At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Great mainstream gaming speed Excellent AMD processor High-quality 165Hz display Satisfying keyboard Cons Underwhelming trackpad No Thunderbolt Poor speakers Our Verdict There are some things missing and battery life is mediocre, but Alienware gets the basics right on the m15 R5 offering you plenty of gaming power for an affordable price. Best Prices Today: Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 (2021) Alienware gaming laptops are huge and expensive, right?...

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Lightweight and comfortable Long battery life Plenty of health and fitness tracking 5 ATM waterproofing Cons No third-party apps Not the most accurate tracker No NFC for payments Poor selection of free watch faces Our Verdict The GTR Mini is a good looking and capable smartwatch for not a lot of money. Yes, the tracking isn’t as good as more expensive alternatives, but if you want a way to monitor your health all while exploring what smartwatches can do, it’s a solid and inexpensive choice....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Fun design More powerful processor Smart hub Cons Still not the best sound Our Verdict The Echo 4 is better value than ever, but you may not actually benefit from its built-in smart hub. The Echo, along with the Dot and separate Dot with clock, are now spherical and move the light ring to the base where it reflects off whatever surface you place it on....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict If you want a display on your Echo, the Echo Dot with Clock is the obvious answer. Other than that, it’s pretty much the same Echo Dot as before, offering decent sound quality and all the Alexa features you get on other Echo models. Echo Dot with Clock: Price & availability Echo Dot with Clock: Features & design One of the questions people ask Alexa most often is “Alexa, what’s the time?...

(Also see: Is Google planning an Echo Show rival? ) When is the Echo Show release date? The Echo Show was announced in the US on Tuesday 9 May 2017, with pre-orders beginning immediately and the device shipping from 28 June. At a special event on 27 September it announced that the Echo Show was also coming to the UK on 16 November, so it’s available to order now ....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Fire TV Cube is quite similar to the Fire TV 4K, but with a lot of hands-free control and a built-in speaker so you can use all of Alexa’s usual capabilities that are available on an Echo even if your TV is switched off. That means you can check weather forecasts, get news updates, set timers, reminders, control smart home kit and much, much more....

It runs from 20-25 March 2024 in both countries, meaning six full days of deals. Regardless of where you’re based, the sale began at 12.01am local time on 20 March, and it ends at 11.59pm on 25 March . However, a small selection of offers are exclusive to Prime members. There’s a 30-day free trial if you’ve never signed up before, after which it costs £8.99 / $14.99 per month or £95 / $139 if you pay annually....

The AMD RX 460, 470 and 480 cards are here: VR-capable graphics cards for less than £200. Here are the AMD RX 460, 470 and 480 UK release date, price and specifications. Also see : Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 1070 & 1060 vs AMD Radeon RX 480 . The new AMD RX-series cards are aimed at gamers, from those who want to experience VR, to those who are playing on MOBA games like League of Legends and DOTA 2 and want a no-nonsense graphics card that doesn’t require a lot of power to run....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Apple MacBook Air (Early 2014) really does provide all-day battery life. For that alone, it fully deserves to be top of the list for anyone looking for a workaday laptop, one that can reduce one of modern life’s stresses: that of wondering whether your computer will still be functional just when you need it. It’s about as fast as the previous model, and seals the deal with future-proofed fast Wi-Fi and a lower price than last year’s model....

Apple TV+ has made a name for itself in the streaming wars, with critically acclaimed shows such as Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and Silo in its library. This January, the hit show Severance returned, much to the excitement of fans. The streaming service got a price hike at the end of October 2023, increasing to $9.99/£8.99 per month (previously $6.99/£6.99 per month). With the cost of living rising and other platforms increasing their prices, forking out money for yet another subscription isn’t ideal....

The next Apple Watch models are set to introduce blood pressure monitoring for the first time on an Apple smartwatch , joining the likes of Samsung and Huawei in bringing another major health tracking smart to the wrist. That’s according to a new report on Bloomberg from Mark Gurman, someone who’s typically in the know about all things happening at Cupertino. According to Gurman, this serious health monitoring feature will operate in a similar fashion to Apple’s heart health alert notifications, which are already present on Apple Watches....

Since 2015, when it launched the V6, Dyson has been giving its V series of vacuum cleaners a yearly update. With each successive iteration, the cordless vac became incrementally more powerful and gained an LED display, a swappable battery and finally its green laser . But what the Dyson cordless didn’t get was a fresh design. The Omni-glide changed all that. We got our hands on it in September and put it through its paces ....

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will once again take audiences to the underwater world and, for the last time, to the DC universe as we know it. James Gunn and Peter Safran, the new heads of DC Films, are rebooting the franchise, and it’s still unsure if there is a place for a king of Atlantis. The Aquaman (aka Arthur Curry) we know today debuted in 2017’s Justice League. Thanks to Jason Momoa, the heir to the throne of Atlantis lost his goofy comic book appearance and became an iconic ruler of the seas....

Ark: Survival Evolved was announced back in June 2015, and in August 2017 it finally went on sale across PC and consoles. It showcases an open world game complete with a robust collection of dinosaurs on PC , Mac, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 , t he graphics are extremely impressive and the gameplay is phenomenal. Here’s all we know about Ark: Survival Evolved including Nintendo Switch support, gameplay information and the best mods available right now....

The Boys was a true tonal shift from Eric Kripke’s first TV hit, Supernatural. Its gritty, absurd and grotesque take on superheroes never fails to leave me shocked – and desperate to talk about it to anyone else who has witnessed the depravity. I was also a devoted fan of Kripke’s breakout show on The CW. During the 15-season run of Supernatural, I went to conventions, frequented Tumblr and even managed to dedicate part of my dissertation to the fandom of The Winchesters and co....

At Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, the first Windows 10 laptop running on Snapdragon has been announced. Here’s what you need to know about the Asus NovGo. Although Windows devices running on the Snapdragon Mobile Platform have, for a while, been promised before the end of the year, it was looking a little unlikely. The tech firms have jointly just about managed it by introducing the NovaGo. Read our hands-on review of the Asus NovaGo ....

Asus has announced that its much-anticipated ROG Phone 9 series will be two of the first smartphones with the freshly announced flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. The ROG Phone 9 and ROG Phone 9 Pro (assumed devices) will officially arrive with the powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite , a chip designed to revolutionise mobile performance, particularly for gamers. We now know they will launch globally on 19 November 2024. The Snapdragon 8 Elite, which also will power the upcoming Xiaomi 15 and OnePlus 13 , is equipped with the second-generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU and an enhanced Adreno GPU....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Excellent performance Precision control Great build Long battery life Cons Small plastic stand USB-C would be nice Our Verdict An excellent pair of clippers offering great build quality, run time, performance and precision. You won’t be disappointed if you can afford them. Best Prices Today: BaByliss Super-X Metal Series Hair Clipper You can get hair clippers for as little as £20 so you might be wondering what you get if you buy a set a full £100 more expensive....

After six years away, the BBC Three channel is back on TV from today. The channel was moved online in 2016, but a surge in popularity for some of its content made the broadcaster make a U-turn on the decision. With content such as Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK, Fleabag, This Country, and Normal People, it is easy to see why there is a demand for the return of BBC Three....

There is no shortage of football games, but which do the best of recreating the beautiful game? Here are the best football games of all time, from FIFA 19 to Sensible Soccer – and where you can still buy some of them. The best football games ever and where to buy them Football games, by and large, just keep getting better. FIFA 18 was incredible, but 19 takes it one further with an improved game engine and enhancements to the actually not-crap story mode called The Journey: Champions....