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‘New era’:Apple dives into ‘spatial computing’ with extended reality headset
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‘New era’:Apple dives into ‘spatial computing’ with extended reality headset

Apple has announced its first extended reality headset,alongside a stack of new computers and a first look at its latest iPhone software,at its annual developer conference in California.

  • byTim Biggs
Private e-scooters far from a smooth ride as laws play catch-up

Private e-scooters far from a smooth ride as laws play catch-up

With laws differing between states and path availability differing between neighbourhoods,there’s a lot to consider before you hop on your e-scooter.

  • byTim Biggs
The snackmaker smackdown:The kitchen gadgets you need in your life (and the ones you can skip)

The snackmaker smackdown:The kitchen gadgets you need in your life (and the ones you can skip)

Baffled by the growing range of snackmaking appliances hitting the shelves? Neil McMahon hits the ON button and puts them through their paces.

  • byNeil McMahon
How to get rid of your old devices in an environmentally friendly way

How to get rid of your old devices in an environmentally friendly way

Almost all e-waste ends up in landfill,but there are plenty of options for recycling as we wait for more sustainable technology.

  • byTim Biggs
HTC’s latest VR has one foot in a future that doesn’t quite exist yet

HTC’s latest VR has one foot in a future that doesn’t quite exist yet

The modular VIVE XR Elite is an impressively small set of goggles that can work untethered or connected to a PC,and may become a defacto rival to Apple’s headset.

  • byTim Biggs
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Google’s Bard AI launches Down Under as new Pixel phone,tablet announced

Google’s Bard AI launches Down Under as new Pixel phone,tablet announced

The tech giant unveiled a number of new gadgets to kick of its annual I/O conference,along with a look at where its chatbot is headed.

  • byTim Biggs
Hello,Rosie:Lonely parrots learn to video call their friends

Hello,Rosie:Lonely parrots learn to video call their friends

The pet birds were trained to ring a bell and use their beaks to choose on a screen which of their feathered pals they wanted to contact.

  • bySarah Knapton
E-readers now not only replace your bookshelf,but your notebooks too

E-readers now not only replace your bookshelf,but your notebooks too

The Kobo Elipsa 2E is the first truly great e-notepad,letting you create whole pads of scribbling or mark up books and documents.

  • byTim Biggs
Apple working on adding touchscreens to Macs in major turnabout

Apple working on adding touchscreens to Macs in major turnabout

Rivals are adding touchscreens to computers,putting pressure on Apple to do the same.

  • byMark Gurman
The best (and strangest) tech coming in 2023

The best (and strangest) tech coming in 2023

From smelling in a virtual world to analysing your pee at home,technology at this year’s consumer electronics show is like a kaleidoscope of the new and strange.

  • byChris Velazco andTatum Hunter