What’s happening Google has adopted a more diverse skin tone scale to reshape its artificial intelligence systems. Why it matters The new 10-shade scale could reduce racial bias and improve skin tone representation across Google’s popular services. In mid-May, Google announced a partnership with Ellis Monk, an associate professor at Harvard, unveiling a more inclusive …

Sonos is the biggest name in music streaming hardware, and the brand offers a robust range of speakers with a range of useful features. For starters, there’s support for dozens of popular music streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music, plus many devices offer onboard voice commands via Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.  With the release of the Sonos Arc and the Beam Gen 2, the company also …

The Apple Watch has supported voice calls over cellular and FaceTime Audio for years. But without cameras it’s impossible for the watch to make video calls. The Wristcam, a $299 (roughly £240, AU$420) Apple Watch wristband with two cameras, aims to change that with a recent update that brings live video calling to its Apple Watch app. The idea of …

There’s a lot to like about the Withings ScanWatch Horizon. It looks like a classic dive watch with a stainless steel case and rotating bezel. It has plenty of health features, like an electrocardiogram and blood oxygen tracking, both of which have gained clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration. Apple, Fitbit and Samsung can’t say the same about blood …

After months of waiting, Google’s first smartwatch, called the Pixel Watch, made its debut at the company’s I/O conference earlier this month alongside the Pixel 6A, Pixel 7, Pixel Buds Pro and a look at Android 13 (here’s how you can download the beta now).  But Google’s announcement was only a preview, not a full launch. That means there are plenty …

The 2022 Moto G 5G is a $400 phone (roughly converting to £320, AU$570) with 256GB of storage space. That might be all you need to know if you’re just looking for an affordable phone that can hold all of your music, videos, apps, games, photos and more. Other phones in this price range don’t even come close in terms …

What’s happening Netflix ranks the popularity of its originals with all-time Most Popular charts, but last month it quietly changed the way it measures the watch time for some shows. The stats for those shows inflated dramatically. Why it matters For Netflix to launch a cheaper tier with ads, it must win over advertisers, and its measurement takes on new …

What’s happening Google has updated Gboard, Lookout, Sound Amplifier and more for Android users. Why it matters More Gboard users can send text stickers to others. Accessibility feature improvements include filtering out background sounds to help people hear, or reading the description of an image to people who have low vision or are blind. Google unveiled an update for Android …

OnePlus’s new Nord 2T and Nord CE 2 Lite promise solid performance for an affordable price and based on my hands-on time with the former so far I’d say it’s pretty much on the money. Starting at £369, the Nord 2T is the more premium of the Nord range, with the Nord CE 2’s price of £279 making it the …

Inside the svelte, understated body of the new Sony Xperia 1 IV is a telephoto camera lens with tiny elements that can freely move back and forth to zoom in and out. No other phone can do this. Last year’s Xperia 1 III had a similar lens, but those tiny lens elements were restricted to one of two positions. And …