Researchers have developed a new method for transmitting data to smartphones – by embedding it in music. That means phones might one day receive Wi-Fi passwords or local information via tunes floating through the airwaves, with no perceptible change to the audio as far as the human ear can tell.
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How healthy our digital habits are is the subject of much debate right now, with even Apple and Google building "digital wellbeing" tools into their mobile operating systems. Now there's the BoringPhone, a crowdfunded device designed so you to spend less time staring at a small screen in your hand.
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Three Pixels down the line, Google is doing something different: two mid-range Pixel phones, offering slightly less quality and power for significantly less money. Are the Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL the phones you should be buying in 2019? We've spent a few weeks with the handsets to find out.
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A new Kindle Oasis has arrived for 2019, and Amazon's top-of-the-line ereader features one big upgrade from its predecessor: a display that can change its color temperature automatically throughout the day to reduce the strain on your eyes.
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Researchers from Columbia University and Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, have come up with an ingenious method of smartphone control. It lets you add dials and switches to a handset, without the need for any connecting wires or Bluetooth pairing.
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Motorola launched its mid-priced 5G-upgradable moto z4 this week, successor to last year's moto z3. With a 48-megapixel camera, night photography mode, two-day battery life and a handful of other welcome upgrades, the z4 is impressive for the price, but this comes at the expense of processor grunt.
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The Samsung Galaxy S10 is the flagship Samsung smartphone for 2019, together with the cheaper S10e and the more expensive S10 Plus (at least until the Note 10 arrives). Does it represent a new high watermark for phone hardware and software? We've been putting it through its paces to find out.
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Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is up and running for another year, and as well as iOS 13 and iPadOS announcements, Apple has also been previewing the next edition of macOS – as well as the most powerful Mac computer it's ever built.
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Apple's yearly developer conference – WWDC – is underway, and Apple has been showing off a wealth of changes arriving with iOS 13 later this year. It's also announced iPadOS, a separate operating system built on iOS but made specifically for iPad tablets.
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As mobile components get more powerful and come down in cost, we're seeing a growing number of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices that don't need a computer connection – like the new Rokid Vision glasses, which can project games, phone apps and more in front of your eyes.
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