Phones
Review
Google’s latest Pixel pops with AI tricks at budget price
Whether you want powerful AI image editing or not, the Pixel 8a is a very impressive smartphone for $850.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
What is Qi2? Universal wireless charging, with magnets, is almost here
The new standard, based on Apple’s MagSafe, will soon work with iPhones, Androids and other devices.
- by Tim Biggs
Review
Gadgets
Nubia stacks up as a flip phone with a bargain price
The Nubia Flip 5G isn’t the most value-packed phone, but it is a competent folding device at half the price of the competition.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
Children's Health
Should children be on social media? Too late, they already are
Are worsening mental health outcomes and social media related? The timing is suggestive: mental health began to slide just as smartphones and social apps took off.
Opinion
Opinion
Why I’d rather my kids smoked ciggies than used a smartphone
Why do people throw children into the scream chambers of misery and self-loathing that come with smartphones?
- by Michelle Cazzulino
Review
Samsung
Samsung’s latest mid-range phone may be playing it too safe
In an increasingly competitive market the Galaxy A55 doesn’t do much to stand out, despite being an excellent lower-cost Samsung option.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
For subscribers
Gemini iPhone a win-win for cautious Apple and aggressive Google
As with Google Search, a partnership over the AI chatbot could work for both companies, but what would it be like for consumers?
- by Tim Biggs
Apple and Google in talks to bring AI to iPhones
Apple’s delay in releasing an AI product has been costly. Now it is trying to make up ground.
- by Tripp Mickle, Nico Grant and Brian X. Chen
Exclusive
Tragedy
Jon suffered a terrible accident. His wife couldn’t get a signal to call triple zero
Karin Stark has long warned it was only a matter of time until someone died unable to call an ambulance. Now her own family has become the story.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Tinder may be swiping left on its most famous feature
With Tinder and rival Bumble losing more than $60 billion in market value since 2021,the dating apps are looking for ways to claw back customers.
- by J. Edward Moreno
Apple says don’t put your wet iPhone in a bag of rice. Do this instead
Apple has taken a stand on the decades-old remedy that covering a wet phone with rice will save it from water damage. It has offered a much simpler solution.
- by Tim Biggs