Our favorite (and least favorite) tech of 2018

Enlarge / The Apple Watch series 4. (credit: Valentina Palladino)
Farewell, 2018. You brought us Facebook scandal after Facebook scandal, vastly more devices with Alexa and Google Assistant than anyone needs, a nosedive for net neutrality, endless political and regulatory challenges for Chinese smartphone makers, and oh so many notch-equipped smartphones.
We're ready for about two months of accidentally writing '2018' every time we're supposed to write 2019 in our first drafts—the adjustment always takes a while. And since our minds aren't quite out of 2018 yet, let's take this opportunity to look back on the year—specifically, our favorite and least-favorite products from the year.
Every member of the Ars Technica reviews team—Ron Amadeo, Peter Bright, Jeff Dunn, Valentina Palladino, and Samuel Axon—chimed in with personal picks and a little bit of explanation for why we picked what we did.
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