At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict With its attractive, compact design and sub-£300 price tag the Miix 2 8 is one of the new Windows tablets that provides a more affordable alternative to the Microsoft Surface. It can’t go head-to-head with the iPad and Android tablets in terms of apps, but the Miix 2 8 may well appeal to Windows users who want a pocket-size tablet that will also allow them to view their Office documents when they’re out and about....

Windows 11 is here. So it must be time to unfurl the Microsoft banners, play the loading tune on your trumpet and wait for happy children to run into the town square as the festivities get underway. Well, maybe not. The launch of an iterative version of an operating system doesn’t quite stir the spirit in the way that, say, an album from your favourite reclusive artist, a movie from a film auteur or even the latest smartphone does, but that wasn’t always the case for Windows....

At a Glance Our Verdict On specs alone it’s a close call between HTC One M9 and LG G4. The HTC is in our opinion the better-looking of the pair, and performance should be better, yet the LG G4 offers great value at £499 and boasts a significantly better screen if you want to watch media and play games. We’ll offer a definitive verdict once we’ve finished benchmarking the LG G4....

At a Glance Our Verdict LG has made up for its misstep last year that was the peculiar G5, returning with a device that is classy, well thought out, and a genuine pleasure to use. The omission of wireless charging is disappointing, and using last year’s CPU raises a few questions, but overall the G6 is an excellent smartphone, especially at the prices it currently goes for on the high street....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Lightweight, thin design Stunningly detailed 16in display with matte finish All-day battery life Cons Less powerful than similarly priced laptops 60Hz refresh rate Pay a large premium for thin dimensions Our Verdict The LG Gram 16 is a stunningly thin and lightweight laptop that’s a joy to carry in a rucksack. It doesn’t compromise on durability, display quality or battery life – though you’ll certainly find more powerful laptops on the market at a similar price if performance is what you’re after....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Beam is a fascinating new type of smart light, but it isn’t for everyone. It’s very expensive for a start – more than twice the price of the LIFX Z Starter Kit – and isn’t subtle. However, if you want lights to make a design statement and the price doesn’t put you off, then Beam won’t let you down. Best Prices Today: LIFX Beam LIFX’s Beam kit is a little different from its previous smart lights....

All around the globe people are finding themselves in a position where they must work, school or entertain themselves from home for an unknown period of time. The internet is proving to be our saving grace as we pull ourselves through this sorry mess. Many of the web-based tools we’ve been using to keep in contact with friends and family are already free, and most online streaming subscriptions offer free trials....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict It’s nice to see the Diana design used for an instant camera and Lomography offers the Diana Instant Square at a very tempting price. However, using the camera isn’t easy so it’s not hard to rip through a pack of 10 shots with very hit or miss results. Best Prices Today: Lomography Diana Instant Square Lomography has updated its range of instant camera by adding the classic Diana into the mix....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict If you’re going to get the use out of the portability and flexible nature of the 2-in-1, the Surface Pro 7 is well worth Considering, especially with the upgrades on offer compared to the Pro 6, but there are more powerful laptops at a similar price if processing power is key. Best Prices Today: Microsoft Surface Pro 7 The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is the embodiment of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, offering the same general form factor as the Pro 6 and, if we’re being honest, most of the Surface Pro range that came before it....

The third-generation Surface Pro X is, if anything, a downgrade. Microsoft announced the ‘new’ model at its Surface event on 22 September, but the only difference from last year’s Pro X is that it’s now available without LTE. This means a new, lower entry price of £829/$899 but, as ever, this doesn’t include a keyboard or stylus, so the true price, if you buy both of those, is still over £1,000/$1000....

For 29 years, super spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has been fighting schemes to destroy the world. Fortunately, his struggles are coming to an end, as Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning premiered in May. And now, after a long wait, the film is available to rent and buy at home. The first instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise was created in 1996 by Brian De Palma as a reboot of the 1966 TV series of the same name and its 1988 sequel series....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Monument Valley might be a slight affair, but all it has is realised with care and cleverness. Beautiful, strange and smart, this is most certainly one of 2014’s must-have iOS games. Best Prices Today: Monument Valley Achieving the unusual feat of simultaneously making the brain struggle to understand it and being relaxing, Monument Valley has deservedly been a big iOS hit. Fusing the reality-bending optical illusions of Escher with gentle puzzles and a laid-back, stylised art style, it’s consistently delightful to behold....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Moshi has created one of the most attractive and portable power banks we’ve seen in the IonSlim 5K – this is one of the few that you really won’t mind carrying around with you. Our only real gripe is the price: £50 is a lot for a 5,150mAh battery, so you’ve got to decide how much of a premium you’re willing to pay for the pared down design....

Ah, the Moto G. One of the UK’s best-loved budget phones, but it’s had something of a confusing history and two new models are about to make that even more confused: G5 and G5 Plus. Read our Moto G5 review. It’s a fantastic budget phone, but until 2016 when new owner Lenovo announced the Moto G4, Moto G4 Play and Moto G4 Plus, Motorola had launched a long string of very similar smartphones all called the Moto G....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Moto G7 Play is a solid smartphone that despite not featuring the latest processor and an insane amount of RAM can provide a solid mobile experience for those on a budget. It’s made mainly from plastic, but smart design choices still make the G7 Play look more premium than it actually is. The only downside is a camera setup that doesn’t really do the phone justice, but hey, there are always concessions to be made with budget smartphones....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Super affordable Lightweight Strong Battery Cons Poor Cameras Dim display Our Verdict On a budget, and don’t care for 5G? Then, the Moto G9 Play covers all the essentials – barring a good camera. Best Prices Today: Moto G9 Play The Moto G9 Play arrived just six months after the Moto G8 series was on the scene . It’s the first of three phones in the G9 range (so far) , which includes the Moto G9 Plus and the newly-announced G9 Power ....

One of our favourite foldable phones of the past year is currently selling at a knock-down price. The Motorola Razr 50 is now selling for £499.98 over on the official Motorola UK website. That’s a £300 saving on its launch price of £799.99. Suffice to say, a 38% saving is nothing to be sniffed at. Especially given how much we liked the Razr 50 when we reviewed it last year....

Or, like me, you know him mainly thanks to to the mountain of controversies building up about him. What are the Beast Games controversies? Arguably, the most high-profile of these centres on a TV show he made in collaboration with Prime Video: Beast Games. Inspired by the dystopian and bloody Netflix series Squid Game (and not the first time that MrBeast hopped aboard this particular hype train – he previously made a YouTube video titled: $456,000 Squid Game in Real Life) this reality competition saw 1,000 contestants compete in a series of tasks for a grand prize of $5 million, the largest pot ever of any game show, ever....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict At £419.99, the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G costs significantly more than the £374.99 you would be paying for a ‘vanilla’ 1070, but it offers much more in terms of both performance and features, and is still some way off the price of a GTX 1080. If you can’t afford a GTX 1080, or would simply like to save some money, this is an excellent high-performance graphics card....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The MSI Trident A serves up solid gaming power inside a great case that keeps things neat, accessible and quiet. It’s a little expensive when compared to conventional towers but this balances space and specs with very few drawbacks. Best Prices Today: MSI Trident A (9th) This is the ninth iteration of Trident desktop from MSI, and the game-focussed brand has done a solid job of carving a niche for these small, tempting gaming desktops....