Gadgets
Headphone dependency is muting the office buzz
Instead of the industrious buzz of work conversation and banter, there now reigns an eerily muted soundscape of tapping keyboards, the metallic fizz of headphone overspill, and disjointed fragments of video calls.
- by Jane Shilling
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Home tech
Google’s Pixel Tablet is a handy gadget, even when you’re not using it
It might seem steep next to other tablets at $900, but the Pixel Tablet’s included charging dock lets it pull double duty as a smart home hub.
- by Tim Biggs
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Analysis
Apple’s vision for mixed reality could make headsets mainstream
Apple’s impossibly high-end $5000 headset likely won’t be an instant hit, but neither was the iPhone nor the Apple Watch.
- by Tim Biggs
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Apple
‘New era’: Apple dives into ‘spatial computing’ with extended reality headset
Apple has announced its first extended reality headset, alongside a stack of new computers and a first look at its latest iPhone software, at its annual developer conference in California.
- by Tim Biggs
Private e-scooters far from a smooth ride as laws play catch-up
With laws differing between states and path availability differing between neighbourhoods, there’s a lot to consider before you hop on your e-scooter.
- by Tim Biggs
The snackmaker smackdown: The kitchen gadgets you need in your life (and the ones you can skip)
Baffled by the growing range of snackmaking appliances hitting the shelves? Neil McMahon hits the ON button and puts them through their paces.
- by Neil McMahon
How to get rid of your old devices in an environmentally friendly way
Almost all e-waste ends up in landfill, but there are plenty of options for recycling as we wait for more sustainable technology.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
Virtual reality
HTC’s latest VR has one foot in a future that doesn’t quite exist yet
The modular VIVE XR Elite is an impressively small set of goggles that can work untethered or connected to a PC, and may become a defacto rival to Apple’s headset.
- by Tim Biggs
Google’s Bard AI launches Down Under as new Pixel phone, tablet announced
The tech giant unveiled a number of new gadgets to kick of its annual I/O conference, along with a look at where its chatbot is headed.
- by Tim Biggs
Hello, Rosie: Lonely parrots learn to video call their friends
The pet birds were trained to ring a bell and use their beaks to choose on a screen which of their feathered pals they wanted to contact.
- by Sarah Knapton