Spec bumps keep Apple top of smartwatch pack, with faster Siri and new hands-free gesture Apple’s smartwatches get their first speed increase in years along with brighter screens and new hands-free gestures – keeping the market leader still miles ahead of the pack. The Apple Watch Series 9 comes in various sizes and materials and …
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The whole world is warping to fit the screens of our mobile phones. I’m bracing myself for a wave of dramas set on ladders and staircases The phone is king. We are its subjects. Phone screens are vertical, set up for portrait mode, and our world must change to fit that frame. Cricket, of all …
Digit will begin its time on the floor by shifting empty tote boxes amid concerns humans will be shifted out of jobs Amazon is experimenting with a humanoid robot as the technology company increasingly seeks to automate its warehouses. It has started testing Digit, a two-legged robot that can grasp and lift items, at facilities …
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Law firm says ‘complex manual review’ needed to assess what information was involved and to identify those affected Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Some people who have had dealings with Australia’s privacy regulator were only informed this week that their personal information, including banking data, was caught …
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We try Tastilux, an Australian product that promises to mimic the flavour and mouthfeel of meat Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I am biting into a drumstick that took three years to make. It is a piece of plant-based protein, fashioned into the likeness of a chicken leg, complete with a faux bone …
Revenue falls short of predictions as investors anticipate Cybertruck, Elon Musk’s super-vehicle in prototype Tesla shares slid nearly 5% in after-hours trading Wednesday after several misses on Wall Street expectations in its third quarter earnings of 2023. Revenue for the third quarter was $23.4bn compared to analyst predictions of $24.09bn, with total gross profit declining …
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‘There are three key drivers to get companies to change their behaviour: reputation, regulation and revenue,’ the e-safety commissioner says Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast “Australia’s e-safety commissioner is the last thing on [Elon Musk’s] mind,” says Dr Belinda Barnet, a senior lecturer in media at Swinburne …
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Nintendo; SwitchNintendo has yet again repurposed its most famous bros into a gorgeous platform game that works for young, entry-level players and their Mario-literate minders In a way, Mario games have been designed for multiplayer since the very beginning; I used to pad-pass with my brother on the SNES, squabbling over who got to be …
Users say their posts no longer appear at top of feeds and some suspect platform is shadow-banning, or demoting content Instagram users are accusing the social network of purposefully censoring posts in support of Palestine – underscoring longstanding concerns about unfair moderation as war rages in Gaza. Hena Mustafa, an Instagram user with 866 followers …
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Study finds people tend to pay less attention when working with robots, just like with respected human colleagues People tend to pay less attention to tasks when working alongside a robot, according to research that found evidence of “social loafing” – where team members work less hard if they think others will cover for them. …
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