Gimmick or game-changer? How mobile phones are transforming filmmaking

Gimmick or game-changer? How mobile phones are transforming filmmaking

While many traditionalists prefer professional cameras,a smartphone festival has attracted a record number of entries.

  • byGarry Maddox

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How to avoid virtual shutout and stay connected during a web outage

How to avoid virtual shutout and stay connected during a web outage

You can’t make the eftpos machine work at your local cafe,but you can keep yourself from being cut off during a major internet outage.

  • byTim Biggs
The vanishing of the small high-end smartphone

The vanishing of the small high-end smartphone

The ASUS Zenfone 10 claims to be a pint-sized flagship,but the truth is there have been no truly small and powerful phones in 2023.

  • byTim Biggs
This man gave up his smartphone for 30 days. Could you do the same?

This man gave up his smartphone for 30 days. Could you do the same?

It was social media envy that first drove Alex Lykos to quit his phone. But laying it down for a month raised much bigger issues for the filmmaker.

  • byKarl Quinn
Google’s latest smartphones put AI photo-editing in your hands
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Google’s latest smartphones put AI photo-editing in your hands

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are great smartphones that go toe-to-toe with the iPhone,but they also pack a lot of experimental-feeling generative AI.

  • byTim Biggs
The high school mobile phone ban starts this week. This is how it will work

The high school mobile phone ban starts this week. This is how it will work

A blanket ban on mobile phones in NSW public high schools will be rolled out from Monday,but the nation’s peak mental health research organisation has raised concern about the decision.

  • byChristopher Harris andMary Ward
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Google shows off better AI ability in its new Pixel 8 phones

Google shows off better AI ability in its new Pixel 8 phones

Tech giant Google has unveiled its second generation smartwatch,as well as the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro,which comes with a contactless temperature sensor.

  • byTim Biggs
Apple says fix coming for software problems making iPhone 15 models too hot to handle

Apple says fix coming for software problems making iPhone 15 models too hot to handle

The company says a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps are causing the recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up.

  • byMICHAEL LIEDTKE
‘No one wants to hear you’:Stop having speakerphone conversations in airports
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‘No one wants to hear you’:Stop having speakerphone conversations in airports

I was recently horrified in an airport restroom to hear a woman in a toilet stall having a conversation on speakerphone.

  • byJenn Rice
New cameras and a USB port:Is iPhone 15 worth the upgrade?
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Apple

New cameras and a USB port:Is iPhone 15 worth the upgrade?

The lack of surprises in Apple’s latest iPhone lineup might not be all that surprising. But as far as modern releases go,the devices hitting shelves on Friday have made some significant advances.

  • byTim Biggs
Apple’s annual peek behind the curtain was very revealing
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Apple’s annual peek behind the curtain was very revealing

Like its products,Apple’s latest reveal event was fun,expensive and meticulously planned,with a hint of insularity.

  • byTim Biggs