
Christopher Mims
Technology Columnist at The Wall Street Journal
WSJ tech columnist and author of Arriving Today, about the insane, around-the-world journey all the stuff you ordered takes on its way to your front door.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Christopher Mims
The Switch has been a runaway success, a combination of hand-held device and TV game console, selling 150 million units worldwide in eight years. The $450 Switch 2 is supposed to be Nintendo’s big new move, an opportunity to double-down on new releases of “Mario Kart” and other Nintendo-exclusive megahits, while giving fans many of the power-hungry games previously only available on Xbox, PlayStation and PC. Trump’s tariffs could impede that plan for global videogame domination.
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2 weeks ago |
jp.wsj.com | Christopher Mims
新しいタイプのガラス窓は周囲の壁よりも優れた断熱性能を発揮する スティーブ・ジョブズ氏のせっかちな性格に負うものの一つに、効率性と強度が極めて高い住宅用の窓を挙げることができる。 こうした新しい種類の窓は、米国の家庭で大量に無駄にされるエネルギーの節約につながる。また、屋外を見晴らしたり、より静かで快適に暮らす役に立ったりするほか、極端な天候に住居が耐えられるようにする。ここで重要な技術となるのは、標準的な厚いガラスの間に挟まれた薄板ガラスだ。その存在はスマートフォンなどにおける製造や化学面での画期的な進歩のおかげだ。スマホやタブレット、腕時計は軽量化され、スクリーンは頑丈で傷がつきにくいものになった。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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2 weeks ago |
jp.wsj.com | Christopher Mims
空からブリトーのテイクアウトが届く日も近いかもしれない。ジップラインのドローンは、91メートルのケーブルで小型クーラーボックスを下降させて配達する アーカンソー州ピーリッジに住むサンディー・バットンさんは1952年生まれで、白黒テレビを見て育ち、初めてコンピューターを手に入れたのは1980年代だった。今はスマートフォンで週に6回ほど買い物をしていて、数分後には空から荷物が届く。 「素晴らしい」。市の事務員を48年務めたバットンさんはそう話す。「まるで未来のことのようだが、もう未来になっているのかもしれない」Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Christopher Mims
Sandy Button of Pea Ridge, Ark., was born in 1952, grew up watching black-and-white television, and got her first computer in the 1980s. Now? She makes half a dozen orders a week on her smartphone, and minutes later packages come from the sky. “It’s so cool,” says Button, who has worked as the city clerk for 48 years.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Christopher Mims
Sandy Button of Pea Ridge, Ark., was born in 1952, grew up watching black-and-white television, and got her first computer in the 1980s. Now? She makes half a dozen orders a week on her smartphone, and minutes later packages come from the sky. “It’s so cool,” says Button, who has worked as the city clerk for 48 years.
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