Technology
Samsung Series 9 QLED TV (2018) review: better, but still not the best
Samsung's flagship TV has a lot going for it, including incredible brightness and low latency, but its full-array LED panel can't compete with OLED.
- by Peter Wells
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Home tech
The best presentation 'clicker' money can buy
A reliable clicker allows you to focus on your audience, not the computer you're presenting from.
- by Peter Wells
Home tech
Serious speakers for serious listening, in a compact format
Listen to these speakers carefully, or even not so carefully, and it’s impossible not to be taken in by the precision you’ll hear.
- by Rod Easdown
Privacy
UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American's personal data
Data privacy activists say that it sets a precedent that would enable millions of others to request information that the company had collected on them.
Analysis
Social media
Facebook dating: a question of trust
Do we trust Facebook with our most intimate details?
- by Ben Grubb
Good Weekend
The style issue: Meet Instagram's new 'reality' superstars
Instagram perfection is so last year. Authenticity is trending, and not before time. Exhibit A: Celeste Barber, 3.6 million followers and rising.
- by Amanda Hooton
The deepest fake: how new tech will test our belief in what we see
Feed a few hundred images of a person into FakeApp and it 'learns' their features. It's not mere cutting and pasting; more like a digital mask.
- by John Bailey
Phones
LG announces G7 ThinQ, an AI-heavy phone with an iPhone-style 'notch'
Korean company hopes to stand out from the crowd with impressive display and audio tech, and help from AI.
- by Tim Biggs
Home tech
Oculus Go review: the first VR gadget you might actually buy
Decent virtual reality, which doesn't require a separate phone or computer to power it, now costs less than an iPad.
- by Geoffrey Fowler
Security
Twitter urges all users to change passwords after plain text 'bug'
Social network apologises after discovering user passwords being logged in plain text on an internal system.
- by Jim Finkle
COMMENT
Security
Future shock: Is my not-so-smart house watching me?
Would my life be easier if I could keep track of dinner on my iPhone? I don't know. But it probably would be more monitored.
- by Ronda Kaysen