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I am probably still an iPhone person at heart, but I have kept a Google Pixel alongside my iPhone for the past three or four years. This year, I came close to c...

Why can’t Voice Control or Apple’s new Siri start an iPhone screen recording?

Taking a screenshot on an iPhone with Voice Control could hardly be simpler. Say “Take screenshot” and it happens. Starting a screen recording is very different...

Calling smart glasses ‘predator technology’ ignores disabled people who rely on them

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At last, Meta’s smart glasses let me end calls on my own terms

In May, shortly before Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Meta announced that it was bringing a new set of hands-free call controls to its AI glasses. The comp...

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Meta’s Conversation Focus paywall crosses a line

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Features and opinion

Tim Cook’s Apple accessibility report card: good progress, but unfinished business remains

Tim Cook has written a farewell letter to Apple staff on his final day as CEO, reflecting on 15 years at the top of one of the world’s most influential technolo...

My smart glasses have one camera. This Waymo has 29. Why ban the glasses?

I was out in central London recently when I spotted something I had not expected to see quite so soon: a Waymo car. Waymo, the autonomous driving company owned ...