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Senior Writer at WIRED. Fighter of the Nightman. WhatsApp / Signal: 203.570.8663. Instagram / Snapchat: piercedavid. dpierce@wired.com.

Oakland, CA
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    Dec 26

    I wrote this post almost two years ago and my mom still loves her Chromebook Pixel more than any other device.

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    Dec 23

    Please read this aloud to your families

    This is the best story I know. It's about my uncle John, but it's also about the meaning of family. I like to think this is a Christmas story, perfect for sharing at Christmas dinner. It's long, but I think you will see it is worth reading to the end. 1/36
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  3. Dec 22

    Happy Christmas weekend! The only thing I plan to do to celebrate is turn off motion smoothing on every TV in every house I go to

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    Dec 22

    Jordan did great stuff at Wired this year and would make a great addition to any tech team —>

    If anyone in media knows of anyone looking to hire a tech reporter, please let me know ☺️
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    Dec 22

    I was on this week's podcast to talk about all the tech that died this year!

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    Dec 20

    The last thing I'll tweet about this but to the gadget bloggers saying Apple-throttling-phones is no big deal: If readers are telling you it's an issue then it's probably an issue. If you are not serving your readers, who are you serving? What are you doing?

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    Dec 21

    Here are some better options Apple had: 1) Educate people on lithium-ion batteries 2) Provided swappable battery packs 3) Make the throttling opt-in

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    Dec 20

    You: Hey can you please put your phone away while we're at dinner Me:

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    Dec 20

    If there’s anything I learned from assembling this gift guide for book-lovers, it’s that 1) there were a ton of amazing books published this year, and 2) I really need to stop reading so much apocalyptic fiction

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    Dec 20

    Whoa! I never bought into the “apple’s new update is making my old phone slower on purpose” conspirisy theory… but it is! And explains why my SE has started *feeling* slow. It actually is slower.

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    Dec 19

    A beautiful story of love, caretaking, and animated surveillance by

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    Dec 19

    I channeled my former life as a personal trainer to write a lil gift guide for the fitness freak in your life!

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    I wrote about my favorite corner of YouTube: the people who spend their time teaching us how movies work

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    Dec 18

    2017’s biggest hardware success story isn’t the iPhone X, it’s the Instant Pot — an electric multicooker that is taking over the world. I went to the company’s Canadian HQ and wrote this:

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    Dec 17

    My latest: The Other Tech Bubble

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    Dec 17

    Tech's great grappling with its new image isn't pretty. pretty much nails it.

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    Dec 15

    1/ I'm on a train for the next five hours. So let's talk about some of the most amazing, immersive, powerful journalism and storytelling from the past year. I'll start with 9 examples and you add yours into the thread. Here we go!

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    Dec 15

    Even if it’s self-serving, Facebook’s using a corporate blog post to point to the downsides of social media is a big deal, I argue in my column.

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    Dec 15

    Hello I wrote an article and did a video all about super expensive fidget spinners, and I can't believe this is my job.

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    Dec 15

    You read about how Bitcoin is on track to use all the electricity in the world? I wrote about the problem. It's embedded in the tech:

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