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Pixel 10 Pro XL review: Google’s superphone gets AI and magnetic upgrades

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Top camera, great software, solid battery life and huge screen bolstered by helpful Gemini and Qi2 supportGoogle’s Pixel superphone is back, packed with a bigger battery, faster charging, magnetic accessories and even more cutting-edge AI tools to try to usurp Apple and Samsung as the monarchs of really big phones.The Pixel 10 Pro XL is […]

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We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back?

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My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse?• From a priest to a pensioner, a teenager to a tech CEO: can you guess our screen time?In 2003, the Stanford social scientist BJ Fogg published an extraordinarily prescient book. Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We

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Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says

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Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect complianceUK politics live – latest updatesSchools should be phone-free throughout the entire day, the education secretary has told headteachers in England, stressing that pupils should not use the devices even as calculators or for research.Bridget Phillipson wrote to schools

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My analogue month: would ditching my smartphone make me healthier, happier – or more stressed?

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When I swapped my iPhone for a Nokia, Walkman, film camera and physical map, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But my life soon started to changeWhen two balaclava-clad men on a motorbike mounted the pavement to rob me, recently, I remained oblivious. My eyes were pinned to a text message on my phone, and

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How can we defend ourselves from the new plague of ‘human fracking’?

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Big tech treats our attention like a resource to be mercilessly extracted. The fightback begins hereIn the last 15 years, a linked series of unprecedented technologies have changed the experience of personhood across most of the world. It is estimated that nearly 70% of the human population of the Earth currently possesses a smartphone, and

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The rise of the analogue bag: fashion’s answer to doomscrolling

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As screen fatigue grows, a new trend is swapping smartphones for crosswords and sketchbooks – turning the humble bag into a tool for offline livingThere’s a new “it” bag – but this time it is not about a designer label or splashy logo. Instead, it’s what is inside that counts.So-called analogue bags, filled with activities

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Robots that can do laundry and more, plus unrolling laptops: the standout tech from CES 2026

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Robot vacuums that can climb stairs and device for BlackBerry lovers also on display at annual Las Vegas tech showThis year will be filled with robots that can fold your laundry, pick up objects and climb stairs, fridges that you can command to open by voice, laptops with screens that can follow you around the

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Readers reply: should we turn the internet off?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders the online world – from what’s despicable to what’s indispensable• This week’s question: can you really fake it to make it?The internet has turned fringe belief into mainstream politics and policy – from authoritarianism to vaccines. With democracy itself threatened, is it time to

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Apple seeks to appeal against £1.5bn ruling it overcharged UK customers

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If appeal fails, every person in UK who made App Store purchases between 2015 and 2024 could be entitled to compensationApple is seeking to overturn a landmark £1.5bn court ruling on behalf of millions of UK customers, which found the company overcharged them for years in its App Store.The iPhone maker has applied to the

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The best iPhones: which Apple smartphone is right for you, according to our expert

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Looking for a new iPhone or a good deal on a refurbished one? Samuel Gibbs has tested and rated Apple’s smartphones, including the new iPhone 17• How to make your smartphone last longerThe best iPhone may be the one you already own. There’s generally no need to buy a fresh phone just because new models

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