Technology
The Adventure Pals review: hot dogs and hilarity in post-modern platformer
An uncomplicated game full of off-beat charm, Adventure Pals stands on its own strengths despite its clear cartoon inspiration.
- by Tim Biggs
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Home tech
Snuggly rascals headphones for kids are a great idea, poorly executed
If there's anything that's going to kill a young person's enjoyment of music fast it's headphones that reproduce it badly.
- by Rod Easdown
Software
Google I/O 2018: News update aims to educate readers, break echo chambers
New version of Google News will use AI not serve up opinions the reader already agrees with, but to offer comprehensive overviews from multiple sources.
- by Adam Turner
Google unveils new AI features
Google puts the spotlight on its artificial intelligence smarts at its annual developers conference, announcing new consumer features imbued with machine learning.
Health
Hepatitis B virus found in ancient human remains
The virus has been infecting people since at least the Bronze Age, according to a new study by geneticists who teased it from 4500-year-old human remains.
- by Ben Guarino
Phones
Google I/O 2018: Android wants to cure your smartphone addiction
Android P is designed to help consumers curb smartphone addiction and detox from our beloved glowing screens.
- by Geoffrey Fowler
Games
Nintendo details paid Switch Online service, launching in September
Inexpensive subscription service lets users play online, save to the cloud and access a growing library of online-enabled NES games.
- by Tim Biggs
Innovation
Flying cars a step closer as Uber, NASA team up
Uber will share its data with NASA to move the world closer to developing air traffic management systems for a world with flying cars.
- by Eric Newcomer
Software
Google I/O 2018: Assistant impersonates humans to make phone bookings
Google takes the wraps off Duplex, a natural speech technology that will find a business number on Google, call it, and make appointments on your behalf.
- by Adam Turner
Phones
Nokia 1 review: a $150 smartphone that works
Nokia's low-priced smartphone is the first in Australia to run Google's Android Oreo Go Edition, meaning the latest software and security updates.
- by Tim Biggs
Software
'Responsibility' to upstage new technology at Google I/O
Company to focus on helping individuals and families manage the time they spend on mobile devices as industry faces crisis of trust.
- by Elizabeth Dwoskin & Hayley Tsukayama