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Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5

A watch with hidden depths and strong battery life, but you'll need to use Mobvoi's apps to fully exploit it

Tackling the skills shortfall

Companies aiming for growth need the right IT talent: Nik Rawlinson talks to industry experts about how to attract and keep the best applicants

DJI Mavic 3 Pro

A triple-camera drone targeted at the serious user, reflected in its restricted C2 category rating

Original Prusa MK4

An excellent 3D printer that produces top-quality prints and sets a benchmark for all other 3D printers to follow

Apple MacBook Air 15in

Apple does it again, with superb battery life and performance squeezed into a thin, stylish chassis

LG gram Super Slim

There's a lot that's super about this product, including its speed and size, even if the price is super-high, too

PCSpecialist Topaz Supreme

An all-AMD system that offers terrific value for money and plenty of power in a chunky chassis

HP Omen 45L

A gaming PC that marries understated style with jaw-dropping power, and it makes the most of its components

LAPTOPS from £469

Whether you're buying for a student or yourself, this mix of Chromebooks and low-priced Windows laptops may just hold the answer

Who owns the data used to train AI?

Elon Musk says he owns it. Twitter's Ts & Cs suggest otherwise. James O'Malley investigates who really owns the data being used to train AI

Microsoft chooses the nuclear option

Software giant throws it weight behind experimental energy plan

YouTube ad nauseam

New unskippable 30-second ads signal a huge shift in online video advertising

Chillblast Apex Ryzen 9 RTX 4090 Gaming PC

Not as stylish as the HP Omen 45L, but it's better value for money and offers a far neater upgrade path

SEVEN LAYERS OF NETWORKING: The OSI model

Network architecture needn't be complicated. Darien Graham-Smith walks through the seven-step model that explains it all

One last thing...

The Vision Pro isn't just slick, says Jon Honeyball, it's the most exciting product for decades

GET YOUR PHOTOS PRINTED

Digital imaging is all very well, but there's nothing like the presence and permanence of a physical photograph. Nik Rawlinson finds out how to turn your snaps into high-quality prints

Getting away with e-crime

Online payment fraud is spiralling. Lee Grant investigates why it's the crime that nobody pays for, except us

10 amazing AI tools

WANT TO PUT AI TO PRACTICAL USE TODAY? BARRY COLLINS PICKS OUT TEN TOOLS THAT ARE READY TO GET TO WORK FOR YOU

Apple Vision Pro

The slickest mixed reality headset yet, from hardware to software, but it will need truly killer apps to justify the price

Canon imageFormula RS40

This versatile scanner will appeal to home workers with lots of photos that need digitising and enhancing

Brother ADS-4700W

An affordable desktop scanner with good speed, great output quality and a destination for every occasion

Is the future sustainable?

AI and robots will do our work, we'll get paid in cryptocurrency and cars will drive themselves - but each of these technologies is a massive energy hog. Nicole Kobie reveals the environmental costs of future tech

Dell XPS 15 (2023)

Still a stylish, high-quality and speedy laptop, but we expected more from this annual update

Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED (H7604)

A slick, powerful laptop that's well suited to creative tasks, but make sure you buy the version with a 3D screen

Dell XPS Desktop 8960

As the unassuming XPS Desktop shows, you don't need RGB glitz to deliver a powerful gaming PC

OnePlus Pad

The OnePlus Pad sets a new standard for affordable Android tablets, with terrific battery life just one of its strengths

RUN GRAPHICAL LINUX APPLICATIONS IN WINDOWS

Why limit yourself to one software library? Nik Rawlinson finds out how to run Linux software natively on Windows

How Elon Musk changed the world

He's created two of the world's most disruptive tech companies and is tearing up Twitter. James O'Malley talks to the people who have worked with Elon Musk to find out what makes him tick

WINDOWS 11 TAKE OUT THE TRASH

Microsoft is increasingly stuffing Windows 11 with cruft: tabloid news stories, AI assistants, needless apps. Barry Collins shows you how to streamline the operating system

A welcome end to the softly, softly approach

Ignore the cries from supposedly wronged parties: the competition authorities were right to kibosh Microsoft's takeover of Activision