The iPhone 13 may be a dull update, but boring will prove to be...

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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....

Facial recognition ad tech flunks the creepiness test, but someone will make it work

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Billboards are a pretty inefficient way of advertising to people, if you think about it.  You plaster pictures of your product on a big poster by the side of the road and...

Companies: stop trying to normalise mid-game snacking, please

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This week, I became aware of a product that 200,000 years of human evolution has led us to. The answer to a greasy gamepad isn’t wet wipes, soap or a mirror...

Why Apple should care about silly superstitions

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Apple Month is nearly upon us! September has seen new iPhones unveiled for the past decade, with one small blip last year when a global pandemic did the unthinkable and pushed...

Boston Dynamics’ viral appeal is undeniable, but where will the money come from?

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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...

Explained: Why Apple’s child abuse AI image-scanning feature is controversial

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“Privacy is a fundamental human right. At Apple, it’s also one of our core values. Your devices are important to so many parts of your life. What you share from those...

If you’re over 30, it’s safer not to use emoji

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Language can be a tricky thing, even when there shouldn’t be any ambiguity at all. Case in point, during a 1977 jaunt to Poland, President Jimmy Carter made quite an impression...

Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3, Flip3, Buds2 and Watch4

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Samsung announced five new devices going on sale later this year. Samsung, convinced that foldable devices are a growing market, is doubling down on making folding phones desirable. The new Galaxy Z...

Samsung wants to make foldables mainstream, but can a folding phone beat my apathy?

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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...
Spatial audio now available on Android – but does anyone care?

Spatial Audio now available on Android… but does anyone care?

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Android users that subscribe to Apple Music (rare breeds) can now experience spatial audio too.  The format - powered by Dolby Atmos - was touted as “the next generation of sound” when...