Ben Lovejoy

iPhone sales in China fell for the fourth successive month, amidst a sharp decline across all non-Chinese brands. Official data revealed that shipments of foreign-branded smartphones were down 47% year-on-year, explaining Apple’s rare decision to discount the cost of current […]

Summary Smart security lights offer functionality beyond traditional security lights, including notifications and video monitoring. Outdoor smart lights can improve both safety and security by lighting up paths and deterring intruders. Smart outdoor lighting adds style and value to your

Summary There are many good reasons to want HomeKit compatibility, including security and convenience. But there are drawbacks too, including limited product choices and price premiums. Key factors to consider are the consequences of a device being compromised, and whether

Phishing attacks are about to get a whole lot more convincing. A new report warns that scammers are now using AI to scrape information about you from your online profiles in order to send hyper-personalized emails which target your login

CarPlay 2, aka next-generation CarPlay, was announced way back in the summer of 2022. At the time, Apple said that a list of supporting cars would be available in 2023, and two brands were later said to be launching in

A US Army soldier has been arrested on suspicion of extorting money from AT&T and Verizon, following data breaches which saw a massive amount of customer data obtained. The 20-year-old was arrested near the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas,

I’ve been arguing that passwords are horrible for the best part of a decade now, and was an enthusiastic early adopter of the far better approach of passkeys. Passkeys were supposed to achieve the holy grail of an approach which

CNET’s headline reference to “a rare look inside Apple’s secret iPhone 16 camera labs” is somewhat hyperbolic, since there’s nothing secret about them: we’ve seen one of them a couple of times before. But the piece does, all the same,

Display analyst Ross Young said back in September that the entire iPhone 17 line-up would be getting ProMotion displays, a feature currently exclusive to the two Pro models. This is now backed by a new supply-chain report over the weekend.

Samsung’s Galaxy Edge 7 shown – no side bezels, but a huge forehead and chin Former Apple design chief Jony Ive had long seen the holy grail of iPhone design to be “a single slab of glass” without any bezels.