David Pogue

NY Times "Crowdwise" columnist; writer/correspondent for NOVA & "CBS Sunday Morning"

Jun. 30, 2020

Syfy Cord-cutting was supposed to save money. But these days, just as people are watching more, they’re paying for streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus. Added together, those six cost at…

Jun. 27, 2020

“Design is Not Appearance:” My Interview with Milton Glaser

David Pogue (right) interviews Milton Glaser for “CBS Sunday Morning” in 2019.He created “the look of the 60s”—and at 90, he floored me with his insights on design, work, and human nature.Milton Glaser died yesterday on his 91st birthday. He was a…

Jun. 4, 2020

How to Make Your Virtual Jam Session Sound—and Look—Good

You know those videos of musicians rocking out from their living rooms, laid out in a grid? Here's how they're made. For most performers, social distancing means stopping. No more concerts or comedy clubs, no more plays or musicals. How weird, then,…

May. 31, 2020

Hear all about it: The rise in audiobooks

Smartphones and digital downloads have helped make audio recordings of books a billion-dollar industry, with more than 45,000 new audiobooks recorded last year alone. Correspondent David Pogue talks with actors Laurence Fishburne, Jesse Eisenberg and…

May. 4, 2020

Dogs in Chernobyl and Sheep in Scotland: Sampling Airbnb’s Online Experiences

In the Great Lockdown, two-way video has become our primary social channel. Meetings, parties, concerts, music lessons, exercise classes: Any interactions that can be adapted to a Zoom video call, have been. Surely there’s nothing left to be…

May. 3, 2020

"Sunday Morning" presents quarantine videos with their very own awards - the Sunnys!

"Sunday Morning" honors the very best self-isolating performers with an award show all their own ... and here's your host, David Pogue: Good morning, and welcome to the first-ever Sunny Awards! [Fake applause!] As you know, being a performing artist…

Apr. 19, 2020

On the trail of COVID-19: Contact tracing the virus

When we talk about fighting the COVID-19 virus, we hear a lot about social distancing, self-isolation and vaccines. What's weird is that you don't hear much about another incredibly important tool in fighting epidemics: contact tracing. It means…

Apr. 5, 2020

With more working from home, our Internet undergoes a stress test

Like almost everyone else in America, corporate events producer Mark Felix has been working from home lately. It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing. "This is week three, although it seems like week 33," he said. "And the last week my internet has…

Mar. 29, 2020

How to live AND work at home without going stir crazy

Testing, 1, 2, 3. … OK! Welcome to lockdown! Like anyone else who's got the luxury of working at home, I'd been working at home when I got a call from my producer David Rothman. As I recall, the conversation went something like this… Pogue: "Do you…

Mar. 22, 2020

Coronavirus and the contagion of fear

Julie Beitman has been correspondent David Pogue's friend and neighbor for over 15 years. But he's never seen her like this – repeatedly washing her hands, or wiping down her counter. "I'm very upset about this," Beitman said. "I'm upset. I watch the…

Jan. 26, 2020

Is there a science behind creating pop hits?

When you win a Grammy, the judges tell you that your song or your album was the best of the year. But they don't tell you why. They don't tell you what they liked about it. But surely there's a science to writing a hit song? David Pogue went on a…

Dec. 22, 2019

How the crowdsourcing website GoFundMe is changing charity

Morgan Stickney, of Bedford, New Hampshire, has always been something of a mermaid. By age 14, she had a room full of swimming medals. Ranked top 20 in the country, she was dreaming of the Olympics. But one day in eighth grade, her entire life…

Dec. 15, 2019

Holiday gift ideas from Techno Claus

Techno Claus, who looks suspiciously like "Sunday Morning" contributor David Pogue (but sounds like no one else), is reading from a Christmas storybook by a crackling fire. "And what, to our wondering eyes should appear, But Techno Claus! Guru of…

Dec. 1, 2019

Preparing the next generation of GPS

Thanks to GPS, your car, your phone, even your watch knows exactly where you are on the planet, by listening to a satellite signal from 12,000 miles over your head. GPS is always on, you don't pay anything to use it, and you never need to know how it…

Nov. 3, 2019

Jeff Lynne, the reluctant rock star, returns with Jeff Lynne's ELO

In the 1970s and '80s, the Electric Light Orchestra, the British rock band with a string section, lit up the charts. ELO, as fans called it, sold more than 50 million albums, with songs like "Livin' Thing," "Evil Woman," and "Mr. Blue Sky." Jeff…

Nov. 3, 2019

Reporter's Notebook: David Pogue on interviewing a musical idol

I'm not gonna lie: Being a "CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent has its privileges. Like getting to meet your musical idol. As a teenager, I was obsessed with the British band ELO, the Electric Light Orchestra. I was a budding composer myself, and the…

Oct. 27, 2019

How scary music makes movies scarier

Imagine the 1973 horror movie "The Exorcist" without its ominous score. Would "Psycho" be the same without Bernard Herrmann's music? It's no surprise that a good scare and a good score go hand-in-hand. Michelle DiBucci, a horror film composer and…

Oct. 24, 2019

16 Useful Gems in Apple’s New iOS 13

Jason Lee/Reuters Every September, Apple offers the world a new update of its iOS software for iPhones. This year’s version, iOS 13, didn’t exactly have a graceful landing; since its release in September, Apple has produced no fewer than five…

Oct. 9, 2019

I Never Wanted (or Liked) the Touchscreen Echos or Google Hubs. Then I Used One.

At this point, let’s assume everyone is familiar with home voice assistants like the Amazon Echo (a.k.a. Alexa) and Google Home. Ask them questions and get news/weather/traffic, order an Uber, have them tell jokes, make free phone calls — and, of…

Oct. 4, 2019

10 Tips to Avoid Leaving Tracks Around the Internet

Graham Roumieu Google and Facebook collect information about us and then sell that data to advertisers. Websites deposit invisible “cookies” onto our computers and then record where we go online. Even our own government has been known to track…