Panasonic’s latest Lumix is a pricey compact for made premium
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The latest technology news in Australia
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TCL improves Mini LED with more quantum dots
Premium TV makers may well be focused on Micro RGB this year, but TCL’s efforts are on a tech it has refined for the past few years, as Mini-LED grows up a little more.
Gemini gets personal (provided you use Google apps)
AI services can now remember aspects of what you tell them, but Google’s latest approach aims to go a little deeper than that.
Canon makes its cinema-style EOS portable in R6 V
Big full-frame cameras made for making movies and the like are just that — big — but the latest camera from Canon gets the sensor and controls down in size.
Hisense brings big picture, Imax quality to personal projectors
You don’t need a giant screen or wall at home to make it an Imax, as Hisense looks set for big action with two projectors, big and small.
Google tracks, prevents an AI-made exploit
You can add cybercrime and trying to break the internet as something else AI can do. In this instance, Google stepped in and may have prevented catastrophe.
Instagram ends encryption for messages
Messages between people on Instagram will lose the tightest encryption they once had, though other Meta apps will keep it around.
Your AI habit could be offending the real experts
The people you know and trust to do certain jobs are being replaced by a system designed to do everything, and the results may go beyond jobs disappearing.
NBN prices set to go up with everything else
The amount you pay for internet access could see a little price rise from the middle of the year, as NBN Co looks at the CPI, and pushes things up a little.
Trend Micro’s take on AI masks what you send to chatbots
Everything changes when AI touches it, and the same is true with security, it seems. Trend Micro is hoping its shift to AI helps beyond another chatbot.
