Is Chrome’s latest security update enough to keep you safe?
With the launch of Chrome 91, Google will roll out an update which will assist Enhanced Safe Browsing by filtering out harmful extensions and protecting against infected downloads.
Since the initial launch...
Samsung wants to make foldables mainstream, but can a folding phone beat my apathy?
Samsung wants to make foldables go mainstream. The fact that this ambition was nestled in the middle of a 2,097-word press release about the company’s second quarter performance – very much...
Buying a car? Go electric or pay for someone else to
No, Waka Kotahi’s “clean car discount” doesn’t reward tidiness, but it is a way to get more people into electric vehicles and support the government’s aim to be carbon neutral by...
Now Meta wants to teach our news organisations to “develop better business models”
After a decade of Facebook and Google hammering news organisations globally by effectively taking over the mobile advertising space while using its news content on its platform for little recompense, the...
Boston Dynamics’ viral appeal is undeniable, but where will the money come from?
Boston Dynamics has a long history of producing videos that briefly make the internet lose its collective minds, and the latest one is no exception. In it, two human-like robots very...
The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is still coming, but is late really better than...
Samsung’s will-it, won’t-it drama with the Galaxy S21 FE has swung back once again to ‘will’. Over the weekend, two bits of fairly conclusive evidence popped up to back up the...
Here’s why “Live Text” is Apple’s best feature from WWDC 2021
Up until now Apple hasn’t been quite as adept at dealing with text in images as Google or Samsung. I open my Google Photos app when I want to find, say,...
Tragedy bring out the worst of Twitter (or: you say it best when you...
I don’t know how much — if at all — the story registered in New Zealand, but last week in Britain, a member of parliament was murdered. Sir David Amess was...
If you want to change Spotify policy, first sell 120 million albums
As anybody who has ever filled out a feedback form will know, most suggestions — no matter how well intended or sensible — go straight in the bin. If you’re lucky,...
The iPhone 13 may be a dull update, but boring will prove to be...
So, another iPhone event is over. The iPhone 13 has been officially unveiled and it’s hard to get too excited about anything contained within the 78-minute presentation from Cook & Co....