A Court of Thorns and Roses (or ACOTAR, as it’s best known) by Sarah J. Maas is another viral title on BookTok. It follows Feyre Archeron, a young huntress who becomes involved with the faerie realm after unknowingly murdering one. When she’s brought to the land of Prythian to atone for her actions, she meets the High Lord Tamlin, and her life changes forever. There are five books in the ACOTAR series, with a sixth on the way....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Strong sound Optimised for calls Excellent passive noise cancelling Impressive battery Cons Active noise cancelling doesn’t add much Not the bassiest Our Verdict The Jabra Elite 7 Pro offer an awful lot: good audio quality (especially for calls), excellent customisability, and impressive battery life. Best Prices Today: Jabra Elite 7 Pro The Elite 7 Pro earbuds mark a minor revolution in Jabra’s branding and product naming, but a curious – albeit welcome – return to the company’s old ways in terms of actual headphone design....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Kingston’s KC1000 strikes almost the perfect balance between performance, price and endurance. For this price, the five-year warranty is reassuring and worth the slight trade-off in performance against competitors such as Samsung’s 960 EVO, so long as you don’t need encryption. Putting performance in perspective, even the KC1000 is in a completely different league to a standard SATA-connected SSD and many, many times faster than a traditional mechanical hard drive....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Lava BrightSounds 2 is a great improvement on an already impressive product, boasting a whopping 36-hour battery life with not only built-in Bluetooth speaker, but also a built-in adjustable LED light and power bank for smartphones and tablets. The design and build quality is impressive Considering its price, and the audio is surprisingly loud and clear, too. If you’re looking for an all-in-one speaker, light and power bank, the Lava BrightSounds 2 is an obvious choice....

Which smartphone has the most faults? According to insurance data the Samsung Galaxy S3 is most prone to breaking with Apple’s iPhone 3GS the most reliable. Read our latest smartphone reviews . The data has been released by MobileInsurance.co.uk , which noticed a pattern in past claims in handset models reported as having faults. The data also suggested that white-coloured smartphones suffered more faults than black or silver models....

At a Glance Our Verdict The Galaxy S5 will be fast, well built, full featured. It will have a big bright and bold screen, and good cameras, and it will offer good storage and connectivity options. And you could say all of the above about the LG G Pro 2. The Galaxy S5 offers a better, albeit marginally smaller, display. The LG G Pro 2 can capture 4K video. Ultimately availability and pricing will determine this battle....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict It’s not often a smart-home device catches our attention in the way Lightwave has. Installing control devices in every room will initially be expensive, but it’s easy to add on equipment at your own pace. The lighting controls are very good, and we can’t wait to try out some of Lightwave’s other products. Best Prices Today: LightwaveRF LightwaveRF is a smart-home solution that offers not only lighting but devices for controlling your heating and power....

Huawei just unveiled its latest foldable phone , the Mate X6, and it has a lot going for it. The design is slick and slim, to the point where it’s barely any thicker than a non-folding smartphone. It also has a large battery, ultra-fast charging, big bright displays and some novel software features. Check out my hands-on review for more on those, but what surprised me the most, though, was the cameras....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Attractive design Light and portable Precisely adjustable brightness Cons Non-adjustable angle Expensive Our Verdict The Dash is a design-led SAD lamp that’s light and compact. You can adjust its brightness minutely, but sadly not the angle of the light itself. If you could do that, it would be a more or less perfect device. Best Prices Today: Lumie Dash SAD lamps can help sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder boost their energy and mood over the winter months....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros 8-core CPU options Classic design Touch Bar Cons Butterfly keyboard Expensive Average battery life Our Verdict You’ll need to weigh up how much you need an incredibly powerful Mac laptop with concerns about the keyboard. Opt for the 16in 2020 model if you can afford it, but otherwise this remains a very capable pro laptop. Best Prices Today: Apple 15in MacBook Pro (2019) Apple’s updated the MacBook Pro for 2019 with what proved to be the last 15in MacBook Pro – at least for now....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Marshall Monitor II ANC headphones are an excellent choice for those looking for comfortable over-ear cans with noise cancelling. They offer a well-rounded balance of design, comfort, features and performance at a competitive price. Best Prices Today: Marshall Monitor II ANC The likes of Sony and Bose spring to mind when thinking about noise cancelling headphones but Marshall has made an excellent pair at a more affordable price in the Monitor II....

A few years ago, darker superhero shows such as Daredevil and the Punisher were extremely popular for Marvel fans. Now, Disney’s Echo series is hoping to emulate this style, and tie into the stories of Matt Murdock, Kingpin and more. Maya Lopez made her first appearance in the 1999 comic book as a villain in the Daredevil story. She is Native American, deaf and has a prosthetic leg, and she is also a master of martial arts....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict It’s expensive but the Surface Book is an amazing piece of technology combining excellent (and unique) design, top-notch build quality and high-end specifications. Battery life is amazing and there’s a lot you can do with the Surface Book model with the Nvidia GPU. The big question is can you afford one? Best Prices Today: Microsoft Surface Book The Surface Book is a totally new product in Microsoft’s range, representing the first laptop the company has ever made....

Microsoft typically announces its most significant new hardware in the second half of the year. Any new products in the first six months are usually minor refreshes, and that’s the case again in 2022. In fact, there’s just one new addition to the Surface family: the Surface Laptop Go 2. Microsoft’s student laptop arrives 20 months after the original , but there aren’t many changes to report. The starting price has changed, but it still just about qualifies as a budget laptop....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Lightweight & attractive Touchscreen Excellent keyboard Quiet Cons Limited ports Middling performance Our Verdict The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 offers no surprises: The new model is also a chic, uncomplicated and mobile work notebook but it has strong competition. Best Prices Today: Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 The Surface laptops from Microsoft have a special feature: Objectively, the laptops seem overpriced, because they offer less computing power, features and connections compared to similarly priced laptops....

At a Glance Our Verdict There’s very little in it when it comes to these two phones, with almost identical specs throughout. If money is tight then the Honor 9 Lite will serve you well, but you do get a little extra with the Moto G6 if you can stretch £20 more. This includes USB-C, a water repellent coating and fast charging. Largely, though, it’s down to which design you prefer including the choice of a rear or front mounted fingerprint scanner....

Apple has announced a new generation of the Apple TV 4K – which comes in at a cheaper price tag than previous models in the range, despite having the most powerful performance yet. The Apple TV is an impressive media streaming box with access to a wide range of apps and streaming services along with premium features like AirPlay 2 and advanced EDID capabilities, but with premium features comes a premium price tag....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Large display Decent main camera Solid battery life Three years OS support Cons Mediocre secondary cameras 20W charging Our Verdict Nokia has set out to create a phone from recycled devices, and in doing so has created arguably its best budget-to-mid-range option in years thanks to a decent main camera, large display, and sturdy Construction. Best Prices Today: Nokia G60 5G Nokia is back with another play for the budget 5G market, and the G60 5G is its finest effort in the category yet....

The Nothing Phone (3a) could be one of the best mid-range smartphones of 2025 when it launches next month, and it looks set to feature an iPhone 16 -like camera button. Nothing has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to post a tantalising teaser for its forthcoming mid-range smartphone, the Nothing Phone (3a) (and rumoured (3a) Pro), which will be unveiled on 4 March. The attached image appears to show a grainy close-up (is that an X-Ray?...

Nothing has dropped a software update for the Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Pro mid-range smartphones , and it gives the Essential Key the ability it always seemed to have been built for… kind of. In the Nothing Community blog post that accompanies the rollout of Nothing OS 3.1, the company boasts that “The big news is that Essential Key now works within the Nothing Camera app”. So, is this the update that turns the Essential Key into the camera shutter we erroneously assumed it to be ahead of launch?...