2020 as the year consumers truly embrace 5G.
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Faraday Future FF91 first drive: Raw power

Faraday Future has burned through a billion dollars building the FF91, which will go on sale to the public before the end of 2020. We were the first to test drive the car -- the sandstone-colored version, code named G2-18 – and it feels worth every penny.
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Unlocking the power of smart speakers is still a challenge, Google admits

Google and Amazon have done a great job marketing the power of smart speakers to the world. But we're barely using these things to their fullest extent. "I don't think we've done a good job explaining our value proposition to consumers," said Mark Spates, Google’s product lead for smart speakers.
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Apple 5G modem business could take years to develop, Qualcomm president says

Apple purchased Intel’s 5G modem business for a billion bucks in July – so will Tim Cook and Co. write Qualcomm out of the will completely? In an exclusive interview at IFA 2019, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon made clear that this partnership is anything but over.
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Is this the new gold standard in television technology?

The Hisense ULED XD is essentially two LCD panels smooshed into a single TV. Throw in a special chipset and a bunch of buzzwords and you might just have the best TV technology yet. OLED, QLED, and all, beware!
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Exclusive: Microsoft’s Panos Panay has a trick up his sleeve

Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay gives us an exclusive peek at the 85-inch Surface Hub 2, walks us through the Surface Hub 2S and 2X, and explains how innovation and collaboration will transform your workplace.
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Exclusive: The Surface Hub 2S will revolutionize work. Here’s how it was made

The Surface Hub 2S and 2X are whiteboards from a conference room in the future, powered by Cortana and Microsoft Teams. Exclusive interviews with the designers, futurists, and visionaries behind the product paint a picture of the changing nature of collaboration.
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This $3,600 workstation isn’t just a desk. It’s a cockpit of productivity

Standing desks? Tired. Cemtrex Smartdesk? Wired. This innovative desk reimagines everything about your workspace, integrating a computer, a Qi charging pad, a document scanner, your VoIP phone, and so much more directly into your workstation. Now that's smart.
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The most beautiful iPhone in the world doesn’t come from Apple

The engineers at French company Remade buy used iPhones and and repair any problems they find before striping them and repainting them in lush, vibrant, hues: rose, orange, bronze, raspberry, foam, and sapphire. Sure, you could call it a refurbished phone. But it's more than that: It's remanufactured.
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Fitbit drops the price, splashes on the color for spring 2019 lineup

Fitbit's spring 2019 lineup includes a new Versa Lite Edition, an affordable everyday smartwatch, as well as the Inspire and Inspire HR fitness trackers, which are as stylish as they are feature-filled. There's also the Ace 2, a swimproof tracker for kids ages 6 and up.
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CES 2019: Tech trends to watch for at the consumer electronics show

With more than 4,400 exhibiting companies and more than 2.7 million square feet of exhibition hall, CES is overwhelming. Here's what to expect from the upcoming show, from AI and self-driving cars to 5G networks and foldable phones and 8K televisions.
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What is 5G E? Explaining AT&T’s misleading network on smartphones

AT&T is rebranding potentially millions of 4G smartphones to make it appear as though they are on 5G networks, explaining that technologies deeply linked to faster 5G networks already exist on 4G. Competitors argue this is false advertising -- and Sprint plans to fight it in court.
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Why commercials in Android Auto could turn your dashboard into a dumpster fire

Google just announced a few tweaks to the Android Auto experience, focused on making messaging and media easier, but I worry about the future of platforms like Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. For better or worse, there’s a real chance our dashboards could turn into dumpster fires.
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Microsoft has #*!@ed up to-do lists on an epic scale

Microsoft bought the popular to-do app Wunderlist in 2015, and rolled out an app called Microsoft To-Do as a replacement a year and a half ago. So, why is Wunderlist still so much better?
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How to photograph ghosts — get an iPhone (Samsung cameras won’t work)

Julie Rieger is president, chief data strategist, and head of media at 20th Century Fox, where she’s worked on films like Avatar, Deadpool, and the Fault in Our Stars. She’s also an avid ghost photographer – in fact, she wrote the book on it.
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Why learn to use gadgets when they can just learn to help us? Exactly, says LG

The problem with so-called smart products is that they really aren’t. But LG believes AI is the key, and is investing in new research labs. Digital Trends sat down with LG Electronics’ president and CTO, I.P. Park, to discuss the company’s plans.