Google Wear OS mandates black is the new black, continues tech’s obsession with boring minimalism
As of August 2023, Wear OS apps can use any background colour they want – as long as it’s black
Craig Grannell
Roll up, roll up: foldables are dead. It’s all about rollable phones and laptops now
Tech industry on a roll as it gets the ball rolling on rollable devices. (Sorry not sorry.)
Mercedes E-Class adds TikTok, but do cars need to be huge phones with wheels?
Selfie cams and Zoom in your car: a wheely good idea – or enough to drive you mad
Meta Verified: Why Facebook and Instagram copying Twitter’s worst idea is bad for everyone
We’re ticked off. We’re blue in the face. etc.
Bing AI goes bonkers as chatbots further tech by reflecting the worst of humanity
Supremely confident and frequently wrong: welcome to the future of search engines
I said Nintendon’t to Nintendo Direct – and careened down a rabbit hole of Game Boy memories
A warning to anyone griping about splashing out again for yet more Nintendo legacy classics
6167-piece Lego Icons Lord of the Rings Rivendell is the one set to rule them all
A Lego set that’ll take as long to build as the movies take to watch
Samsung wants your fridge to be a generative AI art piece. I want mine to keep food cold
When I want to chill out, I don’t need a fridge to be the centre of my universe – but tech companies increasingly disagree
Apple Mac Mini M2 review (2023): more bang for fewer bucks
With its (slightly) more ‘mini’ price, this entry-level Mac still packs a punch
As GoldenEye comes to Xbox and Switch, here are 007 more movie tie-ins I wanted back – until I played them
Nostalgia clouds how dodgy many old movies were – and the games based on them
Enter the touchscreen Mac multiverse: four visions of Apple computers for screen prodders
Mac to the future? Yes! Just be mindful to not visit the bad timeline
The Apple Lisa at 40, and 6 more Apple tech flubs that led to better things
Apple’s first GUI computer was called Lisa? You couldn’t Mac it up – until Apple did
