January
You won’t regret buying this TV, but will you use it?
LG’s StanbyME Go is one of the most fascinating, utterly silly contraptions we’ve reviewed in the Digital Life Labs.
The biggest news at the biggest gadget festival wasn’t even a gadget
Nvidia has grown to be the world’s biggest company on the back of artificial intelligence. Now it’s giving back to the AI community.
PC makers spruik half-price AI laptops at year’s biggest trade show
The industry launched chips, PC graphics cards and laptops that it says will drive down the cost of running AI models while increasing performance.
Robot puts a sock in it for world’s biggest gadget fest
CES – formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show – starts officially on Wednesday, but already a theme has emerged, and it doesn’t take AI to figure out what it is.
December 2024
This $25,000 TV breaks the extreme barrier
The Hisense 110″UX isn’t just four times bigger and four times brighter than many of the best TVs on the market. It’s four times more everything.
September 2024
The streaming service reeling in Netflix in Australia
Amazon Prime Video is closing the gap on the nation’s most popular entertainment platform, all while more Australians are downgrading to ad-supported plans.
August 2024
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.
July 2024
This is LG’s best OLED TV ever, despite the dumb AI
In an unfair fight, the Digital Life Labs has pitted LG’s new OLED G4 TV against an old Samsung TV we often couldn’t even switch on.
June 2024
Aussie experts can stop your smart-device cameras spying on you
When photos snapped by a robot vacuum cleaner of a woman on the toilet went viral, the smart home sector knew it had a problem; Aussie academics claim to have solved it.
May 2024
It’s bigger and brighter, but is it Samsung’s best TV?
We pit Samsung’s “pinnacle” TV against a lesser model. The results won’t surprise you.
April 2024
Samsung’s new OLED TV is the best TV ever. Or is it?
The idea that anything could be inferior to this device has forced us to ponder the very essence of what it means to have eyes in your head.
A router that will (eventually) make your home Wi-Fi fly
Can you save money and improve download speeds, both at the same time? With WiFi 7, we think you can.
At last, a gadget worthy of a bucket list
Imagine what you could do with a portable, 300-inch screen and Hisense’s new C1 projector.
One control panel for all your home devices is still a lot to ask
So far, Amazon’s new Echo Hub is the best at controlling smart devices around the home. Nevertheless, the smart device industry remains fundamentally broken.
March 2024
Smart home gadget sales rise despite privacy, cost-of-living worries
New data shows almost three-quarters of Australian households now have at least one connected device. But that doesn’t mean we trust them.
Meet LG’s ‘world first’ TV in a suitcase
LG’s 2024 TV line-up includes 36 new models – and one very special offering that looks like it could be used to launch a nuclear attack.
February 2024
How Apple’s new goggles will rock your reality
2024 is already a huge year for technology, with Apple changing the VR headset game and generative AI redefining the way we use mobile phones.
January 2024
This Hisense TV should blow you away
The world’s second-largest TV maker has thrown down the gauntlet to Samsung, announcing a TV with specs that are off the charts.
Will the Music Frame herald Samsung’s return to multi-room audio?
One of Samsung’s most intriguing product announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show was a speaker disguised as a photo frame. But building it wasn’t easy.
What to expect from your gadgets in 2024
“Now with AI” looks set to be the marketing catchcry for consumer electronics in 2024, though look out for virtual reality to make a comeback, too.