Author: Press Room

If you’re looking for the best gifts for travellers (aka digital nomads with a penchant for wanderlust), then you’ve come to the right corner of the internet. Life on the move is easier when your tech earns its luggage space. This year’s picks can turn a cramped seat or hotel desk into a better place to work, play, and switch off. There’s a private cinema you can wear, a portable monitor for proper multitasking, and enough battery power to rescue a hungry laptop. So whether the next stop is Berlin or Bognor, these gifts should keep work flowing – and…

A couple of solar panels, a sunny spot, and a plug socket. It’s certainly an appealing alternative to having people clamber over your roof – particularly if you rent or, simply want to shave a little off your electricity bill while you doomscroll on the latest iPhone. But can you actually use plug-in solar panels in the US? In some circumstances, yes!  States including Utah and Colorado have passed laws making qualifying plug-in systems easier to connect. That doesn’t mean every kit sold online is legal to use at your address, mind. The kit and its installation still need to…

Don’t overlook the Renault 4. My biggest lesson after clocking thousands of miles behind the wheel of one over the last six months is that this compact hatchback EV doesn’t deserve to sit in the shadow of its (admittedly awesome) little brother, the Renault 5 E-Tech. Under the skin it’s very similar to its ever-so-slightly smaller sibling, powering a single front motor from a 52kWh battery pack, but has even more heritage behind it thanks to the 1960s original’s incredible three-decade production run. It’s unapologetically French – which is no bad thing – and sits comfortably at the affordable end…

I’ve been using Apple’s Mac Mini for a few days now and here’s my early impressions of the new $899/£899 model. My review model features the standard Apple M6 chip with 12‑core CPU and 12‑core GPU. The M5 Pro is also available at a huge $800/£800 premium) plus I have two upgraded options – 32GB memory and 2TB SSD instead of 16GB and 256GB. These extra options will set you back a cool $/£1200. While I think the extra memory cost is worth it, this is more storage than I would usually need. This model runs the new macOS 27…

Apple may be new to the foldable phone game, but the tech giant has clearly been paying attention to what the competition has been up to for the best part of the last decade. The upcoming iPhone Duo seems to have gotten a few things right at the very first time of asking, addressing issues that Android-based rivals haven’t managed to crack after multiple tries. Does that mean I’m expecting it to be the perfect book-style foldable when it lands on October 23? Not at all. As a regular foldable user – most recently the Galaxy Z Fold8, but the…

Geo-restricted streaming service content is nothing new. Sometimes you can skirt these restrictions with a VPN, but often it doesn’t work the way you want because your account is pinned to a specific region. The streaming company knows you’re not jumping back and forth from New York to London multiple times a night. There is one workaround worth trying, though: change the DNS settings on your Fire TV Stick sostreaming companies can’t block what you’re watching. Unfortunately, to no one’s surprise, it didn’t magically remove any content restrictions in the Netflix app on my TV. However, changing the DNS settings…

There are many fantastic games available for Android that cost nothing. Whether ad-supported or based on a ‘freemium’ model, these titles are free – and guaranteed to make your day a little less painful. Looking for a new phone? Check out our guide to the best mid-range phones. To help you find just the sort of thing you’re after, I’ve grouped the games into sections, so you can quickly grab the best platform games, endless runners, arcade games, shooters, puzzlers, strategy games, adventures, racers and sports titles. There are enough free games here to keep you busy for months, and if…

I’m only a couple of years shy of 40, which means I’m due a mid-life crisis any day now. But instead of piercing my ears, splurging on a red convertible, and upgrading my phone for the pure thrill of it, I’ve decided to do something uncharacteristically sensible – create a modest list of tech that I’d like to own by the time I hit the big five-oh. Some of it, like a humble fitness tracker, shouldn’t be too tricky. At least, I hope not. Other items have considerably more digits in their price tags, which means I’ll either need to…

Lots of folks aren’t too bothered about the badge these days. If that rings true for you, the Aion UT will be of interest. Even more so if it’s a compact but practical hatchback you’re after. I’ve already tried the other car in the UK range to date – the Aion V, which is an SUV and both fall under the umbrella of a Chinese company called GAK (so neither are available in the USA). The Aion V was quite impressive with an interior that was a real standout. The Aion UT looks smaller, but comfort is on a par…

I won’t blame anyone for never even looking at the PS5’s streaming and home entertainment side. While the ninth-gen PlayStation got a lot of marketing push for its cutting-edge APU and 4K rendering capabilities, Sony never delved into the console’s home-entertainment features. I bought my PS5 for the same reason as most people do: to play games. However, with no quality PS5 exclusive to sink my teeth into, the console was just collecting dust on my shelf. That is, until I decided to use it as a home entertainment system. To my surprise, the PS5 works way better than my…