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Listeners are increasingly flocking to CDs and cassettes, as well as vinyls, with artists and fans both benefitting.

Retro audio boom: Why cassettes and CDs have risen from the dead

Music fans are returning to retro tech as musicians burnt by streaming lean into the more profitable medium.

  • Elias Visontay

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The Xiaomi 15T Pro certainly isn’t cheap at $1300, but it is competitive with some other more expensive phones.

The ‘Chinese Apple’ is bringing budget tech Down Under, but is it any good?

We test five products from Chinese technology giant Xiaomi’s Australian line-up, including an $80 smartwatch and a flagship phone.

  • Tim Biggs
The new Apple Vision Pro headset.

Apple’s VR headset has had a serious upgrade – but hasn’t solved its biggest problem

More than a year after Apple’s Vision Pro headset was released in Australia, it’s still exceedingly rare to meet someone who owns one.

  • Tim Biggs
Sennheiser HDB 630.

These Bluetooth headphones cost $1000. They’re still a bargain

The premium noise-cancelling headphones market has never been more competitive or expensive. But there’s one clear leader, and it’s not Apple.

  • David Swan
Pet GPS

Pet GPS brings location tracking for dogs and cats into Life360

Australian families have a new option for keeping tabs on escape-prone dogs and cats with a device to trace their whereabouts.

  • Tim Biggs
Our devices are powered with chemical-packed batteries that can die or fail in potentially catastrophic ways.

Your phone can suddenly become a fire risk. Here’s what to do.

When your phone is no longer sitting flush in its case, it’s a big, honking sign of danger.

  • Shira Ovide
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The Eye Q Auto toaster, which decides cook time by colour change rather than time, has been 10 years in the making.

It took 10 years to build, but does it deliver the perfect toast?

A team of Australian researchers spent a decade developing a toaster that watches the slices for you, so every type of bread is done to your liking.

  • Tim Biggs
The Ring Outdoor Camera Pro, like the other new products, use AI to tune their video over the first few weeks.

Could AI-powered surveillance cameras keep your home safe?

Amazon’s latest 4K cameras with ‘Retinal Vision’ come with AI features that will cost you $300 per year.

  • Tim Biggs
Robin Fox, co-founder of MESS, with a 1979 Fairlight CMI.

The museum where visitors are invited to touch the priceless artefacts

Ever wanted to play a theremin? At the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio you can (as long as the thing turns on).

  • Karl Quinn
The Colorsoft is great for comics but not as good for black and white text.

Not black and white: Colour Kindle is pretty but imperfect

Amazon’s first colour Kindle has arrived in Australia, bringing with it the ability to read comics and other multi-hued books on a glare-free e-ink screen.

  • Tim Biggs

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