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Will this ring help you be an ultra human?

Ultrahuman’s Ring AIR scares the bejesus out of us. Will it be enough to make us mend our ways?

The iPhone 17e will look similar to the 16e model but include the A19 processor to match this year’s iPhone 17 line. Today’s version has the A18 chip.

Apple plans new MacBook Pro, iPhone 17e and iPads by early next year

The quick transition from the 16e to 17e indicates the US tech giant is moving to annual updates for its entry-level iPhone, a shift from its previous strategy.

Samsung’s new folding phone feels just like a regular phone

The Galaxy Z Fold7 now looks, feels and acts very much like a slab phone, until you open it up to turn it into an 8-inch tablet.

Mark Zuckerberg says he will be shocked if everyone is not wearing AI glasses soon.

Meta invests $5.3b in world’s biggest eye-wear maker

The minority stake in EssilorLuxottica will allow the US tech giant to continue its push to manufacture smart glasses with AI features.

The new Huawei watch should be brilliant. There’s a big downside

The Chinese tech company’s Watch Fit 4 Pro has fantastic hardware. It’s just a shame the apps let it down.

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The Limitless.ai Pendant records everything it hears, and sends it off for transcription.

The sky (oh, and the law) is the limit with this AI wearable

The Limitless Pendant will record, transcribe and summarise everything it hears. Everything.

Controversies aside, this Whoop tracker could slow your ageing

Whoop’s new MG health tracker will tell you how fast you’re ageing, and show you how to slow it down.

June

Justin Miller founded Nuheara in 2015.

Former tech star’s shareholders ask ASIC to investigate mystery debt

Investors in failed wireless earbud technology company Nuheara are pushing the corporate regulator to probe whether management hid debts before it collapsed.

These Shokz earbuds will be one of the best gadgets of 2025

Shokz’s new clip-on earbuds will have you wondering, how can something that sounds so average be so compelling?

How many AI agents does it take to change a smart bulb?

‘AI agents’ could turn out to be as useless as The Internet Of Things

Technologies that could automatically fix “smart” home systems are here, but they share the same problem they are meant to solve: they don’t work well together.

Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering at Apple, only mentioned Siri at this year’s WWDC to say he wasn’t going to talk about Siri.

One unmentionable word sums up Apple’s battle with Google

At its developers conference the week, Apple refused to talk about its delayed updates to Siri. But it did reveal other changes that will help it catch its rivals.

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Nintendo’s Switch 2 sets sales record in boon for games sector

The numbers, released by the company on Wednesday, bode well for its target to sell 15 million units by March next year.

Apple finally adds the iPad features users have wanted for a decade

The tech giant has announced its biggest overhaul of its tablet’s operating system, introducing pointers, menu bars and windows to make it like a real computer.

Meet the iPhone’s biggest update in a decade

Except for the “squircles”, almost all of Apple’s smartphone overhaul was leaked ahead of time.

We’ve seen the future, and it’s wearing Birkenstocks

Roborock’s Saros Z70 marks the beginning of the era where robots follow us around the house and pick up after us.

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Microsoft’s Surface Pro 12 is what Apple’s iPad Pro should be

Microsoft’s new Surface Pro might not be as fast or as fancy as an Apple iPad Pro, but you can actually use it for real work. 

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Tech company collapse sparks shareholder battle with $14b chipmaker

A group of Australian shareholders are taking on a Taiwanese semiconductor giant in a battle over collapsed listed-tech company Nuheara.

May

Sam Altman’s $10b bet to give OpenAI its ‘iPhone moment’

Artificial intelligence is helping computers get to the toughest destination of all: your face.

OpenAI buys Jony Ive’s device start-up for $10b, Apple shares drop

The iPhone designer’s new stint with rival products could be seen as a bad omen for the tech titan. Its stock price fell 2.3 per cent on Wednesday.

Google unleashes search ‘AI Mode’ – and smart glasses

The feature makes web research more like having a conversation – and the tech giant is also using artificial intelligence to re-enter the spectacles market.

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