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The Ultimate Guide to Apple ArcadeOur definitive guide to the Apple Arcade service with everything that you need to know.
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What is Apple Arcade? Everything you need to know about the gaming service included with your One subscriptionOur ultimate breakdown of everything that you need to know about the Apple Arcade service.
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UpdatedApple Arcade review: worth it in 2026?Apple Arcade has been out for almost seven years. Here’s how it stacks up today.
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What kind of iPhone gamer are you? Find out in our quizFind out what kind of gamer you are, and get some bespoke Apple Arcade game recommendations, with our quiz.
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I played all 279 Apple Arcade games — here are the eight best, from genius quick puzzlers to addictive life simsThe eight best Apple Arcade games right now.
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Apple Arcade is packed with console-quality games, but you'll need a compatible controller to get the best from them. Here are my recommendationsThese are the controllers I've been using to test Apple Arcade throughout the week.
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Apple Arcade is a joyful reminder of when mobile gaming was about fun, not emptying your walletBrowsing Apple Arcade feels like going back in time to the early App Store in the best possible way.
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ChatGPT and Siri AI tried to get me fit, but I’d only use one of them againChatGPT and Siri AI made AI-powered workout plans for me, and only one was worth keeping.
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A ChatGPT trick for smarter, more balanced answersAsking for more unconventional answers makes ChatGPT a lot more useful.
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UpdatedNew movies: the most exciting films coming to theaters in July 2026New movies will arrive weekly throughout 2026 — these are the biggest ones to keep an eye on.
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'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offerApple Upgrade is Apple's new multi-product-category leasing program that not everyone loves, but there's more to it than endless product subscription.
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iPhone 7 vs iPhone Air cameras — how far has Apple's hardware come in 10 years?I took the iPhone 7 and iPhone Air on a photo walk to see how far Apple's photography hardware has come in 10 years.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day's post-credits scene might not mean what you think it doesYes, Spider-Man 4 has an end credits scene to stick around for — but is it implying what I think it does?
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Inside Story Kitchen, the trail-blazing studio that fought the 'videogame adaptation curse' and wonTechRadar sits down with Story Kitchen's fearless co-founders to discuss their creative approach to videogame adaptations.
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: A Gillian Anderson fan's wildest dream come trueThanks to director Jane Schoenbrun at her very best, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma has changed me for the better... and that begins with Gillian Anderson.
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Streaming guide: New horror movies arriving in August 2026August is packed full of great horror movies — here are seven recommendations to keep you entertained this month.
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House of the Dragon season 3 episode 7 release date and launch time on HBO MaxIs House of the Dragon season 3's next episode finally going to show us the much-anticipated Battle of Tumbleton?
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This backyard Dolby Atmos home music studio is the shed of my dreams, and is used for pro mixingThe shed of my dreams is very very spatial — and it was all done as a DIY project.
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What's the future of 4K Blu-ray and physical movie media? I asked the people behind the techI dug into the future of physical movie collecting with the people behind the technology.
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Disney+ loses 4K and all HDR support in parts of Europe — this is why physical media is on the riseWhat happens when you're paying extra for 4K and HDR and your streaming provider stops providing it?
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Best Buy just slashed up to $1,000 off TCL Mini-LED TVs — here's why these excellent TVs are hard to beat for valueThree discounted TCL TV deals you don't want to miss at Best Buy this week.
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LG C6 vs Sony Bravia 7 II: I tested these TVs side by side, and OLED had better watch its backAs RGB LED takes the fight to OLED in 2026, I compared the LG C6 next to Sony's more affordable RGB TV, the Bravia 7 II.
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I’m a trained TV calibrator, and here are the best TVs you can buy todayTop OLED and QLED sets to consider, from elite TVs to wallet-friendly options – all tested by us.
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I'm sick of privacy worries, so I'm taking my TV off the internet for goodDo I need my TV online? No, I don't — here's how I'm finally pulling the plug on any spying or snooping fears, while still keeping my smart TV updated.
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Best earbuds: top buys, all TechRadar-tested and recommendedTechRadar's carefully considered pick of the best earbuds in the business – including one or two new models you might not be familiar with.
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This backyard Dolby Atmos home music studio is the shed of my dreams, and is used for pro mixingThe shed of my dreams is very very spatial — and it was all done as a DIY project.
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New digital display Spine organizes streaming libraries like CD collectionsSpine Music founder Ricardo Amorim is putting his love for albums and CD collecting into a new digital music display.
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I found my 2006 iPod nano during a clearout — and it was an emotive pre-streaming time capsuleFrom iTunes to Spotify: what recovering my iPod nano 2006 during a clearout revealed about how my music listening habits have changed
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The best turntables you can buy: top record players for all budgetsThe best record player is just a few clicks away, whether you're a vinyl veteran or a turntable newbie – and every one is TechRadar tested and approved.
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Q Acoustics 3040c review: floorstanding speakers for entry-level bookshelf money — and they look and sound so much more expensiveQ Acoustics completes the line-up of its acclaimed 3000c series of passive loudspeakers with this compact 3040c floorstander and for this money, knocks it out the park
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‘Let's be real: we're doomed — but let’s also try to hold it at bay’: Qobuz’s Dan Mackta on music’s big AI issue‘The whole thing is just a really, really big bummer’ — Qobuz’s Managing Director on the scourge of AI-generated audio in streaming, and why he still refuses to call it music
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ChatGPT and Siri AI tried to get me fit, but I’d only use one of them againChatGPT and Siri AI made AI-powered workout plans for me, and only one was worth keeping.
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UpdatedThe best Apple Watch bands: The top straps for every model and styleWe round-up the best Apple Watch bands and straps for every size, taste and budget.
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How wearable tech made me obsessed with optimizationSome people struggle to switch off from their wearables, but is there anything brands can do about it?
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Insta360’s latest accessory solves vlogging’s biggest first-person-view headacheInsta360's POV Head Tracker aims to address the headache of filming first-person footage, synchronizing the camera with the user's head movements.
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DJI Osmo Pocket 4P review: twice the vlogging camera, and the one to beatThe Pocket 4P is DJI's first dual-lens compact vlogging camera, adding a 3x telephoto lens to what is otherwise the same product as the polished Pocket 4. It's pricier, but much more versatile.
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'There is a line AI cannot cross’ — Insta360 founder defends controversial 'photography robot' planI asked Insta360 founder and CEO Liu Jingkang for some clarity on his controversial 'photography robot' plans.
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Why I swapped my smartphone for a 2000s-inspired digital cameraThe Lola camera embraces the nostalgia of '00s digital photography, and it's perfect for taking a break from your smartphone camera app.
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Air stylers are 'not for all hair types' and brands who say different are wrong, says T3 co-founderExclusive: 'For any company to say this is for every single woman, it's simply not true.'
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The US government is banning foreign-made robot vacuums — so what does it mean for you?The FCC has confirmed that the US ban on foreign-made advanced robotic devices includes robot vacuums and similar bots
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Exclusive'Heat in general has been demonized incorrectly' — expert reveals the biggest myths in haircareWe're all after healthier locks, but we're going the wrong way about it, says T3's co-founder.
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ExclusiveThese are the tech advances, and the trends, making robot mowers mainstreamThanks to big leaps in technology over the past couple of years, robot lawn mowers are on the march.
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Best Buy just slashed up to $1,000 off TCL Mini-LED TVs — here's why these excellent TVs are hard to beat for valueThree discounted TCL TV deals you don't want to miss at Best Buy this week.
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What's stopping robot vacuums from going mainstream? I grilled execs from five of the biggest brands to find outInsights from Roborock, Roomba, Dreame and more.
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We loved the Narwal Flow 2 in our review — now this 'smart clean' robot vacuum flagship is $400 offLooking for a premium robot vacuum? This Narwal Flow 2 deal saves you $400 on one of our favorite models of 2026.
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This iPhone 17e deal at Total Wireless can get you a device included on the carrier's best plan with Disney+ and Wideband 5GGet the iPhone 17e plus a very feature-laden prepaid plan with this deal at Total Wireless.
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Meta Ray-Ban Scriber Optics hands-on: superb 2026 smart glassesSmart glasses need to get their act together — the Meta Ray-Ban Scriber Optics are my favorite tech of 2026 so far but I’m scared to wear them.
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Someone built a custom player for all 3D movie formats, forwards and back-compatibleAn intrepid Redditor has built a 3D movie player that supports three different generations of 3D, with an eye to the future of TV and projector tech.
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I want to just love my Meta AI glasses, but I can’t get over privacy fearsDespite rising hate for Meta’s AI glasses, my wife wouldn’t take her smart Oakley HSTNs off during our honeymoon.
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I'm worried that AI agents will turn Windows 11 into a subscription OSMy biggest Windows 11 fear is AI agents — and that they could be a Trojan Horse for subscription fees in Microsoft's OS.
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Apple Arcade is packed with console-quality games, but you'll need a compatible controller to get the best from them. Here are my recommendationsThese are the controllers I've been using to test Apple Arcade throughout the week.
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AI firms are destroying ultra-rare books so nobody else can read themAI firms buy and destroy rare pre-2022 books to create clean training data, concealing purchases through NDAs while courts approve the practice.
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Expert warns this dangerous Microsoft Word worm can burrow into Copilot and cause havocHidden white text in a Word document can make Copilot rewrite your figures and copy itself into the finished file.
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Blank spaces could hold danger - Kaspersky report warns of the dangers of 'parked domains' and empty pages where hackers could be lurkingThat "Domain for Sale" page you closed without reading may have fingerprinted your device on the way in.
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Meta has so many expensive GPUs that it's buying SSDs to kill idle timeMeta redesigned its storage architecture with SSD caching and faster metadata access, dramatically reducing AI loading times while improving GPU utilisation.
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