Daniel Cooper

Senior Editor

Daniel Cooper is Engadget’s roving reporter, tackling the topics both big and small that shape our world. He has been writing about the future for more than 25 years, and abandoned a promising career as an intellectual property lawyer to join Engadget in 2011. His interests include climate change, sustainability, transportation, health tech, wearables, the interaction of technology with sexuality, smart tech and the future of arts and culture — oh and Star Trek, he does that, too. He has appeared on BBC News, Cheddar, ABC News Radio and BBC Radio, and his work has been featured in The New York Times and The AV Club, amongst many others. He lives in Norwich with his family, and is only doing this until he can become the executive producer of Doctor Who.

Articles by Daniel Cooper

Halliday Glasses review: Ambitious smart glasses with frustrating flaws
Halliday's smart glasses are likely to endear themselves to some people, but not me.
The Morning After: It’s the end for Windows 10
The biggest news stories include Windows 10's end of life, Apple removing the plus from TV, and the FCC doing its best to undermine consumers.
Why do AI data centers use so many resources?
AI data centers are gobbling up resources, and they're growing fast.
The best smart rings for 2025
Thinking about buying a smart ring? Let us help you decide which is best for you.
Oura Ring 4 gets new ceramic options and a charging case
Would you wear a ceramic Oura ring?
Amazon's new Echo Dot Max is a smart speaker built for Alexa+
Amazon's Echo Dot Max is small, but mighty.
NVIDIA throws Intel a $5 billion lifeline to build PC and data center CPUs
NVIDIA and Intel are teaming up.
Hydrow’s new Arc rowing machine has a bigger screen and, alas, AI
Hydrow's new Arc rower gets a bigger screen and AI for smarter workout recommendations.
The iPhone Air is a great advertisement for the iPhone 17
The iPhone Air makes the iPhone 17 look like a steal.
Apple Watch Ultra 3 has satellite connectivity and larger display
Apple's Watch Ultra 3 is finally here.
reMarkable’s Paper Pro Move is a pocketable version of its e-paper tablet
reMarkable's Paper Pro Move is a smaller, 7.3-inch version of its color e-paper tablet.
Honor’s Magic V5 foldable almost feels too thin
Honor's new Magic V5 is only a little bit thinner than its predecessor, but a little goes a long way.
Oura rolls out new features for pregnancy and perimenopause
Oura is improving how it treats pregnant and perimenopausal users.
Framework Desktop (2025) Review: Powerful, but perhaps not for everyone
Framework's first desktop is muscular and powerful at the expense of modularity and repairability.
Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses
Brilliant Labs' new smart glasses are the Halo.
This is the daftest e-scooter in the world
Bo makes the world's best e-scooter, now it's built a performance version it hopes will out-accelerate an EV.
Amazon’s AI push is undermining its sustainability goals
AI data centers require lots of power, which stands at odds with its goals to be more efficient.
Another big car company gives up on hydrogen
Jeep and Chrysler's parent company is closing its fuel cell EV lines just weeks before they were to start running.
Form makes its smart swimming goggles tougher with Gorilla Glass lenses
Form adds Gorilla Glass to toughen up its smart swim goggles.
The UK needs to deal with its e-scooter problem
The UK has dragged its feet on e-scooter regulation, despite more than a million of them being privately owned and used.

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