At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict If you don’t mind what it looks like, the Venturer BravoWin 10KT is an ideal budget option for students. It costs just £150 and can be with you tomorrow, and that price includes a magnetic docking keyboard and a full copy of Windows 10. It’s easily portable and sufficiently capable, if not a speed demon. Best Prices Today: Venturer BravoWin 10KT Even the cheapest Windows 10 laptops can be out of budget for many students, and a more affordable alternative might be a budget 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrid such as this £150 Venturer BravoWin 10KT ....

Facebook has announced its new Virtual Reality experience – Facebook Spaces. We take a look at how it works and what advantages does it offer over the traditional social media experience. Is Facebook Spaces a game? Virtual Reality has been one of the big technologies of the last year or so, and its innovations have usually centred on gaming. Resident Evil 7 did it’s best to induce cardiac arrests in players with it’s terrifying atmosphere and violent surprises, and as you’ll see from our Best Oculus Rift games of 2017 guide there are plenty of more exciting titles on their way....

Microsoft has announced a new feature that will soon appear in Windows 10 . It’s called Sets and it could be a very useful tool for organising the way you work with apps and browser tabs. We take a look at what Sets has to offer and when you can expect to see it on your PC. Tabbed Windows Essentially, Sets is a feature that allows you to have web browser tabs and apps all appear next to each other in a single tabbed window....

Microsoft typically reveals most of its new Surface products in September or October, and it doesn’t look like that’ll be any different this year. The company has confirmed it’ll be holding the “ Microsoft Fall 2022 Event ” on 12 October, with plans to “talk about devices” suggesting Surface will be on the agenda. Just one Surface device has been released so far this year – the Laptop Go 2 – meaning plenty of others could launch at the event....

If you are wondering where all the red Uber Jump bikes have gone, start looking for electric bikes from Lime. Uber has announced that it is joining forces with Lime – following an investment in the rival bike and scooter rental company that had been held up for a month by regulations in Europe. Uber has removed all its Jump bikes from the streets of London, and they will remain “temporarily unavailable” until further notice....

AMD’s new RDNA 2-inspired Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs are now available to buy in the UK, bringing not only significant performance gains that compete with Nvidia’s RTX 3000 Series but ray-tracing technology too. It seems AMD is finally ready to compete at the high-end of the GPU market after taking the CPU market by storm in recent years. But despite all the excitement around AMD’s new graphics cards, there are still questions around UK pricing and where you’ll be able to buy them at launch....

Samsung revealed its 2023 range of foldables, wearables and tablets at the company’s annual Unpacked event. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 was one of the headliners, being the thinnest and lightest version of the phone yet. If you want to get your hands on Samsung’s next book-style foldable, then we have rounded up everything you need know about buying the phone in the US and UK. We also have a similar article for the Pixel Fold , Google’s first foldable phone....

The Resident Evil 2 remake is days away from launch, and with plenty of editions of the game available to pre-order, which is the best edition for you? The game is set to come in three variants – Standard, Deluxe and Collector’s Edition – with the latter costing over £200 in the UK. What does each edition offer? And why would anybody pay over £200 for a game? Here, we break down what is included in each edition of Resident Evil 2 to help you decide which is best for you....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The bottom line? If you’re an IT pro and need to test out Windows XP SP3 before its official launch, it’s worth trying out now. Others might as well wait for the final version – there’s nothing that’s an absolute must-have right now, but the improved security will be worth it in the long run. Best Prices Today: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), just out from Microsoft as Release Candidate 2 (RC2), may not necessarily be worth the download now, but when it’s finally released, it’ll be worth the effort....

The Xiaomi Mi 11 is the latest flagship phone from the Chinese tech giant, notable for being the world’s first Snapdragon 888 phone, and also the company’s first to feature a 2K 120Hz display. First announced in China in December, the Mi 11 is now widely available in Europe and Asia, while the first day of the company’s two-day Mega Launch gave us the Mi 11 Ultra, Mi 11 Pro, M 11i and Mi 11 Lite variants – all of which are also now on sale....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict This really is an amazing phone, and only the Chinese software puts us off recommending it for a UK audience. It is crazy fast, crazy beautiful and crazy priced. If you know your way around Android go and get one, and you won’t be disappointed. Best Prices Today: Xiaomi Mi6 Wow. That’s what comes to mind when you consider Xiaomi’s new flagship Android phone for 2017....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Improved battery life Addition of OIS benefits night photos Good OLED display Cons Limited availability Same cluttered software as always Bigger and heavier than before Our Verdict Xiaomi has made some minor but thoughtful improvements with the Redmi Note 14 5G, particular with the addition of OIS to the camera and a larger battery. While it remains a solid budget pick, however, it doesn’t really excite, and its spotty availability doesn’t scream confidence....

Ring has announced a new product, as well as an update: you can now buy an outdoor siren, as well as its second generation home alarm system. Ring Alarm Outdoor Siren The all-new outdoor siren was apparently developed in response to European customer feedback and will integrate with either the existing or the new Ring alarm system. It features both audio and visual alarm elements. The siren has red LEDs that that flash when the system is tripped and the siren’s volume can be adjusted via the app....

At a Glance Our Verdict The ZTE Grand S 2 is an Android smartphone that offers a lot of what the rest of the market offers already, and that is a big screened smartphone with high-end specs. The early signs suggest that it doesn’t have anything significantly more or less than the competition though. Best Prices Today: ZTE Grand S 2 It seems that high-end Android smartphones are still set to come in all shapes and sizes, with Sony Launching a new Xperia Z1 Compact device, ZTE has gone the other way and launched a 5....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict If you can circumnavigate the slightly tangled selection of products and explore the inner workings of both the hosting and email on offer then 1&1 IONOS should not disappoint. For additional reassurance there’s a 30-day money back guarantee, and overall it’s one of the better choices for hosting your website right now. Best Prices Today: 1&1 IONOS You might recognise part of the 1&1 IONOS name, as the company is in essence a new version of 1&1, a German web hosting company that has been around for years....

Excessive screen time is a very modern problem. Kids can stay glued to their devices all day long, endlessly scrolling through TikTok, watching YouTube videos, playing games and messaging their friends. In moderation, none of that is bad. But we’re already starting to see signs that too much time on social media can have a negative impact on kids. Simply asking your child to use their phone less, or even to turn it off for bedtime usually has little effect....

This week, Marvel fans are gearing up for another blockbuster in the cinematic universe, and this one is a biggie. The Fantastic Four: First Steps , starring the man of the season, Pedro Pascal, is a new venture for the MCU and could likely set up some key character moments for the timeline. The question is, if this happens… will any of them come to fruition? Marvel has been guilty of setting up surprising twists, often in the form of post-credits scenes, and then just leaving them to fester....

The Pixel is all grown up. Nine years and 10 generations in, Google’s smartphones are well-established and impressively accomplished. And I don’t have to test the new Pixel 10 series to know that they’re the finest handsets the company has ever made. Battery capacities, charging speeds and cameras have been upgraded across the board, not to mention the all-important built-in Qi2. In fact, I think all of this amounts to a bigger step for the company, making it the default Android flagship maker....

In summary Gemini for Home out in US Coming to rest of world in 2026 Google offers 100 uses for it With Gemini for Home now rolling out in early access for US users, Google has shared some of the cool things you can do with its voice assistant. Earlier in the month Google announced that it was bringing its Gemini for Home AI assistant to all its old smart speakers and other devices ....

Windows 11 is suffering from more performance issues, with AMD devices once again affected. Commonly reported problems include frequent stuttering and audio glitches, with affected users expressing their frustration. The issues appear to be caused by the TPM 2.0 module, one of Windows 11 ’s key hardware requirements . Both Intel and AMD CPUs enable TPM via system firmware that’s independent from the rest of the OS. Intel’s implementation appears to be bug-free, but AMD users aren’t so lucky....