29th May 2020

Why the much-discussed “R” is not the magic number

On 22 April, England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty explained how ministers would decide the next steps for leaving lockdown. The process...

TechRadar • 29th May 2020

Nubia Red Magic 5G review | TechRadar

The Red Magic 5G is a top-tier gaming phone with the world’s first 144Hz refresh rate display. Only a handful of games can make...

New Statesman • 6th May 2020

Why 200,000 tests is a meaningless political goal | New Statesman

When Jess and her partner James arrived the coronavirus testing centre in Preston, they were given two options. They could either swab their own noses and throats, or...

New Statesman • 29th April 2020

How coronavirus turned medical research into a free-for-all | New Statesman

On 20 March, a group of French scientists claimed to have shown that hydroxychloroquine – a drug commonly used for malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus – could be used to treat patients with Covid-19...

New Statesman • 7th April 2020

Could your smartphone detect early signs of coronavirus infection? | New Statesman

The wearable tech market has ballooned in recent years, in part because of the public’s desire to better understand and monitor their bodies, and Fitbit is not alone in focusing on health...

New Statesman • 7th April 2020

The government’s "game changer" antibody tests are inaccurate. What next? | New Statesman

The coronavirus antibody tests that Boris Johnson hailed as a potential “game changer” have, it turns out, changed nothing at all...

PC Gamer • 29th February 2020

HyperX Cloud Alpha S review | PC Gamer

The HyperX Cloud Alpha S is a souped-up version of the Cloud Alpha, which we reckon is the best gaming headset you can buy right now, and I therefore had high hopes for it when I tore the box open...

PC Gamer • 29th February 2020

Razer Deathadder V2 review | PC Gamer

A new sensor, scroll wheel, and wire arguably makes this the best wired mouse available today. But it’s a lot pricier than others that are nearly as good...

TechRadar • 19th February 2020

Honor Band 5 Sport review | TechRadar

Compared to most fitness trackers, the Honor Band 5 Sport feels basic, and lacks key features of the Honor Band 5, such as...

TechRadar • 7th January 2020

Amazfit GTR review | TechRadar

The Amazfit GTR is a solid budget smartwatch with deceptively good activity tracking, and its GPS is...

TechRadar • 12th November 2019

How to enable dark mode for Android | TechRadar

It's essentially a dark mode for your whole device that flips the color palette of all menus and nearly every native Google app...

TechRadar • 2nd July 2019

Living DNA review

Living DNA’s test is easy to administer and its results are clearly presented, but the vagueness of...

TechRadar • 29th September 2018

How long until we bring woolly mammoths back from extinction? | TechRadar

Part of Dr Tom Ellis – the “rational scientist” part – thinks that a group of researchers’ plans to bring back the woolly mammoth from extinction are just a “sideshow” of little...

TechRadar • 27th July 2018

Eye tracking for gamers: seeing is believing | TechRadar

Gaming with an eye tracker feels like virtual reality-lite. It’s cheaper, easier to set up, and is already available in some of...

TechRadar • 20th July 2018

How good is face ID tech? It depends who you're looking for… | TechRadar

“You see it in movies all the time, they zoom in on a picture and it’s all pixelated and they say ‘enhance’, and you get this nice image,” says...

TechRadar • 19th July 2018

How sharks and camels could be the keys to curing brain diseases | TechRadar

“I bleed the sharks every month or two,” aren’t the words you expect to hear from an assistant professor at Maryland University...

TechRadar • 19th July 2018

Google is building a smart city in Toronto – here’s what you need to know | TechRadar

We know Google can build phones, tablets, laptops, thermostats, watches, smart glasses (sort of) and driverless...

T3 • 22nd August 2017

The best desks 2017 for home or office | T3

If you’re after a desk, it’s hard to know where to start. There’s thousands online, from standing desks and monster work stations to dinky things that you can just about squeeze a monitor onto. We’ve filtered through the noise to bring you the best of the best, no matter what your requirement. Right now the House by John Lewis Airframe Desk is the best desk you can buy in our opinion. It’s the right size for most people, it looks stylish, and it’s dead easy to put together. Having a glass top m

TechRadar • 13th August 2017

20 gadgets for the ultimate connected home | TechRadar

The dream of having the ultimate connected home can sometimes turn into a nightmare. A complicated set-up process, iffy apps and a disconnected infrastructure can mean you spending hours just trying to get a light switch connected to your router. As with many tech advancements, the true innovations are often 'one-offs' that can also work as part of a wider setup, and we've selected 10 of the best such devices. These gadgets are powerful, yet generally easy to use and easy to connect to your ph

GamesRadar+ • 27th June 2017

Why the Netflix version of Puss In Boots could be the future of TV. Fur real. | GamesRadar+

I’ve just watched my first ever episode of Puss in Boots. Not because I’ve been drawn in by those big shiny eyes while browsing my Netflix home page, but because it’s the series that the streaming service has used to trial its first interactive TV show. You can choose between two paths at various points in the story, sending the plot this way or that, towards two distinct endings.