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August

The iPhone 15 was released almost a year ago.

What to expect from Apple’s product reveal next month

Apple is planning to hold its biggest product launch event of the year on September 10, when the company will unveil the latest iPhones, watches and AirPods.

  • Mark Gurman

July

‘We had to have faith’: Apple’s designers on creating the Vision Pro

For these innovators, the Vision Pro isn’t just a step change in computers. It’s a step into the future.

  • John Davidson
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6.

Meet Samsung’s new Ring, Watch Ultra and not-so-new folding phones

At its biggest gadget launch of the year, the Korean tech giant finally launched its finger-worn health tracker and a new outdoors-oriented watch.

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  • John Davidson
Galaxy Ring

With its new wearables, Samsung goes toe-to-toe, ear-to-ear with Apple

The tech giant has finally released its long-awaited Galaxy Ring fitness tracker, but it’s not coming to Australia until later this year.

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  • John Davidson
The Galaxy Ring

What to expect from Samsung’s biggest launch of the year

An outdoorsy Galaxy Watch Ultra could be the biggest news at this week’s Unpacked, alongside the usual artificial intelligence announcements.

  • John Davidson
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Marc Pasques, Grant Ellison and Kendrick Louis, founders of UAre.

Extending life expectancy big business for Manly app founders

The three surf club members started comparing workouts in 2020. Now their platform, which aggregates wearable technology data, is worth about $9 million.

  • Zoe Samios

February

It’s easy to get started with running at any age.

How to start running when you’re over 40

The positives of running are myriad and can include improved heart and lung health, increased joint strength and a reduction in the risk of chronic illnesses.

  • Ally Oliver

January

Elon Musk touts the first human chip implant.

Initial results from first human brain implant ‘promising’

The first human patient has received a brain implant from Neuralink, a step forward for the company that aims to let humans control computers with their minds.

  • Sarah McBride

December 2023

Knowing how long you’ve slept may not help poor sleepers.

Is a $3745 app-controlled mattress topper a sound sleeping investment?

The Eight Sleep Pod Cover is great at collecting data but is missing a trick on helping you make sense of it all.

  • Rachael Bolton
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is displayed during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino.

Apple wins appeal court bid to pause US watch ban

The ruling allows Apple to resume selling its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the US at least until another review in about two weeks time.

  • Blake Brittain
Masimo is accusing Apple of stealing trade secrets and improperly using its inventions for health monitoring in the Apple Watch.

Apple files court appeal as US watch import ban takes effect

Apple also asked for a pause on the ban until a ruling, expected in mid-January, on whether redesigned versions of the watches infringe on Masimo’s patents.

  • Josh Wingrove and Mark Gurman
Apple could potentially tweak the software as a short-term fix.

Apple pause on holiday watch sales points to legal bind it faces

Intellectual property lawyer James Gagen said it’s striking that Apple did not prepare a fallback position to ensure continued supply.

  • Rachel Graf
The Series 9 and Ultra 2 (pictured) models generate the vast majority of Apple’s watch sales.

Apple to halt US sales of smartwatches after patent loss

The company is preparing for a looming ban of models with a blood oxygen sensor – a feature first added to the line-up in 2020 – that Masimo says it invented.

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  • Mark Gurman

November 2023

Marc Hermann, co-founder of Everlab, with a client of his start-up, which quantifies people’s health by measuring things such as their levels of sleep, blood sugar and oxygenation.

How the tech crowd track their health to live longer

‘Quantified self’ is a movement where the health conscious are trying to leave nothing to chance, using the latest in technology to monitor their bodies and fitness.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Apple pioneer Steve Jobs was the driving force behind the company’s push into digital music,.

The long shadow of Steve Jobs looms over the turmoil at OpenAI

One of the most persistent tech cliches is of the visionary founder – who can reach into the future, break off a piece and make it into something the masses adore.

  • David Streitfeld
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Arlo Ultra

New star rating system to help secure home devices

Default passwords will be banned and a mandatory cyber rating system for consumer internet-connected appliances are to be part of a new cyber strategy to be released next week.

  • Tom Burton

October 2023

The Apple Watch Ultra 2 on display.

Why the Apple Watch could become a must-have as summer gets hotter

The makers of the popular timepiece have unveiled a new “Time in Daylight” feature that tracks your exposure to sunshine.

  • Teddy Amenabar

June 2023

When a user is fully immersed, the outer screen on the Vision Pro obscures their eyes so you know they can’t see you.

Don’t wear Apple’s goggles, their vision is bleak

Thou shalt not hide the human face isn’t an absolute command, but should be a general expectation.

  • Ross Douthat

May 2023

Elon Musk Neuralink gets FDA approval.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink wins approval for human study of brain implants

Elon Musk’s Neuralink received US Food and Drug Administration clearance for its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone as it faces US probes over its handling of animal experiments.

  • Rachael Levy, Marisa Taylor and Akriti Sharma
Athletes wearing Catapult trackers

Catapult Sports boss says growth, cost reduction strategy is working

Will Lopes says the group slashed costs over the second half of financial 2023 and can turn free cashflow positive next year.

  • Tom Richardson

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