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Every April, the watchmaking world holds its breath. Brands that have spent months, sometimes years, sometimes decades, developing their most ambitious timepieces finally get to pull back the curtain, and the place they do it is at Watches and Wonders. If you’ve been seeing the name crop up in watch coverage (we’ve been there a few times before, and will be attending again this year) and wondered what all the fuss is about, here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 edition. What is Watches and Wonders? Watches and Wonders is the biggest international watch fair around, bringing…

If you blinked and Black Friday vanished, you’ve got a second chance. G-Shock’s metal models are still 20% off with the code METALGS20, and the discount covers some of the brand’s most popular lines. You’re not digging around in the leftovers here – these are the heavy hitters. Let’s start at the top. The Full Metal GMC-B2100 range sits at £690 before the code (now £552), and it looks every bit the flagship. It nods to the original 1983 G-Shock but updates everything you actually care about – the forged stainless-steel bezel, the mix of hairline and mirror finishing, the…

The MacBook Neo is poised to be a top-selling laptop in 2026, thanks in large part to its affordable $599 entry price. Despite launching at a more accessible price point than Apple’s $1,099 (though often discounted) 2026 MacBook Air, the Neo makes surprisingly few concessions in terms of build quality. Its design has the same level of precision as pricier Apple products, and we found in a hands-on comparison that it handily outclasses similarly priced Windows laptops in just about every way despite running on an iPhone chipset.In short, you might want one, or perhaps you already have one. Whatever…

Vivo has carved a niche out for itself on home soil as a smartphone imaging innovator, but is now finally brining its mix of huge camera sensors and equally massive lens extender accessories to a wider audience. The Vivo X300 Ultra has officially launched for global markets, just in time to take on semi-related rival Oppo’s Ultra-badged alternative. Until now, Vivo’s X-series Ultra flagships were strictly China-only. That’s all change for 2026, though depending on where you live you might still find the pocket-friendly cinema camera a bit of a challenge to get hold of. That’s a shame, as it’s…

Watches are strange things. They’re one of the few objects people wear every single day without giving much thought to how they actually work. Most of us know there’s something ticking away inside – but beyond that, it gets murky fast. Start to think about them for a minute and the questions start piling up. What’s the difference between quartz and mechanical? Does water resistant actually mean waterproof? And why does a small piece of metal on a leather strap sometimes cost more than a car? The world of watches has its own language, its own rules, and its own…

Sony has just dropped the WF-1000XM6 earbuds and our reviewer was full of praise for the active noise cancellation. However, if you’re really looking to cocoon yourself you’ll need to opt for the WH-1000XM6 over-ear headphones. The good news is they’re on sale for the President’s Day holiday in the United States. That means you can block out the president’s constant bile spewing more easily, if you wish. Right now you can grab the Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones for $398 over at Amazon. That’s a $62 saving on the $460 asking price. The earphones are available in four colours with black,…

Microsoft is preparing to launch new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in the coming months. Windows Central reports that the refreshed models will include both Intel and Qualcomm variants, with Microsoft opting for an OLED display option for the Surface Laptop this year.Microsoft is expected to launch new Surface Pro and Laptop models with Intel’s Core Ultra 3 chips first, followed by Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 variants later this summer. This is reportedly because Qualcomm’s latest chips are in short supply, but it reverses Microsoft’s trend of shipping Qualcomm-powered Surface devices to consumers first in recent years.The Surface Laptop OLED…

Amazon has announced its slimmest ever streaming device, in the form of a new Fire Stick HD. The new streaming stick is 30% slimmer than its predecessor, making it much more portable for those who won’t travel without it. The new model is available to preorder in the US from today and costs $35. It’ll launch in the UK and other nations at the end of the month. Aside from the slimmer design, it’s speedier than former HD models and powers on faster with apps opening more rapidly too. There’s also support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3, both of…

Self-driving cars have felt like a technology that’s been “just around the corner” for the better part of a decade. Everyone from century-old car companies to seed-funded startups have tried to develop a truly autonomous taxi and, for now, only Google-sibling Waymo has made the tech a commercial reality. Even for Tesla, with its Autopilot driver assistance system, the development of a driverless car took longer than expected. Elon Musk said back in 2019 that, by the following year, Tesla would be operating one million autonomous taxis on public roads. He believed Teslas already sold would be capable of acting…

If your TV’s smart platform is slow, messy, or missing apps, you need one of the best streaming sticks. And there’s good news – a new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max deal means that the best Fire TV streaming stick is now £25 cheaper, thanks to Amazon’s Spring Deal Days sales event. Amazon has dropped the Fire TV Stick 4K Max to £44.99, down from its usual £69.99 – a 36 per cent discount that makes one of the best Fire TV streaming upgrades even better value. That’s a particularly tempting price when you consider we called it the…

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among many, many others. And just last week, he and co-author Andrew Marantz published an incredible deep-dive feature in The New Yorker about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, his trustworthiness, and the rise of OpenAI itself.One note before we go any further here —The New Yorker published that story and Ronan and I had this conversation before we knew the full extent of the attacks on Altman’s home, so you won’t hear us talk about that directly.…

Google has launched a native Gemini app for Mac that enables users to share their screen to bring greater context to their queries. The new Gemini app for macOS can be accessed from a keyboard shortcut, with Google pitching the service as a way to consult one of the leading generative AI models without interrupting your work. That means you can ask Gemini to look at a document or spreadsheet you’re working on, or a YouTube video you’re looking at in the browser. “With our new native desktop experience, you can share anything on your screen with Gemini to get…