Xiaomi made fans wait until day two of its March ‘Mega Launch’ before it pulled the wraps off its newest Mi Mix entry, but the device was arguably worth the wait, with the Mix Fold serving as the company’s first official foldable phone. We’ve seen a variety of unusual foldable concepts teased by Xiaomi over the past few years, but the Mi Mix Fold opts for a familiar form, similar to what we’ve already seen from Samsung’s Galaxy Fold series and Huawei’s recent Mate X2 ....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Y-Cam Protect is a good-value home alarm system which reliably informs you when a sensor has been triggered. It has a built-in battery and SIM so will continue to work even if there’s a power cut or your broadband fails. Using the SIM demands a small subscription fee, but this also brings a list of other benefits, and it’s good value overall....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Evo is a good all-round indoor home security camera you can buy thanks to a combination of hardware, software and the free seven-day cloud recording. Just note this now lasts for 12 months. Best Prices Today: Y-Cam Evo The Evo is a new indoor security camera that’s part of Y-Cam’s HomeMonitor range. It’s tiny and has a few handy new features that make it one of the best home security cameras around....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict If you love bright, pulsing lights with customisable colours, then the YoyoTech BlackBox SP has got your name written all over it. If you love high-performance gaming, you’ll also enjoy the overclocked Intel CPU, Nvidia graphics and NVMe storage which combine to deliver superb performance for your money. Best Prices Today: Yoyotech BlackBox SP Perhaps the most ironically named PC we’ve ever reviewed, the BlackBox SPfrom YoyoTech is sure to stand out, both in performance and in looks....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Incredibly well designed with excellent features including passthrough charging and an LCD panel, a tough build and huge amounts of power, that £69.41 asking price doesn’t look so high after all. The only thing we can fault Zendure on is the fact its three Zen+ ports can’t simultaneously run at full speed. However, the new Quick Charge 3.0 input and output, plus increased capacity are very welcome additions, making this an excellent buy if your power needs are great....

If there’s one area that film has a definite legup on books or theatre, it’s when it comes to action. Reading a description of a gripping fight scene is never quite as exciting as watching it play out, and safety concerns mean that most stage shows are severely limited in the size of the explosions they can offer. Thankfully, action movies don’t suffer from the same limitations, and Hollywood studios (not to mention film industries around the world) have shown a remarkable ability to turn fists, bullets, and things going boom into some of the most compelling movies around....

Confession time: I’m an inveterate social media junkie. From Facebook to Instagram to Diaspora, whenever a new communication platform rolls around–or comes back around–I’m ready to leap aboard. But social networks are amazing and terrifying in equal measure. You can reach thousands of people worldwide with a single Twitter update, but cybercriminals can use the same tools to pick the perfect victim. It’s impossible to remain completely anonymous while you’re using social media–anonymity would defeat the point–but every network has a few key, commonly overlooked privacy settings that take only minutes to set up and drastically improve the security of your shared data....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Solid game play with all the teams and players you could wish to find from World Football, 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil is a colourful and fun game to play. Existing FIFA fans may be reluctant to shell out an additional 30 quid for World Cup bells and whistles, but if it is a World Cup SIM you want, this is it. Best Prices Today: 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil If you live under a rock it may have escaped your notice, but the already football-obsessed world is about to get even more soccer crazy....

Ever since it began life 17 years ago, the iPhone has been renowned for its premium hardware. Apple has consistently delivered high-end design, offering phones that look and feel like quality devices. However, as good as that hardware is, there are still some features that Apple has declined to introduce. None of these are dealbreakers, especially if you’re already familiar with the iPhone , but they are all present on at least one Android phone ....

There’s only one reason you’re reading this right now: you’re not getting fast enough Wi-Fi in at least one place in your home. Chances are you have just one router providing a Wi-Fi signal, and it’s almost certainly not in the very center of your home. That means the signal can’t adequately reach the rooms furthest away, which means you (or your kids) can’t stream videos, make Zoom calls or do whatever it is you want to do....

Robot vacuums have become a staple in many homes, offering a convenient way to keep floors clean with minimal effort. But getting the most out of your robot vacuum isn’t as simple as pressing “start” and walking away. A little strategy is needed to enhance its performance, extend its lifespan, and ensure your floors are as clean as possible. Whether you’re a new owner or a seasoned user, these practical tips will help you maximize your robot vacuum’s effectiveness and make it a trusted household helper....

Adobe’s annual MAX conference is in full swing, and this year’s biggest updates are all about AI and automation, with a raft of improvements to the AI-powered masking features in Photoshop, and a few of the older Photoshop features being introduced to Lightroom too. Photoshop Desktop’s big jump is an improvement to the Object Selection tool, which is both more accurate (especially in fiddly cases like wispy hair) and now capable of recognising a wider range of objects automatically, including the sky, buildings, water, plants, and different types of flooring and ground (e....

At a Glance Our Verdict Until we spend more time with the m15, we can’t really judge how well it holds up – but on paper it has top specs for the form factor (except for limited RAM) and some seriously tempting display options. From the outside though, there’s not much to complain about here. Those big ol’ bezels are gone, the keyboard’s stepped up, and the Legend design looks lush....

After a few years of designing smartwatches and fitness trackers under the Amazfit brand, Huami is sprinting into new territory with, well, a treadmill. Two, actually, because why stop there? The Amazfit AirRun and HomeStudio are smart treadmills designed for home use that can track your exercise, sync with heartrate data, and even blast music in surround sound through a built-in JBL sound system. They actually both look like they could be pretty solid bits of exercise kit, but we have to admit that treadmills feel like a bit of a left turn from a wearable company....

After releasing its first rugged smartwatch last year with the T-Rex, Chinese wearable brand Amazfit is releasing a more advanced version called the Amazfit T-Rex Pro. The watch is releasing in the US and Europe today, priced at US$179.99/€169.90. It will be available in the UK on 31 March for £139. The watch is designed for outdoor enthusiasts, built for extreme weather conditions with 15 military certificates – three more than the standard T-Rex – and an IPX8 rating with shock resistance....

As streaming services have exploded in popularity over the past decade, the demand for access on every screen in the home has quickly grown with it. While smartphones, tablets and PCs are well covered thanks to their access to an app store or web browser, it was easy for non-smart TVs to quickly feel out of date. TVs which only had access to broadcast television could quickly feel limiting, particularly as they are typically updated far less frequently than other devices....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Larger display with colour warmth Longer battery life USB-C Shows Audible and Comixology content Cons Content management still cumbersome Our Verdict With its upgraded screen, longer battery life, USB-C and other small tweaks the Kindle Paperwhite for 2021 remains the sweet spot of the Kindle range and the wider eReader market. Design & Build If, like me, you’re a long-time Paperwhite user, then the most obvious change with the new model is the larger size....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Excellent e-reader Superb battery life Lovely build quality Pen comes bundled Cons Can’t write directly onto books Clunky software Notebook features half baked Our Verdict But e-ink technology can be used for a lot more. There are several successful note-taking e-ink tablets from companies like reMarkable, which introduce a Wacom layer under the screen to enable pen input for notetaking. Goodbye, paper notebook. The Kindle Scribe is a good product, but it’s not a great one....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Aorus X7 v2 is a sturdily made all-metal gaming laptop that keeps its waistline to around 1in, even if it still tips the scales beyond 3kg. With its dual-GPU setup it proved itself the fastest gaming laptop in the group, albeit with an unsurprising price premium. Best Prices Today: Aorus X7 V2 How’s this for a gamer’s dream. If there’s one thing better than a decent graphics processor in a laptop , it’s got to be two very decent graphics processors in the same machine....

Arm has revealed the latest generation of its Total Compute Solution, including the new Armv9 Cortex CPUs and Mali GPUs that will in turn go on to power chips from the likes of Apple, Qualcomm, and Samsung. These new cores will form the starting point for the next generation of chipsets to power phones, laptops, wearables, and smart home tech. What are the new Arm chips? Arm’s new cores are split up into both CPU and GPU components....