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‘How do I end a call?’: the elderly Japanese people determined to master smartphones

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Elderly people take advantage of courses on how to navigate mobile devices and avoid ‘analogue isolation’It’s not only young people whose gaze is fixed on tiny screens. But for these users in Tokyo, clicking and scrolling is anything but second nature.“I can’t deal with all of the apps that jump out at me,” says one. […]

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UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update

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Ofcom says decision is ‘real win for children and families’ but some users raise concerns over privacyMillions of Apple iPhone customers in the UK will now have to confirm they are 18 or older to use all available services, including by showing a credit card or by scanning an ID.The move, believed to be a

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iPhone 17e review: Apple upgrades its cheapest new smartphone

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Mid-range handset gets chip, storage and MagSafe upgrades to offer more essential iOS features for less The cheapest new iPhone has been upgraded for this year with a faster chip, double the storage, automatic portraits and MagSafe, providing even more of the core Apple smartphone experience for less.The iPhone 17e is an upgraded version of

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MWC 2026: The Year the Smartphone Mutated into an AI Agent

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We just wrapped up another exhausting, inspiring, and chaotic Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and I’ve been standardizing my thoughts on what we saw. If you came looking for incremental updates to your favorite glass slab, you were probably disappointed. […] The post MWC 2026: The Year the Smartphone Mutated into an AI Agent appeared

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Don’t upstage your friends! 19 modern etiquette mistakes – and how to avoid them

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In a world teeming with social media and smart devices, there are many ways to upset people, whether you’re checking your watch notifications or sending a voice note without a text to explain the subject. Here’s how to navigate it allIn an age of smartphones, social media and instant communication, it has never been easier

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: its huge screen blocks shoulder surfers from spying on you

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Latest Android superphone packs great cameras, fast chips, long battery, a stylus and first-of-its-kind privacy displaySamsung’s latest Ultra superphone promises to keep shoulder surfers out of your business with a first-of-its-kind privacy display built into its huge 6.9in screen.The Galaxy S26 Ultra is Samsung’s top-of-the-line phone costing £1,279 (€1,449/$1,299/A$2,199) and is one of the most

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Fifty years of sexing up tech: Apple’s epic hits – and misses

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Remember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flopsFifty years after Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded the company in Jobs’ parents’ garage in Los Altos, California, Apple has become a

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Google Pixel 10a review: cheaper Android is great, but no real advance

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Quality camera, good software and long battery life, but you should just buy the Pixel 9a insteadThe latest smartphone in the lower-cost A-series Pixel line shows what makes Google phones so good, while undercutting the competition on price. The problem is that it differs little from its predecessor, which is still on sale.Priced from £499

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