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

Fairphone’s repairable wireless earbuds put the industry on notice
Fairbuds are true wireless earbuds with replaceable batteries. Your move, Apple.
Form’s smart swimming goggles get refined for 2024
The Smart Swim 2 is smaller, has optical heart rate monitoring and a live compass.
The Morning After: Does your car need a rear windshield?
The biggest stories of the morning include Polestar's new rear window-free car and twenty years of Gmail.
Friends don’t let friends use an AI STI test
You can use image-based AIs for plenty of things, but probably not for this.
Lotus' secret weapon is EVs with personality
Lotus' is late to the EV world, but it's bringing its DNA along for the ride.
Disney+ screws UK Doctor Who fans with global release strategy
Doctor Who will now stream to suit US viewing hours, not the UK.
Chatbots promise a future that will never arrive
Conversing with your computer has been a dream of futurists and technologists for decades. But even after 20 years of development, chatbots still haven’t caught on in the ways we were told they would.
Blink's new Mini 2 offers a built-in spotlight and person detection for $40
The new Mini 2 gets a lot better.
The Morning After: Is the M3 MacBook Air any good?
The biggest news stories this morning: Is the MacBook Air M3 any good, TikTok vs the US, and a look back at the Tesla Model S.
The Morning After: More fallout from the Digital Markets Act
There's more fallout from the DMA, and the first over-the-counter CGM in the US.
The best thing about the M3 MacBook Air is… the M2 MacBook Air
Apple's last MacBook Air is one of the best ultraportables ever made. And now, thanks to the M3, it's a lot cheaper.
The Apple Car never felt real
The idea of Apple making a car never stood up to logic, argues Daniel Cooper.
Apple Sports puts real-time scores on your iPhone lock screen
Apple Sports will make it easier to get real-time data in your lock screen.
Dr. Garmin will see you now
British researchers are testing a smartwatch to run basic diagnostic tests. Does it pave the way for more?
The ice caps are melting. Is geoengineering the solution?
A report has examined the potential ways we can refreeze the ice. But it's going to require enormous effort.
Apple's rivals aren't happy about its EU App Store changes
Apple has laid down the rules for opening a competing app store. It's not pleased too many of its rivals.
AI is coming for big pharma
Will an AI discover the next miracle cure?
Five CES products that make you ask… ‘but why?’
Some gadgets just make you say... 'y tho?'
Jackery shows off a rooftop solar tent at CES that makes overlanding more environmentally friendly
It's an all-in-one solar station for your truck roof.
It’s a great time to buy a solar generator
The low cost and greater output mean they're not just for TVs and coolers any more.

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