Stories by Gary Ng

David Smith put his new Apple Watch Ultra to the test, by going on a 98-kilometre hike in the Scottish Highlands: I don’t think you can properly test a device like this without taking it out into the field. So the day my Ultra arrived, I booked myself onto a sleeper train up to the...

Amazon today announced at its special event an update to its best-sounding Echo speaker, the Echo Studio. This speaker is now available in Glacier White, joining Charcoal, while it also gets some enhanced audio technology updates, that will be available for all existing and new users. New custom spatial audio processing technology and frequency range...

Amazon announced on Wednesday a new lineup of Fire TV Omni televisions, this time with QLED and also its “smartest TV lineup ever." The new Fire TV Omni QLED Series is available in 65 and 75-inches, with 4K Quantum Dot Technology (QLED) displays and full-array local dimming for up to 96 zones. Dolby Vision IQ...

Amazon announced an all-new Alexa experience built just for kids today, with the launch of Echo Dot Kids. Echo Dot Kids come with Owl or Dragon designs and a 2-year worry-free guarantee. If your speaker breaks, Amazon will replace it. Also included are parental controls (time limits; explicit lyric filtering) and one year of Amazon...

Amazon is holding a virtual event right now, announcing new devices this year ahead of the holiday season. The first announcement was the new Kindle Scribe, which is the company’s largest e-reader that now includes writing capabilities. Kindle Scribe has a 10.2-inch 300-ppi HD display that’s also front-lit, and the included pen “never needs charging.”...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) wants feedback from Canadians on the proposed price increases on basic TV packages, beyond mandated price caps. The CRTC said on Wednesday the request for comments comes "in response to an application filed by a group of television service providers to increase the price cap for the basic...

Netflix has announced today they are rolling out the ability to great game handles, which are public usernames that can be used across the company’s slate of mobile games on iOS and Android. Supported games will have leaderboards such as Rival Pirates, Dominoes Café and Lucky Luna. How to create your Netflix game handle? It’s...

Apple’s Stage Manager multitasking feature in iPadOS 16 is only for tablets with the company’s M1 chip, but that is now changing. According to Engadget, Apple told the publication Stage Manager is now expanding to older iPad Pro 3rd gen and 4th gen models when iPadOS 16 is released later this year. M1 iPad Pro...

Apple has released new beta software for developers, including iOS 16 beta 3 and iPadOS 16 beta 10. Check out the full downloads available now below: Xcode 14.1 beta 3 (14B5033e) iOS 16.1 beta 3 (20B5056e) iPadOS 16 beta 10 (20B5056e) macOS 13 beta 9 (22A5358e) watchOS 9.1 beta 3 (20S5055e) tvOS 16.1 beta 3...

The latest video from Mrwhosetheboss reveals some Samsung smartphones are suffering from a swollen battery issue. Samsung dealt with a Galaxy Note 7 fiasco in 2016, when batteries for the smartphone were catching fire worldwide. Now, it appears some older Samsung phones are seeing batteries swell up, even when off and in storage. The tech...

The federal government announced yesterday the ArriveCAN app and other COVID-19 border measures would be removed, starting October 1, 2022. The ArriveCAN app was required for travellers arriving in Canada, to input their customs declaration and vaccination status. The government’s website regarding ArriveCAN still states, "If you don’t submit your travel information and proof of...

iRobot has announced its newest robot vacuum, the Roomba Combo j7+, which it is calling the "world’s most advanced robot vacuum and mop." The Roomba Combo j7+ is a 2-in-1 robot vacuum and mop, allowing users to perform both functions in a single job. There’s a retractable mop at the front of the robot vacuum...