Tech enabled non-tech luxury brands to achieve significant growth in most valuable brands rankings

  This year’s most valuable global brands list shows that brand building remains critical to securing growth. The world’s most valuable brands have experienced record growth according to the Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2021 ranking, with the total worth reaching $7.1 trillion – equivalent to the combined GDP of France and Germany. The … Read more

Apple brings new mindfulness features to Apple Watch

  Apple’s new watchOS 8 previewed this month offers impactful new features that make the world’s most advanced wearable operating system even more essential for users to stay healthy, active, and connected. Updates to the Wallet and Home apps extend Apple Watch as an increasingly useful tool for convenient access across the car and places … Read more

Best tech of 2020: an eco vacuum, electric car and a £12 kettle

The consumer group Which? chooses its top 50 gadets of the year, from cheap and cheerful to high end

Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs?

With its iPhones, watches and forthcoming smart glasses, Apple’s gadgets are increasingly becoming extensions of our minds and bodies. It’s the big tech dream – but could it turn into a nightmare?

By Alex Hern
Illustration by Steven Gregor

Apple’s iPhone 12 Mini could mark end of giant smartphone era

Analysts expect rivals to follow as Apple addresses gender-bias cricitisms with smaller handset