Last week, the faintly terrifying Zao app was launched in China, and promptly went viral.
Zao is a deepfake program that lets users paste their own face over the face of a celebrity, using just a snapshot – and it’s incredibly convincin...
Just weeks before launching its hotly anticipated Mate 30 smartphone, controversial tech company Huawei has launched 5G in Russia.
And that’s got everyone talking.
For not only is the Huawei 5G launch on a grander scale than any other in ...
A decade ago, the concept of spending £1,000 on a smartphone would have seemed absurd.
Yet as the third decade of the 21st century approaches, Apple’s decision to whack a premium price tag onto its 2017 iPhone X doesn’t seem exceptiona...
If the phrase ‘text messaging’ makes you think of millennial smartphones like the one in the photo accompanying this article, you’re probably not alone.
In recent years, our love of sending written messages instead of making phone cal...
With iOS 13 due in mid-September, millions of iPhone users are looking forward to the latest update.
But for some, that anticipation is more likely to instil fear than excitement.
Because like many OS updates, iOS 13 fails to cover some rel...
While many of us would be lost without our smartphones, the last two years have seen a steady drop in the number of phones sold.
This is largely due to market saturation. Sales are slow in Europe and North America, though developing markets...
To visit a smartphone repair centre is to receive an object lesson in technological expertise.
These repair centres are populated by (often depressingly youthful) people who can conduct advanced system checks within seconds being handed a d...
We live in an age of unprecedented choice, and this is especially true of smartphones.
The choice of operating systems may have dwindled from the days of Symbian and BlackBerry OS, but modern handsets come in an exotic array of designs.
The...
We’re currently at a turning point in smartphone connectivity.
Although its launch has been patchy and specific to certain networks, UK consumers are finally able to harness wireless 5G data over mobile networks.
This will gradually suppl...
Since the Sony Walkman debuted in late 1979, we’ve become accustomed to enjoying music on the move.
CD players were a less successful sequel to the clip-on tape player, while Sony’s MiniDisc also enabled people to enjoy block rocking be...
