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Apple is paying the price for taking so long to launch the HomePod and its first smart speaker is being brushed aside into obscurity by Amazon and Google's better alternatives.

2019 is almost upon us, and it looks like most important number, at least in the mobile world, will be 48. Why? That’s the latest milestone that we’ve reached in cameraphone megapixel technology. We examine whether or not more pixels truly make for better photo quality.

Higher temperatures will soon limit bean crop production in Central America, but a potential biotechnology solution has won the prestigious Newton Award. We hear from Dr Caspar Chater, one of the leading scientists behind the research into drought-tolerant beans in Mexico.

Google Hangouts has been a staple of businesses and individuals are years. But now, the tech giant has decided that it will b

News has sprung up of a radically unexpected change to the iPhone lineup: Apple will be returning to its fingerprint readers for the next generation of it's tech, and making the feature work on-screen, according to a new report.

Consumer technology, like smartphones, laptops, and tablets, has become an integral part of everyday life for the majority of the global population. Yet, the working conditions in which these devices are created have an increasingly terrible reputation for workplace welfare

With millions of selfies uploaded to the internet everyday, the humble selfie camera is putting in some serious work. You might not think it, but it's a major concern for manufacturers, and they pour lots of money into making your selfie snapping as easy and enjoyable as possible

One BitCoin was worth nearly $20,000 in December 2017. Now, the cryptocurrency is trading for barely a quarter of that. We asked a bunch of experts why BitCoin had been haemorrhaging value, why it got so valuable in the first place and whether it'll ever recover.

Facebook had the relentless Black Friday and Cyber Monday news cycle to hide behind as bad news about its platform and the organizations it works with mounted up. We've covered all the latest Facebook bad news here, so you can keep up to date with the embattled social media site

According to leaks online, Nokia is set to launch the world's first phone with five rear cameras. Called the 9 PureView, it's expected to be revealed early in December and should compete with the OnePlus 6 and Honor 10. We take a look at the leaks and what you can expect

It has emerged that several UK-based companies are considering giving their employees surgically-implanted microchips. We look at companies that have done this in the past and whether this is the thin end of the wedge for intensive and intrusive employee scrutiny

TikTok, the video sharing app, is this week's hottest trend. Facebook has clearly been paying attention, and has launched its own similar app called Lasso. We look at the times when Facebook has followed the crowd and copied an existing service, often leading to little success

With China developing AI tech that can recreate news anchors using sophisticated mimicry of real-life journalists, and the White House releasing doctored footage of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, can we no longer trust what we see with our own eyes?

A Tanzanian government official has announced on YouTube that he is forming a squad that will use social media to identify gay people and LGBT activists so they can be arrested. What responsibility should social media sites take when their platforms facilitate real-world harm?

With Samsung now having revealed its folding display phone, and another model already on the market from Royole, we look at w

After years of speculation, rumors, teases and mocked up protoypes, Samsung has finally revealed its foldable phone, during a very quick segment at its 2018 developer's conference. Is Samsung's folding phone the future of mobile tech?

WeWork has turned off its unlimited beer tap in its New York office, a move that also follows a lawsuit and over alleged sexual assault. But, is the revised beer policy just damage control or a sign that the tech industry might be shaping up and addressing some problematic issues

You might have never heard of TikTok, but your kids probably use it every day. It's the video-sharing social media app aimed squarely at teenagers that is proving more popular than Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. We explain everything about it and how it works.

Apple has lost its trillion dollar status after announcing some disappointing financial forecasts for the next quarter. We've taken a look at what that means for the company, why it's happened, and what it can do to put it right.

With OnePlus' imminent arrival in the US, we explain why it's set to be the next big phone brand on the market, and why you should care about its cut-price, flagship-killing phones, like the newly-released OnePlus 6T.

Apple has launched four new products: A new MacBook Air, two new iPad Pros and a long overdue Mac Mini refresh. But have these products muddied the waters of Apple's once-clear product lineup? We take a deeper look at each new product and weigh them all against each other.