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UPVOTED BOARDS
Lying down, standing up or somewhere in between (and, sometimes, flailing about in the sea like a dying lobster): Chris Rowlands rides out on nine rad pieces of kit for a totally tubular time
STACKED TO THE FUTURE Nikon Z6 III
'Partially stacked' is a term usually reserved for when you trip over while carrying three pints back from the bar and manage not to spill a drop... but in camera terms it's something entirely different.
SONY AIBO
That reminds me - I really need to check out the new series of Doctor Who.
TOP TEN GAMES TO PREPARE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Amazon's new Fallout series has got us right in the mood for some post-apocalyptic gaming. These are the titles that did it best...
TECH TITANS ATARI
In fact, it had more than that. Instead of Fairchild's weird controllers, Atari kept things modular and approachable.
INSTANT UPGRADES ONEPLUS OPEN
Leave your Open in your pocket or bag and use the OnePlus Watch 2 to get notifications, control music, pay for things and more, directly from your wrist.
BETA YOURSELF PRIME VIDEO
If you're keen to bingewatch so many box-sets your eyes will turn 16:9, check out these tips from Craig Grannell and get even more from Amazon's on-demand streaming TV service
Mini meme STOP MAKING TENSE
Not in the mood for stressful sprinting or murderous mayhem? These mobile games are designed to bring inner calm rather than making your temples throb...
UPVOTED SLING BAGS
Juggling your gubbins can be tricky about town - so, on the hunt for the ultimate hands-free holder, Chris Rowlands clips himself into nine assorted cross-body carriers
LEADER OF THE PACKED
Be a smarter holidaymaker with some techy pre-trip purchases, and maybe for once you'll be able to escape from your everyday stress instead of adding to it
Stack to the future
With two full-size touch displays and a detachable keyboard, is the Zenbook Duo OLED a showy gimmick or the start of a revolution in on-the-go productivity?
STAR BENZ ELECTRIC Mercedes-Benz Electric G-Class
A box on the back looks like it should include a spare tyre, but it's actually home to the charging cables.
3 OF THE BEST Instant cameras
Give your phone a rest and watch photos come alive in your hands instead - but which print-spitting snapper is the best for you?
Peaceful EV feeling
Ready to go electric but worried about the logistics? Relax: competition is driving down prices, especially with contract purchase or lease deals, and battery tech is improving. And as these six prove, some EVs are now genuine head-turners...
The alternatives: More new Samsungs
The flagship Ultra may take top honours, but this year's more mainstream Galaxy models also deserve your attention
THE WEDGE OF HEAVEN
Honda O Series Saloon
RABBIT R1
PRODDING AWAY AT LITTLE ICONS ON A SCREEN IS STARTING TO LOOK OLD-FASHIONED
Another Gal, another planet
The Galaxy S24 Ultra is as good as Samsung gets... but can titanium and some AI tricks make it stand out in the wider Android universe?
HOW CHEAP IS YOUR LOVE?
‘Affordable’ is very much a relative term. To a billionaire, building a champagne-fuelled rocket out 24-carat gold, filling it with diamonds the size of Yorkshire puddings and blasting it into outer space just for something to do is affordable; but to the rest of us, a couple of hundred quid can bust the budget.
APPLE QUICKTAKE 100
Product review
TECH TITANS: APPLE DESKTOPS
The top non-booky Macs ranked for greatness
INSTANT UPGRADES SAMSUNG TAB S9 ULTRA
Product review
BETA YOURSELF DUOLINGO
Drop the textbooks and grab your phone: Craig Grannell shows how one app can turn learning a new language into an enjoyable adventure squeezed into your spare moments
A MOVIE KIND OF LOVE
Never forget a favourite flick (or accidentally rewatch a duff one) again: these film-tracking apps will help you keep on top of your viewing
EVERYTHING IS CLAW-SOME - MSI Claw
It might look innocent but your smartphone has many deaths on its digital conscience.
BONCE IN A LIFETIME
Sometimes listening to music needs to be an intimate and personal experience. And music never sounds so intimate or personal as when it's being given to you by a great pair of headphones... like all of these, for instance
UPVOTED BINOCULARS
Squinting through a pair of empty toilet rolls will only show you so much added detail-so Chris Rowlands zooms in on the finest modern binos for all uses and budgets
Wood vibrations
Coming in a choice of two luxuriously timbery finishes, can this all-in-one wireless music system sound as classy as it looks?
A Highland Song
Time to set aside all those cliches about tartan, haggis and Irn-Bru: this narrative-focused 2D platformer puts an authentic Scottish spin on survival mechanics and open exploration
Electric shavers
Wave goodbye to the irritation of a wet shave with these hi-tech handhelds that can buzz off your stubble in a fraction of the time