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Amazon Prime Day is the kind of shopping event that can easily spiral. One minute you’re browsing for a discounted electric toothbrush, the next you’ve added a 4K drone, a 3-pack of HDMI cables, and an inflatable hot tub to your basket. With thousands of deals flooding your feed, it’s easy to get caught in the chaos. So, to keep things real (and, hopefully useful), here are the five things I’m actually buying in the Prime Day sale – not the hypothetical “might come in handy” stuff, but the gadgets and gear I’ve either been eyeing for months or know…
Every month, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s tech, kitchen tools, or camping gear. What they answer gives us some interesting insights into what the folks here like to use when they’re at the job or enjoying some time off.Now that Amazon’s Prime Day sales have come again, we’ve looked through some of our recent “favorites” articles and found deals on a lot of the devices we like. So, we thought we’d list a few in case you have read about them in the past and thought, well, that sort of sounds good,…
Long-term ownership has long been an Android stumbling block, but the future is suddenly looking brighter for anyone with an Honor phone in their pocket. The firm has committed to seven years of software support for its flagships going forward, leapfrogging most of its major rivals in the process. The move makes it easier than ever to recommend one of the best phones I’ve tested in 2025 so far. When I reviewed it back in January, the Honor Magic 7 Pro was set to get four major OS upgrades and five years of security patches. Now the brand has extended…
Instant granules might be the definition of convenient coffee, but even the best stir-in stuff can’t rival the results you’ll get from one of the best coffee machines. So, if you’re keen to kick your caffeine routine up a gear, from espresso makers to drip filters, these coffee machines make it easy to brew up better batches at home. In search of superior swill, we’ve picked out our favourites. So put the kettle on, make yourself a mug of the good stuff and prepare for top-notch jitter juice. How to buy the best coffee machine Clickbait stories suggest skipping your…
Apple’s new budget iPhone has been on my list of the best upcoming smartphones to watch. Now that it’s arrived, I’m happy to say that it matched up closely with rumours and my wishlist. The iPhone 16e is the closest a budget iPhone has been to the regular models. A new design, updated display, the latest chipset from iPhone 16, and a new camera finally make this handset good value for money. In Apple’s camp, that is. Many users were still irked by a higher price than budget Android phones. But this Prime Day, Apple’s cheap iPhone just got even cheaper, and…
Prime Day, Amazon’s four-day thunderdome of exclusive deals, is here. Outside of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we anticipate this to be the best moment of the year to score discounts on headphones, laptops, TVs, gaming gear, and really anything else that might be on your wishlist — or someone else’s. We sorted through thousands of deals, ultimately narrowing it down to including products we’ve tried (many of which we’ve reviewed) and can vouch for.To repeat, there will be four — count ’em — four days of deals aimed at Prime subscribers, which means you have double the amount of…
Introduction The Nord series has been diluting down OnePlus’ smartphone best for multiple generations now. Earlier efforts tried to redefine how much tech you could expect from a cheap phone, while the outgoing Nord 4 went against the grain on the design front. When the inevitable Nord 5 teaser campaign kicked off, the big question was which way it would go. Now we have our answer: the £399/€449 (US launch tbc) Nord 5 undercuts its predecessor, while also bringing a more potent processor, gamer-grade display and slicker selfie shooting. But it also turns its back on an all-metal build, and…
8) Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, Game Boy Advance) Presumably concerned Game Boy Color owners would throw their consoles out of the window if the company had the audacity to release a normal tennis game on the system, Nintendo crafted Mario Tennis to be closer to a quirky RPG that just happened to have tennis mechanics in place of a battle system. For this Game Boy Advance sequel, the mash-up was particularly glorious, twinning amusing Zelda-like chats and exploration with high-octane ball-thwacking that was the best on the system. Add in furiously addictive madcap mini-games and you’ve a title that…
Looking for the best Kindle? We don’t blame you. Amazon’s Kindle devices are the most popular e-readers around for a reason with a great selection of titles to boot. Over the years, they’ve become incredibly good at replicating the experience of reading a book on their digital screens without the eye strain caused by more conventional tablets. And with the benefit of the electronic format being that you can access an entire library on a single, highly portable gadget. They also make reading cheaper and ebooks are more environmentally friendly than that pile of paperbacks you’ve been nursing, so e-readers…
Looking for an exceptional smartphone deal on one of the best? The Google Pixel 9 has just dropped in price – down to its new lowest price ever. In fact, it’s just over £100/$100 more than the recently launched mid-range Pixel 9a, so I think the regular flagship is a no-brainer. Right now, the Pixel 9 with 45W charger is available for £549 at Amazon UK, down from its original price of £799. That’s a tasty £150 saving on the Google flagship, which is a discount of 31%. It’s lower than the device’s previous lowest price, which was seen in…
Microsoft’s latest Windows AI features arrived first on new Copilot Plus PCs last year, but they were limited to a special range of laptops. That looks set to change thanks to Intel refreshing its existing Arrow Lake desktop CPUs later this year, that might just deliver Copilot Plus PC features in desktop PC form factors for the first time.Intel’s latest Core Ultra desktop CPUs launched in October with an NPU inside, but it wasn’t capable enough to hit the 40 TOPS requirement that Microsoft mandates for Copilot Plus features. ZDNet Korea reports that Intel is now preparing an Arrow Lake…
If you’re shooting 4K video, even the highest capacity smartphones will fill their onboard storage quicker than you can say “Steven Spielberg sells stellar screenplays” – and if you’re rocking a gimbal or camera cage, it’s impractical to bolt on a traditional external hard disk. Lexar’s Professional Go Portable SSD is small enough to slot seamlessly into your setup, yet doesn’t cut back on capacity – and even better, is discounted for Amazon’s huge Prime Day sale. It was originally announced at last year’s IFA show in Berlin, but I got my first chance to see one in person recently…