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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