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The best home entertainment tech for your post-tax splurge

The best home entertainment tech for your post-tax splurge

If you’ve been waiting on a big upgrade for your lounge room or home theatre, here are some of the best devices and machines to weigh up.

  • by Tim Biggs

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Google’s Pixel Tablet is a handy gadget, even when you’re not using it
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Gadgets

Google’s Pixel Tablet is a handy gadget, even when you’re not using it

It might seem steep next to other tablets at $900, but the Pixel Tablet’s included charging dock lets it pull double duty as a smart home hub.

  • by Tim Biggs
‘Minimise negative impact’: Indonesian tribe requests permanent internet blackout

‘Minimise negative impact’: Indonesian tribe requests permanent internet blackout

The indigenous Baduy tribe in Indonesia, who have maintained a simple existence for generations, want the internet signal to their land blocked.

  • by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
Calling all parents: Let’s opt out of the teenage smartphone revolution
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Education

Calling all parents: Let’s opt out of the teenage smartphone revolution

Constant access to the internet and social media is harming kids, so let’s keep mobiles out of their hands.

  • by Jacqui Wan
Frequent fryers: Why I refuse to join the air fryer club

Frequent fryers: Why I refuse to join the air fryer club

Once an appliance has been around for 20 years, maybe 30, I may be willing to consider its purchase.

  • by Richard Glover
Sonos reinvents its speakers for the future, with some limitations
Analysis
Analysis

Sonos reinvents its speakers for the future, with some limitations

Sonos’ new line of Era Wi-Fi speakers is impressive, but it shows how keeping up with rivals has become a lot more complicated.

  • by Tim Biggs
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Take two: Why Apple’s new HomePod has a better chance of success
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Apple

Take two: Why Apple’s new HomePod has a better chance of success

Apple’s HomePod is back, and looking nearly identical to the device the company removed from shelves in 2021. But this one is different.

  • by Tim Biggs
How to upgrade your home office for 2023

How to upgrade your home office for 2023

Playing it smart with your home office accessories can provide a comfy and effective work space that you can mostly pack away at the end of the day.

  • by Tim Biggs
Why Taylor Swift is wrong about the cassette tape

Why Taylor Swift is wrong about the cassette tape

Some past technologies deserve revival, but not every piece of old technology was a boon.

  • by Richard Glover
Who’s afraid of the metaverse? A reality Christmas might be scarier, but I’ll brave it
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Opinion

Who’s afraid of the metaverse? A reality Christmas might be scarier, but I’ll brave it

This virtual-reality jogger is running out of puff for her low-contact life.

  • by Cherie Gilmour
Geekbox doesn’t box clever
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Column 8

Geekbox doesn’t box clever

I’m sorry, Francis. I’m afraid I can’t do that.