Apple is facing a lawsuit over a new software feature that lets iPhones switch to cellular data when the Wi-Fi signal is weak. Wi-Fi Assist has provoked complaints from customers since Apple introduced the feature in mid-September with the latest version of its iOS software for iPhones and iPads. Many have complained that Wi-Fi Assist …

Australia might be new to the Halloween phenomenon, but we’re certainly not immune to the trick-or-treating, the bad costume parties and the out-of-season-pumpkins in supermarkets. But as Halloween approaches, the subscription video on demand services are stockpiling plenty of good movies (and the occasional TV show) to help you put on a killer fright night movie marathon. Whether you want …

Just how smart is your smartphone? Smart enough to power a 3D scanner. So goes the thinking behind Eora 3D, a laser scanner that uses your phone as the brains. This Kickstarter project, which has already surpassed its goal five times over, aims to make 3D scanning affordable. It’s a small, tabletop monolith with a rotating green laser embedded in …

When you look at the website for the Phantom 3 drone made by DJI, you learn all about its fancy flight controls, 4K camera and other high-tech features. What you don’t learn is that the drone can make quick work of that dreaded fall task — leaf cleanup. For that clever use of the drone, you have to turn to …

I’m a very forgetful person, which means that technology is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, there are lots of techy ways to help people like me remember everything — on the other hand, there are a lot more tech devices for me to accidentally forget about. But let’s focus on how tech can help you …

Apple reports its latest quarterly results on Tuesday. But let’s face it, all anyone really cares about is how the new iPhones did. Preorders for the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus kicked off September 12, and the company’s fiscal fourth quarter ended September 26. This means that Apple cannot offer a full quarter’s worth of results Tuesday and that …

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The Nexus has landed. Twice. The LG-made Nexus 5X and the Huawei-built Nexus 6P have both finally got launch dates and pricing for Australia. The 5X is being positioned as the mid-range Nexus, with a plastic casing, smaller 5.2-inch screen and a lower price tag. The 5.7-inch AMOLED 6P, with its aluminium body, on the other hand, is the bigger …

Many of us use Facebook at work during our lunch hour or take a peek during breaks. But for some companies, it’s all a part of the job. Facebook said Sunday that employees at the Royal Bank of Scotland will use Facebook At Work, the largest company to date to use the separate version of the popular social network for …

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate came out on Friday, and one of the main characters in the adventure game has gotten a major gauntlet upgrade. In addition to the standard hidden-blade gauntlet assassins have worn throughout the game series, Jacob Frye also has a grappling-hook gauntlet that launches a rope. British maker Colin Furze has a passion for making all sorts of …

The Noble Audio Kaiser 10U is the most beautiful in-ear headphone I’ve ever seen. The two-tone red and silver earpiece is a precision machined aluminum housing that’s designed and manufactured in California. Each headphone is hand-crafted and takes a technician about six hours to build. It’s a stunning piece of industrial design. Of course, that wouldn’t mean much if the …

As a small child, I tuned my AM radio between stations and spent many happy hours listening to static. The spikey roar sounded like abstract music to me, and I could “play” it by slowly turning the dial, shifting the frequencies of the static. I loved that sound. I was a huge fan of guitarist Link Wray’s “Rumble” blasted over …

If I ever get too lazy to roll my own dice, it’s truly time to put me out to pasture. That’s what I thought when I was first approached about reviewing a prototype pair of “Boogie Dice,” six-sided cubes now on Kickstarter that roll themselves in response to noise. Then I got the dice and started playing around with them. …

It’s been a long, long time coming, but Microsoft’s Bing is no longer a bottomless money pit. Microsoft said Thursday in its fiscal first quarter earnings call that Bing had achieved profitability. Search contributed more than $1 billion to Microsoft’s first quarter that ended September 30, said Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood. More interestingly, nearly 20 percent of Microsoft’s search …

Congratulations to Soo H. of San Diego for winning a Ventev s500 desktop charging hub in last week’s giveaway. Free speakers always make our readers happy, so this week we have another one, the Fluance Fi50. The speaker delivers high-quality sound in a retro-styled wood package. It features a two-way driver design with a tweeter mounted in the center of …