This Month
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
Can a robot be too human? This one can
Ecovacs’ latest robovac cleans more like a human does than anything we’ve ever seen. But that’s not always a good thing.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Choosing an iPhone 16 is enough to keep you up at night
With the basic iPhone models gaining so much ground on Pro models, picking which one to buy isn’t as simple as it once was. What do you get for your extra money?
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
This new fitness watch is fine for the unfit
Google’s Pixel Watch 3 has plenty of new features for runners. But a battery that means you may as well stay lazy.
- John Davidson
Meet the iPhone 16 – and all its new features
Apple’s latest mobile will also be getting a camera button that lets you take photos without ever touching the screen.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Google or Samsung, which folding phone is best?
Google’s folding Pixel phone has finally come to Australia, so we’ve put it head to head with the incumbent.
- John Davidson
This coffee machine could become a cult classic
Breville has come up with an excellent espresso maker that just needs a tweak to allow user-generated brew profiles.
- John Davidson
August
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
How to hide your tech in plain sight
Like Samsung’s Frame TV, the Samsung Music Frame uses the power of invisibility to get spouses to finally agree on something for once in their lives.
- John Davidson
The Pixel 9 Pro features we won’t forget about
Smartphone makers, including Google, are throwing dozens of new artificial intelligence features at us right now. How many of them will stick?
- John Davidson
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
A Father’s Day gift guide for the desperate
What dads want to do and what they have to do, are not always the same thing. But these gifts help bridge the gap.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- AI
The new ‘killer app’: How AI is reinventing the phone
Artificial intelligence might well be the latest killer app for phones, but unlike previous killer apps, it might not be one that consumers are willing to pay for.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Cool or dystopian? Google launches AI-powered phones
The tech giant has launched a new range of AI-packed phones, earbuds and watches. Here’s what they will do (if you really want them to).
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Apple Vision Pro means the future of work is upon us
The headset lets you do your work in virtual reality. It works surprisingly well, but ideally, you will have the neck strength of a rugby forward.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
It’s the battery life, stupid: Why we love Lenovo’s new laptop
Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are supposed to be all about the new AI features. But until Recall arrives, all we care about is their fabulous battery life.
- John Davidson
July
How Apple helped Samsung improve its sound
Samsung has copped a lot of flak for making many of the same design decisions as its rival for its new earbuds. But, as users, we’re better off for it.
- John Davidson
Meet Samsung’s new Ring, Watch Ultra and not-so-new folding phones
At its biggest gadget launch of the year, the Korean tech giant finally launched its finger-worn health tracker and a new outdoors-oriented watch.
- Updated
- John Davidson
With its new wearables, Samsung goes toe-to-toe, ear-to-ear with Apple
The tech giant has finally released its long-awaited Galaxy Ring fitness tracker, but it’s not coming to Australia until later this year.
- Updated
- John Davidson
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
We went from hate to love in no time flat with this electric scooter
It may not have the charm of a Vespa, but this nifty and very reasonably priced bike from Segway gives it a run for its money.
- John Davidson
What to expect from Samsung’s biggest launch of the year
An outdoorsy Galaxy Watch Ultra could be the biggest news at this week’s Unpacked, alongside the usual artificial intelligence announcements.
- John Davidson
- Digital Life With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
This is LG’s best OLED TV ever, despite the dumb AI
In an unfair fight, the Digital Life Labs has pitted LG’s new OLED G4 TV against an old Samsung TV we often couldn’t even switch on.
- John Davidson
Why this $4300 home Wi-Fi router may just be worth it
In two of the three criteria that matter most to us in the Digital Life Labs, Netgear’s Orbi 970 is the best home Wi-Fi router we’ve ever reviewed.
- John Davidson
