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iPhone prices have ballooned globally, but New Zealand is actually cheaper
New Zealand often gets the short end of the stick when it comes to tech, but here’s something where the country actually fairs pretty well:…
Nokia is cashing in on feature phone nostalgia again
Good news for people who believe smartphones are just a fad and miss the good old days of feature phones. Nokia has re-released its built-like-a-tank…
HTC wants you to cosplay as an insect while enjoying VR
HTC, the Taiwanese company that once made some of the best phones on the planet before all but giving up in a wave of indifference,…
The first USB-C iPhone isn’t made by Apple
At some point in the future, Apple’s iPhone may be dragged, kicking and screaming, into joining the rest of the world in using USB-C for…
All the Pixel 6 surprises have leaked thanks to a careless retailer
When Google unveiled the weird look and key features of the Pixel 6 over the hugely unsuitable medium of Twitter last month, the company said…
Leaked Pixel 6 lifestyle shots try to normalise that strange camera
Lifestyle photography plays a unique role in tech: it shows you how a strange and alien product might exist if you owned it. Here it…
Twitter is testing a new prompt to encourage kindness
Twitter, a site so dedicated to aggressive free speech that a former employee referred to it as “a honeypot for assholes”, has decided that it…
Amazon is reportedly planning its own smart fridge
Not content with steamrolling ahead with plans to introduce the world’s first commercially available robot butler, it seems Amazon wants to take over another part…
Sorry Xiaomi: 4K smartphones are still utterly pointless
It’s tough being a smartphone manufacturer. With so little to differentiate one shiny black rectangle from one another (“look: this one has slightly smaller bezels!”),…
Windows 11 released: here’s how to skip the queue and get it now
Someone at Microsoft has pressed the big red button labelled ‘launch Windows 11’ and it’s now being pushed to PCs around the world. Eventually, assuming…