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I love a road trip. Living in Devon, heading further down south into Cornwall for some surfing and wild swimming is my go-to, primarily because I think the turquoise waters and reliable swell at Tolcarne Beach is hard to beat and it doesn’t end up costing too much, either. When Dacia asked me to plan a road trip and said they’d foot the bill, courtesy of their Bucket List Fund, it felt like a dream. I started to think of things I’d talked about doing with my 8-year-old but hadn’t gotten round to yet – planning our ultimate half-term adventure…

Gaming handheld buyers gravitate toward the Steam Deck, and the PC hardware inside isn’t the reason. Both the Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED are powered by years-old hardware, and handhelds from Lenovo, MSI, and Asus offer newer chips. To use something like the Asus ROG Ally or Lenovo Legion Go instead, you need to use Windows 11, and that’s the hang-up for most people. Valve nailed Steam Deck software with SteamOS, but Windows-based gaming handheld software doesn’t have to be terrible. I switch between a Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, and Lenovo Legion Go — and I finally found…

Amazon Prime Video is one of the most popular streaming services around, more widely used than Disney+ but not as big as Netflix. One of its biggest shows, The Boys, just wrapped up. But what about the next biggest show on Prime Video? What rises up to replace it? That’s hard to predict, so it’s safest to get familiar with some of the other ongoing series on Prime Video in case they blow up. There are a lot of terrific shows running on the service, and some of them are already pretty close to the finish line, so you don’t…

The Apple Watch has come a long way since it was introduced. It has significantly improved over the past decade, making it one of the best smartwatches on sale today. The Apple Watch was unveiled in 2014, and since then it has gone through numerous iterations, each building on the last. What began as an ambitious companion for the iPhone has evolved into a sophisticated health, fitness and communication device, with the current lineup spanning the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3 and Apple Watch Ultra 3. How did it all begin? Let’s trace the Apple Watch’s evolution…

The Steam Deck is one of the few pieces of hardware I’ve owned where the software feels almost as considered as the hardware itself. Gaming Mode is quick, the interface makes sense on a handheld, and Valve clearly put real thought into how you actually use the thing on a couch. But the more time I spent with it, the more I kept running into small gaps, the kind of things I assumed it would just do on its own, and didn’t. The fix for nearly all of them is Decky Loader, a community-built plugin platform that adds a small…

The problem with iPhones and iPads is many of them look rather similar. Apple gives them a model number but chooses not to emblazon it anywhere on the casing any longer. This causes a problem if you need to know exactly which Apple phone or tablet model you’re holding. Here’s how to tell which iPhone or iPad you have. Apple’s fine portable products can look very much alike. Certainly without a detailed knowledge of camera bulges, dynamic islands or colour schemes. They’re kind of rectangular, with a couple of buttons and a Lightning or USB-C port. So how can you…

Smart TVs are the standard in 2026, but they’re completely unnecessary in my home. I use streaming boxes, dongles, and other accessories to watch my favorite shoes and movies without depending on my TV’s operating system. Using the smart features built into your TV might save you a few bucks early on, but they come at a cost. Connect your smart TV to a network, and it’ll start collecting data and feeding you ads. I’ve never connected my TV to a Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection, and three accessories are the reason why: an Apple TV 4K, a Chromecast with Google…

It’s hard to make an action TV show. The whole point of TV, at least from a business perspective, is that it’s generally cheaper to make than movies, but if your show revolves around action scenes, that’s going to cost a lot of money. Unless your show becomes hugely popular, you’re going to be left with an expensive dud. And yet some brave TV shows do try and run this race, which is admirable even if they don’t quite make it to the finish line. Into the Badlands is one of the best. Into the Badlands gives you a wild…

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t all that intrigued by the idea of a pool cleaner. That is until I saw Mammotion’s Spino S1 Pro at CES 2026 – from the team behind one of my favourite robot mowers. I don’t have a pool, but watching this thing in action made me want one more than I already do – it’s one of the most impressive gadgets I’ve seen at the show. Pool cleaners are usually complicated with tangled cables and lifting heavy robots out of the water. Or in worst case scenarios, rescuing something that gets stuck halfway through a…

Are you looking to upgrade your smartphone or trade up to a new laptop soon? This may not be the best time to do it. 2026 is already a turbulent year for tech, but price rises are coming thick and fast. Games consoles, TVs, smart home kit and even new cars are set to leave more of a dent in your wallet than they otherwise would. The memory modules used by pretty much every consumer gadget are in short supply, which has pushed up wholesale prices on the remaining production capacity. Manufacturers are now going to pass those higher prices…