Christian de Looper is a technology journalist based in sunny Santa Cruz, California. Christian has over 10 years of experience covering all aspects of the consumer tech industry, with bylines in Digital Trends, Tom’s Guide, Forbes, CNN Underscored, PCMag, and more. When he’s not obsessing over the latest and greatest tech, he can be found hanging out with his family or trying and failing to train his cat.
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