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Samsung’s latest Bespoke fridge models with AI-enhanced Bixby assistant will respond to voice commands to locate family members’ misplaced phones and activate things like window blinds and air conditioners. Photo: Samsung

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Lost your phone? Now you can ask your Samsung fridge to find it

The latest Samsung Bespoke fridges’ AI-enhanced Bixby assistant responds to voice commands to find missing phones and activate appliances.

31 Mar 2025 - 1:15PM

Review | US$200 less than standard handset, what you lose buying iPhone 16e

18 Mar 2025 - 5:45PM

‘A tsunami of addiction disorders’ facing young people, study suggests

18 Mar 2025 - 4:24PM

Apple’s AirPods to get Star Trek-like upgrade with live translation

The capability will be offered as part of an AirPods software upgrade due later this year, sources say.

14 Mar 2025 - 12:00PM

Apple is bringing a live translation feature to the AirPods later this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Apple prepares major interface revamp for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Loosely based on the Vision Pro headset’s software, the new design could help revive demand for Apple’s iPhones.

11 Mar 2025 - 11:32AM

Review | Xiaomi 15 flagship has predecessor’s looks but is full of AI features

Chinese marque’s new compact flagship phone has transformative AI apps and software for editing photos and translating speech and text.

7 Mar 2025 - 4:15AM

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Apple M4 MacBook Air, M4 Max and M3 Ultra Mac Studio roll out

New MacBook Air laptops have speedier processor and are US$100 cheaper than M3 versions, while Mac Studio gets its first update in two years.

6 Mar 2025 - 8:22PM

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with an AI-ready M4 chip for superior performance compared with previous models. Photo: Apple

Apple’s new iPad Air gets a speed boost with the M3 chip

The iPad Air update represents a faster turnaround than usual, coming only 10 months after the last version.

5 Mar 2025 - 9:56AM

Children’s mental health at risk from chatbots, advocacy groups say

An autistic boy urged by a chatbot to kill his parents? A teen driven to take his own life? Lawsuits make case for regulating AI companions.

25 Feb 2025 - 6:37PM

No phones. Only real people. Welcome to The Offline Club

Over 2,000 people have attended The Offline Club’s London events in just a few months, mostly adults aged 20 to 35 eager to digitally detox.

21 Feb 2025 - 6:15PM

People attend a digital detox event run by The Offline Club at the Sherriff Centre in London on February 12, 2025. Photo: AFP

Apple unveils US$599 iPhone 16e, a budget-friendly AI handset

The 16e will include a powerful chip to run Apple Intelligence, a set of features with access to ChatGPT.

20 Feb 2025 - 10:00AM

iPhone 16e phones with the new C1 cellular modem are tested at an Apple lab in California. Photo: Reuters

Apple launches Powerbeats Pro 2, its first earphones to measure pulse

Apple’s first Powerbeats Pro sports earphones in years are smaller with a better fit, chip and battery. They work seamlessly with iPhone.

18 Feb 2025 - 7:15PM

Why Gen Z are using 10-year-old iPhones, old digital cameras

Gen Z and millennials carry two iPhones: the latest, and models a decade old for photos as part of the ‘young-tro’ – young and retro – trend.

16 Feb 2025 - 7:45AMvideocam

3 of the best space exploration and adventure games around

X4: Foundations, No Man’s Sky and Elite Dangerous offer everything space adventurers could want, on PC and other platforms.

30 Jan 2025 - 8:03AM

Elite Dangerous is an open-world game in which you can explore a huge universe of 400 billion star systems alone or as competing factions.

How Apple’s parental control features are child’s play to override

Security measures on Apple iPhones, iPads and Macs to protect children from unsuitable content don’t work, recent software tests show.

24 Jan 2025 - 4:45PM

Children are in danger of being exposed to adult and unsuitable content online if parents rely on devices’ parental controls. Photo: Shutterstock

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How AI pets help young people in China combat anxiety, isolation

In the 90s there were Tamagotchis. Now a new generation of sophisticated AI pets is providing connection in an increasingly stressful world.

21 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM

How your remote-controlled sex toy could be hijacked by strangers

Bluetooth sex devices could leave users open to data interception by anyone within range, research suggests. AI sex robots are a new threat.

17 Jan 2025 - 6:45PM

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How to set up an account on RedNote, a TikTok alternative: 9 steps

RedNote is attracting users of another Chinese short video app, TikTok, in the US who fear a ban. See our 9-step guide to opening an account.

21 Jan 2025 - 2:56PM

Employees on the balcony of the RedNote (also known as Xiaohongshu, meaning “little red book”) company headquarters building in Shanghai, China. The RedNote app has been seized on as an alternative to Tiktok, which faces a ban in the United States. Photo: EPA-EFE

Smart glasses without premium pricing? Welcome to the tech’s new era

Back in 2013, Google Glass would set you back US$1,500. Now, smart glasses are as low as US$200. Some were on display at the CES tech event.

13 Jan 2025 - 11:20AM

New health tech wearables at CES measure blood sugar, capture heart murmurs

MindMics’ earbuds and DexCom’s Stelo patches stand out at CES 2025, while an expert calls the approval process for such devices ‘pathetic’.

12 Jan 2025 - 6:45PM

Are electric-powered skis, unveiled at CES, the future of snow sports?

E-winter sports trended at CES Las Vegas, with an electric off-road board for snow and sand, and battery-powered skis, grabbing attention.

14 Jan 2025 - 1:01PMvideocam

E-Skimo founder Nicola Colombo demonstrates his battery-assisted skis. Photo: AFP

Things are looking up for Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable laptop

Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable laptop, seen at CES in Las Vegas, has a screen that extends upwards to provide more display area.

9 Jan 2025 - 5:10PM

Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. Photo: Lenovo

What’s on show at CES 2025? AI-powered beauty mirrors, robot dogs and more

A beauty mirror to tell you your skin woes? A lifelike robot puppy for those allergic to the real thing? The pick of the tech in Las Vegas.

8 Jan 2025 - 5:13AM

Why Google’s Android 15 phones have option to limit battery charging to 80%

Google and Pixel smartphones have a feature that charges them to 80 per cent capacity. Experts say this helps phones’ batteries last longer.

7 Jan 2025 - 4:45PM

Time to stop smoking? Study shows a smartwatch app could help

Smartwatch app detects movements that indicate smoking, sends vibration alert, a text offering moral support and tally of cigarettes smoked.

6 Jan 2025 - 11:15AM

The app developed and tested by UK researchers for smartwatches sends a vibration alert and text message when the watch detects motions that indicate the wearer is smoking. Photo: University of Bristol

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