At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Toshiba Portégé R30-A-14K’s lo-res TN display is disappointing in a laptop costing £900. However, the laptop’s relatively lightweight design and long-lasting battery ensure that it could earn its keep when on the move. The hard drive’s shock-protection feature and replaceable battery could also appeal to business users who need a long-life workhorse when they’re out on the road, although we question the use of a slow hard disk in an expensive laptop....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The UMIDIGI Z Pro offers fantastic value at just over £200. It has a large battery, a decent screen and powerful performance. The dual-camera doesn’t offer quite the relief we were hoping for following poor performance from the UMI Z, but this is still a great phone. Best Prices Today: UMIDIGI Z Pro If you’re thinking this phone looks familiar, you may be thinking of the UMI Z ( reviewed here )....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict It’s not as fast as its predecessors, with which it shares the same but still just as good-looking design, but we do like the extra battery power and storage space, and the improved cameras of the Z1. We’re also pretty keen on the price – at £139 the UMIDIGI Z1 is a very impressive budget phone. Best Prices Today: UMIDIGI Z1 UMIDIGI follows on from the UMI Z and UMIDIGI Z Pro with the Z1, a good-looking budget phone with an attractive price but in some respects a downgrade on its predecessors....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Fast performance 120Hz display Decent Cameras Cons Occasional software glitches Bloatware Our Verdict If you’re in a part of the world that has the iQoo 7 5G available, then it’s a good option. The design is smart, camera quality is good, battery life goes on forever and the price is fair. Best Prices Today: Vivo iQoo 7 5G Vivo is one of those Chinese companies that quietly gets on with releasing a variety of mid-tier and premium smartphones around the world without ever really hitting the same kind of headlines as OnePlus, Oppo or other similar brands....

Vodafone has announced a big upgrade to its standard broadband package featuring a new Power Hub router and Super WiFi 6 Booster. This will help it compete with the likes of Sky and EE, but there’s a catch. These new devices will help customers get better Wi-Fi signal around the home and support more devices, leading to faster speeds and a smoother experience. However, as is often the case with this type of innovation, you must be a new customer to get your hands on them....

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery at a glance: Knives Out 3 will first premiere in cinemas, then on Netflix Daniel Craig will return as private detective Benoit Blanc The third movie from the series will have a gothic vibe The third entry in Rian Johnson’s whodunnit film series will land on Netflix just in time for Christmas. However, the Daniel Craig-led movie will also premiere in cinemas, but, due to CEO Ted Sarandos’ belief that cinematic film distribution is outdated , it will only be available for a very short run....

The Dawn of War games hold a special place in the hearts of most strategy game fans, and are also among the best games ever made based on Games Workshop’s flagship sci-fi brand – not to mention the best PC games , full stop. That means that we’ve been pretty damn excited about the latest title in the series, Dawn of War III. First announced in an epic cinematic trailer in early 2016, the game was developed by Relic Entertainment, the same studio behind the original two games and their expansions, and was one of our most anticipated games of the year....

Computers are a wonderful bit of technology that can change our lives in a manner of ways, but let’s be honest, it’s not the simplest thing to wrap your head around when you’re just getting started. A combination of acronyms, numbers and other PC jargon make things a little difficult to understand, but that’s where we at Tech Advisor come in: we’ll help you understand the core components of a PC, one at a time....

Just as it did with the humble thermostat and smoke alarm, Nest has worked its magic on a home alarm. The Secure was announced back in September 2017 and went on sale in the US not long after. Our US sister site reviewed the system and concluded that it was sleek but expensive and surprisingly limited. When is the Nest Secure release date? Nest said at the original announcement that the Secure would launch in the UK, Europe and Canada “some time next year”, but 2018 came and went with no hint of a release....

Is Dyson’s Zone a weird product? Yes. Yes, it is. The combined over-ear headphones and personal air purifier is both dystopian and visually jarring – it would look more at home in Cyberpunk 2077 than say, Berwick-upon-Tweed 2023. Still, as Dyson is the company that pioneered bagless stick vacuum cleaners, normalised $400/ £300 hair dryers and decided that fans would no longer have their blades on the outside, who am I to say that we won’t all be wearing Zones or Zone knockoffs in a few years?...

As Anonymous steps up to take on IS and the KKK, we look at the concept of computer hacking for a just cause – who is Anonymous and what is hacktivism ? When we originally wrote this article back in 2012, we said that over the past two years around 90 people – some as young as 16 years old – had been arrested in the US, UK, and mainland Europe for online criminal activities relating to the hacktivist group Anonymous....

Peacemaker season 3 at a glance: No third season has yet been confirmed The Salvation planet plot will return in the next Superman movie Chris Smith will appear in other DC projects The long-awaited second instalment of Peacemaker has come to an end. In season 2, James Gunn, the writer and showrunner for the show, didn’t hold back on the black humour, deep DC lore, violent fights and glam rock songs, giving fans everything they loved about this series....

Microsoft has launched two new Xboxes: the flagship Xbox Series X and the cheaper Xbox Series S, both of went on sale at the exact same time. The Xbox Series S offers a cheaper entry-point into next-gen gaming, but with a sacrifice to some features and overall performance – so is the price drop worth it? We’ve reviewed the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S so go read those for our in-depth thoughts after testing each, or read on for a more direct comparison between them so you make the best choice for your next-gen gaming needs....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Incredible camera performance Excellent screen Solid battery life & fast charging Silky performance Cons Some design backsteps Not the best Android skin Mixed bag of AI features Our Verdict The Xiaomi 15 Ultra is another excellent flagship smartphone and comes with a number of upgrades at the same price as its predecessor. It’s another photography wizard and this should be the main reason to buy it over the likes of Samsung, Apple and Google....

Xiaomi just announced the Redmi Pad 2, and it’s shaping up to be a contender for the title of the best budget tablet you can buy, beating the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 . The new tablet is fronted by an 11-inch LCD with a sharp 2.5K (2560 x 1600) resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. It’ll get up to 600 nits of brightness outdoors, which isn’t bad at all for a cheap tablet....

At a glance Pros Solid cleaning Attractive design Roller mop cleaned with hot water and dried with hot air Anti-tangle technology Cons Fairly noisy Object avoidance isn’t as accurate as some rivals Our Verdict The Yeedi M14 Plus is well-priced for its feature set – although you can find similar models for less. But if you buy, we don’t think you’ll be disappointed. It has tons of suction power, a roller mop, and a hands-off station that you’ll love....

Google is rolling out a new feature update to some Android phones that significantly boosts anti-theft protection. This update includes three key functionalities: Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock. While Remote Lock has been around for a while, the other two – Theft Detection Lock and Offline Device Lock – are brand new. Both aim to enhance the security of your device in case of theft. What do the new Android anti-theft features do?...

Exciting things are on the horizon for Honor phone users, as the company has just unveiled MagicOS 9.0, a major upgrade to its operating system. This free update takes things to a new level with what Honor calls an “all-scenario personalised AI operating system”, which should power the upcoming Magic 7 series . A new AI assistant The big star of this upgrade is the newly enhanced Yoyo AI Agent. Previously a smart assistant, Yoyo has now evolved into an AI Agent capable of handling more complex tasks with greater autonomy....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Comfortable to hold and use Lots of shooting modes Good battery life Cons Large phones are a tight fit Balancing issues Hard to control with the ZY Play app Our Verdict The Zhiyun Crane M2S is a solid mutli-purpose gimbal which is a good staring point for relative newcomers to videography, those who want something relatively affordable, but with features beyond what you might get with an entry-level device....

4G, LTE, LTE-A, carrier aggregation. It’s all tech nonsense if you don’t understand what the jargon means. Here we explain the differences between 4G and LTE so you’re better equipped to choose not only the best phone , but also the best tariff. These days, there are a lot of decisions to make when getting a new phone. Along with deciding which handset is best for you, you might also have to choose a new tariff, and that’s a complex business in itself....