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Consumer Tech

EU Privacy Regulators Tell Smart-Glasses Makers to Make Recording Obvious

The EDPB says makers cannot pass their GDPR duties to wearers, and that glasses should not record with the indicator covered. Meta, meanwhile, fixed an audio-logging issue.

15 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
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Consumer Tech

How to type a Chinese character in Wubi, worked by hand

In Wubi, 汉 is typed I C Y, and the Y is not part of the character. This guide works eight characters through the 1986 edition by hand, explains the last-stroke identifier (识别码), and counts how often two characters share a code.

21 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Consumer Tech

Singapore's passport photo rules come in pixels and millimetres that never meet

ICA gives the upload in pixels and the print in millimetres, in separate documents that never refer to each other. Joined, they imply about 290 pixels per inch and a head 286 to 400 pixels tall. The widely quoted 70 to 80 per cent rule belongs to the passport printer.

21 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Consumer Tech

Waymo Opens in Las Vegas With Dozens of Cars and a 100,000-Person Waitlist

The fifteenth Waymo market opened on 14 September with a permit for 1,000 vehicles. Zoox already runs there, and Tesla and Motional are coming: the first real field.

15 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
A hand holding a smartphone showing a voice assistant's listening screen — illustrating an assistant that now runs on a daily allowance.
Consumer Tech

Siri AI Has Arrived With a Daily Limit, and Apple Says a Paid Tier Is Coming

The new Siri runs on iPhone 15 Pro and later, in English only, and not in the EU or China. Apple's release says expanded access will cost money in the future.

15 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
An outstretched arm wearing a square smartwatch with a blank screen — illustrating the wearable that now listens to conversations around it.
Consumer Tech

Apple Built the Privacy Case for the Wearer, Not the Room

Siri Recap keeps audio inside a secure exclave and deletes summaries after seven days. Every protection belongs to the person wearing the watch, and none to the person talking.

14 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Consumer Tech

A Humanoid Arrives in Living Rooms on Tuesday, Sold for Company

UBTech begins delivering the UWORLD U1 against 13,361 orders. Each carried a 3,000-yuan deposit, which on the cheapest model is 2.5 per cent of the price.

13 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
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Consumer Tech

A barcode does not tell you where a product was made

The chain message that reads country of origin off a barcode's first three digits has the standard against it. GS1's own specification says the prefix "does not identify the origin of the item" — and the standard carries a separate field, AI (422), for exactly that purpose.

13 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A passport page stamped by immigration control, the dated entry stamp filling the page.
Consumer Tech

No international rule says your passport needs six months left

Airlines worldwide enforce a six-month passport validity margin as though it were international law. ICAO Annex 9, the treaty annex that governs entry handling, recommends only that passports be valid for at least five years — and its single six-month provision is about visas.

13 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
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Consumer Tech

Apple Decides What Counts as Social Media Now, and the Test Is Functional

Any app with a feed users can like, comment on and share takes a 13+ floor. Fitness, shopping and recipe apps are about to find out they qualify.

12 Sep 2026 · 8 min read
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