Katie Collins

3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Katie Collins

If it weren't for Amazon, it's entirely possible that instead of calling out to Alexa to change the music on our speakers, we might have been calling out to Evi instead. That's because the tech we know today as Amazon's smart assistant started out life with the name of Evi (pronounced ee-vee), as named by its original developer, William Tunstall-Pedoe. The British entrepreneur and computer scientist was experimenting with artificial intelligence before most of us had even heard of it.

3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Katie Collins

July is going to be a big month for British tech company Nothing, which is not only launching its "first true flagship," the Nothing Phone 3, but will also unveil a new audio product, the Nothing Headphone 1. Headphone 1 is due to launch on July 1, said Nothing Founder and CEO Carl Pei speaking on stage at SXSW London on Thursday. "It's our first over-the-head headphones," he said. "A lot of our users have been asking for it."Audio is hardly a new category for Nothing.

3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Katie Collins

Apple is set to hold its annual summer software event, WWDC, next week at its Apple Park HQ in Cupertino, California. CNET will be there to bring you all the news as it happens, including our first impressions of iOS 19. And you can watch the event online from anywhere in the world. Apple has already revealed the lineup for its developer conference, which is scheduled to take place from June 9 to June 13, with a mix of online and in-person sessions.

3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Katie Collins

Apple is set to hold its annual summer software jamboree, WWDC, next week at its Apple Park HQ in Cupertino, California. CNET will be on the ground to bring you all the news as it happens, including our first impressions of iOS 19, but you can watch the event online from anywhere in the world. Apple has already revealed the lineup for its developer conference, which is scheduled to take place from June 9 to June 13, with a mix of online and in-person sessions.

3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Katie Collins

I've been writing about the right-to-repair movement and finding more sustainable ways to buy tech for years, but it wasn't until earlier this year on a routine Tube journey across London that I heard of Back Market, a refurbished tech marketplace originating in France. While avoiding any possible eye contact with strangers, as is good Tube etiquette, my gaze drifted up to a Back Market advert above the window pane. "Sorry, cats. Tech now has multiple lives too," it said.