iPhone SE review: a big improvement on a small phone and other top stories.

• iPhone SE review: a big improvement on a small phone

  

  The iPhone SE is basically the guts of an iPhone 6s, squeezed into the shell of an iPhone 5s. Supplied There is a conundrum at the heart of all the screens we carry in our pockets: the ones that are small enough to carry easily are too small to use easily, and the ones that are big enough to use easily are too big to carry easily.There is no middle ground, no happy medium. Ideal portability stops at screen sizes of about four inches. Ideal us..

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• Jeep's grand design with Grand Cherokee Laredo

  

  The Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo diesel is a car for those drivers with a distant destination — or heavy lifting — in mind and who don’t need to shell out six figures to get there.THERE are two types of people in this world now. Those who drive an SUV — and automotive sales figures tell us their numbers are on the rise — and those who sit behind SUVs, fuming at the people who drive them. My wife happily — defiantly — used to number herself in the latter. Then a funny thing happened …She spent a we..

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• Build 2016: What could Microsoft possibly present this year?

  

  We’re already down through the first quarter of the calendar year 2016. This month, we’ve seen Google announce Android N, Apple launch a new, smaller smartphone. But what about Microsoft? Well, Build 2016 is here. The annual conference of the world’s largest software maker happens around this time every year. And there’s lots to expect. Windows 10 to take shape Remember when Windows 8 was launched and many complained it was half-baked? In a way, we all knew Windows 10 was the biggest software l..

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• Microsoft shows how artificial our intelligence is

  

  Microsoft shows how artificial our intelligence is Posted March 28, 2016 14:44:35 When Microsoft's chatbot Tay started tweeting offensive comments, the company's response showed us how little most of us understand about human nature, let alone artificial intelligence, writes David Glance.It has been a nightmare of a PR week for Microsoft. It started with the head of Microsoft's Xbox division, Phil Spencer, having to apologise for having scantily clad female dancers fo..

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• The 'iPod of smartwatches' is not coming

  

  COMMENT Apple has so far failed to convince the masses that its Apple Watch is worthwhile. Photo: AP The lifecycle of a new gadget is relatively predictable: When it's brand new, only early adopters are interested. Once the technology matures, everybody buys one. But smartwatches still haven't caught on with most people — and that's because no one has made a smartwatch that's worth its cost.The big players have already shown their hands. Google's Android Wear..

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