Dan Ackerman

New York native Dan Ackerman is currently a section editor at the leading technology news site CNET, where he oversees a team running CNET's New York gadget testing lab, reviews laptops and tablets, hosts videos, and writes about hot-button consumer technology topics. He's a well-known TV talking head, seen on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, BBC News, ABC, CBS, and NBC News, and other outlets, and he regularly appears as an in-house technology expert on "CBS This Morning." As a writer and columnist, Ackerman has contributed regularly to magazines, including "Men's Journal," "Maxim," "Blender," and "Sync," and he's previously served as a monthly technology columnist for both "SPIN" and "WWE Magazine." As an industry expert, he's been interviewed by or quoted in the "New York Times," "USA Today," "The Atlantic," "Mother Jones," "Fast Company," and many other publications.