Season 6 of Virgin River had everything that fans of the Netflix show could want: a dreamy wedding, the return of a chilling villain and more sweeping shots of the stunning mountainous environment than you could ask for. There was also a new love story told in the form of Mel’s parents. Her formerly estranged father, Everett, recounted some of his most precious memories with Mel’s late mother, Sarah, a free-spirited woman who captured his heart....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Impressive quad-camera Sleek, impressive design Long battery life Cons Downgraded chip from last gen Poor speakers App clutter Our Verdict The Vivo X70 Pro boasts an amazing quad-camera set-up and a slick design, but the processor is a step down from the last generation. Best Prices Today: Vivo X70 Pro The Vivo X70 Pro is one of three phones in the X70 series – launching alongside the X70 and the X70 Pro+....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Inexpensive Realtime GPS tracking Bluetooth tracking Cons Small Bluetooth range Quiet beeper Our Verdict The Curve does its job pretty well. It isn’t perfect, but it gives you an accurate location for whatever you’re tracking so long as there’s a GPS signal and Vodafone coverage. Best Prices Today: Vodafone Curve GPS Tracker Being able to keep track of something valuable, and locate it when it goes missing, is something that has been a reality for years....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Following a strong response to both Knives Out and Glass Onion, Rian Johnson has once again shown his love for murder mysteries with Wake Up Dead Man, his own spin on a locked room mystery. Fans of both whodunnits and the previous Benoit Blanc films won’t be disappointed in this entry that keeps audiences guessing throughout. Best Pricing Today When Benoit Blanc burst onto screens in 2019 in Netflix’s Knives Out, it was clear he was a welcome addition to the canon of great sleuths....

When deciding which gadgets to buy, user reviews can be a helpful guide. They can give you a better insight into the product and reassure you that it’s a good buy. However, these reviews can be manipulated by sellers to make their products look more attractive, so it’s crucial to be able to spot the fakes from the genuine ones. “Our investigation has uncovered popular Black Friday product categories [tablets, smartphones, headphones and phone accessories] that are littered with fake and suspicious reviews – suggesting that deals that look too good to be true often are....

Dyson’s brand new robot vacuum, the 360 Vis Nav, goes on sale in the UK today. We took a look at it, and talked to one of the Dyson floorcare engineers who helped to design its software. Here’s everything you need to know. What is the 360 Vis Nav? The 360 Vis Nav is Dyson’s brand-new robot vacuum. It’s squared-off, with a different hardware design from Dyson’s last robot vacuum release, the tall, cake-shaped 360 Heurist ....

Pok é mon Home has launched across Switch, iOS and Android following months of teasers from the Pok é mon Company. The new service enables trainers to continue their Pokémon adventures by managing their collection of Pocket Monsters across many recent Pokémon titles – not just those on the Nintendo Switch. You’re able to link up your Pokémon games and trade your favourite Pokémon not only with your friends, but transfer them between compatible games too....

The CPU is the chip inside your computer that’s responsible for most of the day-to-day number crunching. In short, it’s the part that does most of the work to make Windows and applications run. The ideal temperature is as cool as possible, since a hot-running processor could cause problems ranging from unwanted system crashes to physical damage to the processor itself. You can keep it cool by increasing fan speeds , but also by fitting a more efficient CPU cooler which can also keep temperatures lower without making a racket in the process....

The Ryzen 5000 Series is out now. AMD’s latest desktop processors are the first to take advantage of the new Zen 3 architecture that was announced alongside it. They offer some big upgrades of their predecessors, including a higher frequency, more instructions per clock (IPC) and lower latency. AMD also claims the high-end chips will offer up to 2.8x the clock speeds. Unlike Ryzen 4000 series of laptop processors, these are designed to be bought as standalone components....

Motorola unveiled its latest flagship Edge 20 range at its 29 July launch event. The new series includes budget Edge 20 Lite, midrange Edge 20, and premium Edge 20 Pro – all of which offer 5G connectivity. While chipsets and certain features (and, accordingly, prices) set the phones apart, they do share 6.7in OLED displays, a high refresh rate (up to 144Hz) and HDR10+. The phones also support the full DCI-P3 colour space, 10-bit colour, 30W fast charging (on batteries up to 5000mAh), and Motorola’s ‘Ready For’ feature for seamless phone-to-desktop use....

On 1 November 2023, Disney+ UK shook up its tiers and pricing by splitting its ad-free plan into two and introducing a brand-new ad-supported plan that originally debuted in the US in 2022. This now means that Disney+ UK has three subscription tiers on offer, with different prices, streaming qualities, simultaneous streams and more. In the US, things are a bit more complicated due to Hulu – a separate steaming platform that can be bought as a bundle with Disney+....

She-Hulk is rolling out episodes now on Disney+, and there is plenty of Marvel content that will tie into this brand-new addition to the MCU. She-Hulk follows Jennifer Walters, an attorney who is accidentally given Bruce Banner’s blood (her cousin). As such, Jennifer gains the same powerful abilities – as well as that bright green skin. Here are all the films and series that we believe will provide some context for She-Hulk – some are more important than others....

A lot of people expected Apple to discontinue the Watch Series 3 when it released watchOS 8 towards the end of last year, and that it would stop selling the sub-£200/$200 wearable – or at least make the more compelling, more powerful Apple Watch SE the entry-level model. But it turned out that Apple wasn’t quite done with the ageing smartwatch just yet. Indeed, some owners claim that watchOS 8 runs better than 7 did on their Series 3....

With energy costs at the top of most people’s worry list, you’re not alone if you’re trying to find ways to cut electricity use at home. But if you’re trying to do that by using shorter dishwasher and washing machine programmes, you’re almost certainly adding to your electricity bill instead of making savings. If you’re looking for money-saving ways to run your home appliances, there’s an ally that you might not have considered: the engineers who designed and built them....

Windows 10’s latest ‘Patch Tuesday’ security update was released by Microsoft last week, but it’s causing significant issues for those who install it. They primarily affect gaming, with users reporting a significant drop in FPS (frames per second) and stuttering throughout games. Unfortunately, many people will have already suffered the effects of this update. Not only is Windows 10 the most popular gaming platform worldwide, this update was also specifically designed to fix the long running ‘PrintNightmare’ vulnerability once and for all....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is both incredibly fun and one of the most frustrating games I’ve played recently. The gunplay, the core of the Wolfenstein franchise, is as action-packed and fluid as ever, but it seems as if running in all guns blazing is no longer the way to do it. Stealth and planning are both rewarded in the latest game, and it seems like the challenge is much tougher this time around too – who knew organising an American revolution could be so hard?...

Anyone worried about the potential durability of Samsung’s super-skinny new smartphone , the Galaxy S25 Edge, can rest assured – at least if recent claims are to be believed. According to established tipster Ice Universe , the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is going to feature a titanium alloy frame. If true, this would provide added toughness whilst keeping things nice and light. This latest claim doesn’t chime with previous rumours that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra will be made of aluminium and ceramic....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict At £100 less than the Mi 9, the Mi 9T Pro is an impressive phone with the same flagship processor inside and a quirky pop-up camera that allows for a truly full-screen display. Best Prices Today: Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Xiaomi’s mid-range Mi 9T impressed us with its careful balance of quality components, excellent design, and a tantalising price. The Pro version has since been announced in the UK and Europe, swapping out the Snapdragon 730 for a flagship Snapdragon 855 processor, and building in a graphite cooling system and 27W fast charging....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Once again, whether you should get the Mi Air 13 depends on whether you mind importing it and then changing Chinese Windows to English. If you don’t then this is something of a bargain with great design, hardware and performance. Otherwise, look at the HP Envy 13 which is very similar. Best Prices Today: Xiaomi Mi Air 13 Kaby Lake Xiaomi might be most famed for its smartphones but it’s upgraded its MacBook Air rival with Intel Kaby Lake, Nvidia MX150 GPU and a fingerprint scanner....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict It isn’t a huge upgrade over the Redmi Note 3 or Note 4, but the Note 4X Global edition is a fine budget phone for UK users. Best Prices Today: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X In August 2016 Xiaomi announced the Redmi Note 4 as the phablet in its budget line-up. We reviewed the Chinese version of that smartphone, which featured a 5.5in full-HD screen and reasonable performance from the Helio X20 deca-core processor....