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Your emails: How reliable are our VPN tests?

Friday’s arrived and that means we’ve once again trawled the emails from our excellent readers to find and answer your burning questions about tech. 

Forget the PS5 and Xbox 2: This Christmas it's all about SNES vs Mega Drive

For the last decade the console wars have been dominated by the ongoing Xbox vs PlayStation feud, wi…

Fast Charge: 5 key changes the Snapdragon 865 will bring to smartphones

Qualcomm just launched its latest flagship chip, the Snapdragon 865, which will power premium Androi…

Best MacBook Air alternatives: 5 thin and light Windows laptops you’ll love

Don't settle for Apple's MacBook Air

Fast Charge: Why you should buy an old Motorola Razr instead of the new one

Motorola launching a modern version of the iconic Razr flip phone has brought joy to a lot of tech n…

Forget the PS5 and ray tracing – Intel’s GPU roadmap looks e-Xe-mplary

The world of gaming has been in a rapid state of flux over the last couple of years, with key compan…

Winners and Losers: Xbox sits on cloud nine as Stadia falls down stream

The world of games streaming has grown exponentially throughout 2019, with Google, Microsoft, Sony a…

Fast Charge: The 2019 Razr isn’t the original flip phone but it might be as close as you’ll get

Motorola has brought back the flip phone, but how much does the Motorola Razr 2019 really have in co…

Winners & Losers: AMD rips threads and the Surface Pro X comes up short

The Surface Pro X looks like a device that could be the future of Microsoft’s hardware line and – ju…

Fast Charge: Using the Galaxy Fold has made me even more excited about the Razr phone

After months of rumours, hints and plenty of leaks, next week we’ll finally see the rebirth of one o…

Winners & Losers: Console heroes and Zuckerberg's zeroes

It's not been tech's biggest week but there have been some big gains for gaming with big releases, a…

Fast Charge: 2019 proved that expensive smartphones aren’t always better

2019 has probably been packed with more big-name flagship smartphone launches than any other year, a…

Should you buy a robot lawnmower?

The influx of robot lawnmowers onto the market has increased over recent years, with plenty of model…

Winners & Losers: Google chokes and The Outer Worlds gets a helping hand from an unlikely source

Is it just me, or has it been a fairly quiet week in the world of tech? A rare thing indeed! A mammo…

Fast Charge: Pixel 4 disappointment makes me even more excited for the Pixel 4a

The Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are both now out and they're a good duo of Android phones, but the…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Tips and Tricks

Update: New tips to help ease your journey across the Northern Realms

Fast Charge: Stadia could have made Google's Daydream a success

Google Daydream is dead, and it's no surprise. The entry-level virtual reality headset, which used y…

Why the Pixel 4 shows Google is now playing camera catchup

Google’s Pixel phones have blazed a photography trail for smartphones, but their computational scyth…

Winners and Losers: OnePlus races towards tedium while Sony’s PS5 wows

It has been yet another whirlwind week in the world of tech, with Tile's CXO lashing out at Apple fo…

Fast Charge: What the Pixel 4’s camera needs to beat the iPhone 11

Google has always sold its Pixel phones on the strength of its onboard camera – obviously, with a na…