Today
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Digital Life
Hot is cold and strong is weak with this new espresso maker
We made a mistake testing the KitchenAid KF8 fully automatic coffee machine. We failed to test our assumptions about what words mean.
- John Davidson
Yesterday
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
Meet the cargo bike that other riders will envy
When it comes to storage capacity, Tern’s Orox is more like a small car than an electric bicycle.
- John Davidson
This Month
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Digital Life
Apple launches our favourite gadget of 2024
The new Mac mini is tiny, fast, cheap and brilliant. What more could you ask for, after a year of underwhelming AI?
- John Davidson
October
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
Cheap at half the price: these security cameras shine bright
Uniden’s Wi-Fi cameras punch well above their weight, thanks to their separate solar-power panels, clear video, bright spotlights and low cost.
- John Davidson
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Digital Life
These Tiles help you find things before you lose your mind
Life360’s latest Tile trackers still have some advantages compared with the Apple and Samsung copycat versions.
- John Davidson
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Digital Life
How the Google TV Streamer changed my life (but not my channel)
Google’s new internet TV box can bring fresh technology to a stale old TV.
- John Davidson
Samsung begins job cuts in Australia
The South Korean company has begun to pare staff, following similar moves in India and Latin America.
- Yoolim Lee and Olivia Poh
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Why the Series 10 is now Apple’s best watch
The Watch Ultra 2 is still Apple’s most expensive watch, but the new Series 10 betters it in some (but not all) ways that matter.
- John Davidson
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
Ocean cruising too slow for you? Speed things up with this action cam
DJI’s Osmo Action 5 Pro has features that will turn even the most sedate sojourn into a white-knuckle adventure.
- John Davidson
September
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
Can a robot be too human? This one can
Ecovacs’ latest robovac cleans more like a human does than anything we’ve ever seen. But that’s not always a good thing.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Choosing an iPhone 16 is enough to keep you up at night
With the basic iPhone models gaining so much ground on Pro models, picking which one to buy isn’t as simple as it once was. What do you get for your extra money?
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
This new fitness watch is fine for the unfit
Google’s Pixel Watch 3 has plenty of new features for runners. But a battery that means you may as well stay lazy.
- John Davidson
Meet the iPhone 16 – and all its new features
Apple’s latest mobile will also be getting a camera button that lets you take photos without ever touching the screen.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Google or Samsung, which folding phone is best?
Google’s folding Pixel phone has finally come to Australia, so we’ve put it head to head with the incumbent.
- John Davidson
This coffee machine could become a cult classic
Breville has come up with an excellent espresso maker that just needs a tweak to allow user-generated brew profiles.
- John Davidson
August
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
How to hide your tech in plain sight
Like Samsung’s Frame TV, the Samsung Music Frame uses the power of invisibility to get spouses to finally agree on something for once in their lives.
- John Davidson
The Pixel 9 Pro features we won’t forget about
Smartphone makers, including Google, are throwing dozens of new artificial intelligence features at us right now. How many of them will stick?
- John Davidson
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
A Father’s Day gift guide for the desperate
What dads want to do and what they have to do, are not always the same thing. But these gifts help bridge the gap.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- AI
The new ‘killer app’: How AI is reinventing the phone
Artificial intelligence might well be the latest killer app for phones, but unlike previous killer apps, it might not be one that consumers are willing to pay for.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Cool or dystopian? Google launches AI-powered phones
The tech giant has launched a new range of AI-packed phones, earbuds and watches. Here’s what they will do (if you really want them to).
- Paul Smith