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We have become so addicted to dual screening, that they’re making ‘dumb’ TV shows.

My screen addiction was stopping me from doing my job. Here’s how I’m trying to fix it

For a decade, I’ve played ‘attention acrobatics’ with my screens. I’ve finally had enough.

  • Wendy Squires

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AI advancements are key to Apple’s bid to catch up with its Silicon Valley peers.
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Apple unveiled ‘Siri AI’. The reaction was lukewarm

AI advancements are key to Apple’s bid to catch up with its Silicon Valley peers.

It’s a pivotal moment for Apple, which has to demonstrate to investors and consumers that its AI technology is back on track.

Siri will be able to read your text messages as Apple ramps up AI push

Upcoming revamp gives Siri Google-like abilities to search the web and read data from your messages, but with Apple’s privacy-first approach.

  • Tim Biggs

How far would you go to retrieve a missing phone? As far as it takes, I learnt

I went on a midnight, half-naked car chase. The ending was something of an anticlimax.

  • Kerri Sackville
Most people under 40 prefer a text message to a phone call.

I don’t make phone calls, even in an emergency. Why you should never ring someone under 40

When my phone rings, I feel irritation mingled with fear. In the 15 years my partner and I have been together, we have spoken on the phone a mere handful of times.

  • Zoya Patel
Planning for your digital legacy shouldn’t take long, but it could save a lot of trouble.

Digital legacy: How to make sure your family is not locked out

Security keeps people out of our documents, photos, financials, and secrets. How do you make sure family can access them if you die?

  • Tim Biggs
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Diplomatic measures bear fruit

And smartphones push our buttons.

Tim Cook joined Apple in 1998 and served in a variety of senior roles before assuming his current position, including chief operating officer and executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations. He was named CEO in August 2011, after co-founder Steve Jobs famously stepped down. Jobs died weeks later from complications of pancreatic cancer.

Apple CEO Tim Cook to stand down after 15 years in charge

The move marks the end of an era that saw the company’s value balloon by more than $5 trillion over his tenure.

  • Tim Biggs
The first iPhone hits stores in the US on June 29, 2007.

Apple’s 50-year history has redefined technology, culture and comebacks

An improbable odyssey began on April Fools’ Day five decades ago, when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak signed a two-page document that created Apple Computer Co.

  • Michael Liedtke
For a custom computer build, RAM is now typically the second most expensive component. But the impact goes far beyond DIY gamers.

Why the prices of laptops, phones and game consoles keep rising

The AI tax is making memory more expensive, and it doesn’t show any signs of letting up.

  • Tim Biggs