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I still remember giving my oldest child (now eight) their first tablet. It was around four years ago, and I chose one from Amazon’s Fire Tablet Kids range because they are fairly indestructible when it comes to toddler tantrums. They also come with a two-year Worry Free guarantee, so if your child breaks it (inevitable), Amazon will replace it for free within that time. If your child smashes an iPad or iPhone, you’ll be on your own, sobbing quietly while wishing you bolted on the Apple Care service. Despite that latter point, I recently decided to move my eight-year-old onto…

Having been around since 2001, the X-Trail has done rather well for Nissan. The SUV has always been a good bet for anyone wanting space and a rugged edge on the build front, so little wonder it’s such a common sight on US car rental lots. The X-Trail e-4ORCE 213 N-Trek you see here is a little more refined, despite its beefed-up rugged stance – especially now it can essentially be driven as if it were a fully electric vehicle. The powertrain is an interesting one: a 1.5-litre, three-cylinder petrol engine generates power for a small battery, which in turn…

I spent an entire afternoon hacking my Nintendo New 3DS XL the other day, all to be able to use Homebrew on the old portable console. Was it worth the hours spent moving files back and forth on a tiny SD card, hitting dead ends, and digging into forums and Discords for assistance? Yes, yes it was, and here’s why. Related What Should You Do With Old Consoles? They may be old, but they can still serve a purpose. How I hacked my New 3DS XL It took some doing I opened up my little Nintendo dual-screened handheld a week…

Apple Inc. turned 50 in 2026. Five decades of pushing boundaries and of revolutionising entire industries. Five decades of innovations and ideas that have changed the way we work, communicate, listen to music, exercise, and so much more. In that time, the company started by the two Steves – Jobs and Wosniak – out of a garage in Los Altos, California has risen to a valuation of $4.5 trillion (around £3.3 trillion) as of August 2026. In 1976, when the first Apple I home computers were being assembled, few would have predicted the iPhone, AirPods, Vision Pro, or Apple Watch…

I loved the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses when they first launched. Unfortunately, my initial review pair were the transition Skyler rather than the classic Wayfarer shape, and someone told me I looked like Velma from Scooby-Doo. They had a fair point, and once it was highlighted, I couldn’t unsee it. But now there’s another reason not to pick them up instead of my standard Ray-Ban sunnies. Over the past few months, Meta’s smart glasses have acquired the nickname “pervert glasses”, and well, let’s face it, that makes Velma sound like a compliment. The unflattering nickname began circulating on social media…

Netflix released its first original film, Beasts of No Nation, in 2015. Since then, major filmmakers have worked with the streaming service, including Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), David Fincher (The Killer), and Bong Joon Ho (Okja). One thing all of these films have in common is that they received very limited releases in theaters, if they were released at all. That’s on purpose: if Netflix releases movies in theaters, it’s only for a very short time in a very limited number of venues. Generally, the company prefers that people stay in and watch movies at home. For years, they’ve been…

Study Mode is probably one of the best features built into ChatGPT — and one of the main reasons I go back to it despite preferring Claude! I have been using this feature for a long time, and the experience has been impressive. Yet, things are different when you really want to prepare for a quiz or a final exam. You cannot expect ChatGPT to become an effective tutor just because you triggered Study Mode. What you need instead are strategic prompts that make the best use of its true capabilities to help you learn better; like how no two…

Your shiny new MacBook Pro – one of the best laptops on sale right now – or iMac has booted up and is sitting there, expecting something to happen. What next? You could do something boring, like setting up email (yawn) or aimlessly surfing the internet in Safari until your eyes glaze over. Instead, get creative, be productive, and make some noise with our selection of the best Mac apps around. Store wars The apps in our round-up are mostly available on the Mac App Store, although some can be bought directly from their creators; several can only be bought…

YouTube is a resource hog. First, the free version has so many ads that they ruin the entire experience and also become quite taxing on your system resources; video ads during playback add to the stream and require their own decoding. Second, data usage goes way beyond what’s actually being played, which is why I’m always reluctant to play YouTube videos when I’m not on Wi-Fi. YouTube plays videos in your feed even if you don’t open them, which adds up during scrolling sessions and quickly drains your mobile data. Thankfully, there is a handy setting you can toggle that…

Cord-cutters, rejoice! There’s never been a better time to cancel your cable TV contract and replace it with one of the best streaming services, thereby getting your entertainment fix supplied as and when you want it. TV shows, documentaries and movies, on-demand and available on almost any device you could imagine. Dancing to the capricious tune of the major networks’ scheduling fiddle is no longer necessary. Now you’re in charge. That being said, the range of streaming choices on offer can be quite daunting. If you sign up for them all, you’ll likely end up spending more than you did…