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Christmas mess? This robot vacuum trick is a game-changer

Previous mop pads had a tendency to drag muck around your floor, but a new innovation may have fixed that.

  • Tim Biggs

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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
Treasury has debunked Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s push to create solar panel and battery manufacturing industries in Australia, arguing the billions of dollars needed would be better spent elsewhere.

Here’s how renters can take advantage of the solar battery boom

The cost won’t make sense for everybody, but a portable battery and some panels can take a portion of your energy use off the grid.

  • Tim Biggs
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
In manual mode, the screen becomes a pressure gauge, with buttons that let you tweak and activate the various functions.

Semi-automatic coffee machine strikes the perfect balance

The Oracle Dual Boiler is an expensive but impressive espresso machine that combines the capabilities of a commercial unit with the smarts to use them on its own.

  • Tim Biggs
It’s becoming difficult to clock the incremental improvements LG makes to the C-series each year, but it’s still one of the best on the market.

Home tech upgrades to splash your tax refund on

From TVs to a cult favourite kitchen appliance, here are five ideas for a long-awaited upgrade splurge.

  • Tim Biggs
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Enough with the beeping machines! They are making our lives worse, not better

No wonder we all feel exhausted, irritated and ready to take a hatchet to our appliances.

  • Jane Caro
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I tried a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm

Roborock can say it was first to market with the newest feature in home robotics, but the tech could use some more fine-tuning.

  • Tim Biggs
What’s next?

Tech’s ‘improvements’ are making my life worse (and wetter)

The future is here, and it’s full of damp laundry and unsolicited AI.

  • Richard Glover
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Tech support: It’s all relative

The kids are all right (click).

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