Technology
Dual screens, 5G, more power: laptops get exciting again at Computex
Here are some of our favourite developments from the world's biggest computer hardware event.
- by Krishan Sharma
Latest
Home tech
Amazon's tiny new smart display makes it even with Google
The Echo Show 5 is even smaller and less expensive than Google's Nest Hub, but it still has the video camera of the larger smart displays.
- by Tim Biggs
Apps
Pokemon sleep-tracking app headlines raft of new mobile monster-catchers
Pokemon GO rewarded you for getting outside and walking, now The Pokemon Company hopes to gamify your sleep.
- by Sam Nussey
Software
Inside the Apple team that decides which apps get on iPhones
The company's former head of App Store approvals sheds light on how apps are given the tick.
- by Mark Gurman
Home tech
A $570k turntable, and other hi-fi components with sky high prices
Which one would you choose; a new CD player or a new Mazda 3? Would you prefer a new turntable or a two-bedroom apartment by the beach on the Gold Coast?
- by Rod Easdown
Space
Fears Musk's satellites will 'change our view of the night sky'
A procession of satellites is worrying astronomers and creating a spectacle as it orbits the globe.
- by Lester Ranby
Privacy
Do you know who your iPhone talks to when you're sleeping?
We ran a privacy experiment to see how many hidden trackers are running from the apps on our iPhone. The tally is astounding.
- by Geoffrey A. Fowler
Review
Gadgets
Headset lets you become a Jedi, wield a lightsaber in augmented reality
These headsets may now be two years old, but a price drop and updated software makes them worth a second look.
- by Tim Biggs
Software
What Apple needs to announce for iOS 13 at WWDC
From improved privacy options to a whole new look, these are the mobile improvements on my wish list.
- by Peter Wells
Web culture
Microsoft, Facebook agree to help clean up ahead of Canadian election
Web giants agree to intensify efforts to combat disinformation and explain their rules about accepting political advertising
- by Kelsey Johnson and David Ljunggren
Cars
Ford's headless robot could be delivering your pizza by 2021
If a driverless car arrives at your house, who's going to carry the package, grocery bags or piping-hot pizza to your doorstep?
- by Keith Naughton