Top tech of the month: the best new gadgets we've tested for October 2026

Cheap smartphones could soon be a thing of the past, as AI boom snaps up chips — more than 230 milli…

Phones are likely to be more expensive in the future, as rising memory and chipset costs look set to consign budget smar…

One of our top-rated budget phones just got cheaper — the Samsung Galaxy A57 is just AU$519 in this …

I love how premium-feeling Samsung’s mid-range Galaxy A57 feels compared to phones in its price range, and this 31% disc…

Japan desperately wants 10 million AI robots by 2040 to save its economy — by which time its human p…

Japan plans for millions of AI robots to address labor shortages, while companies test humanoids and insurers prepare fo…