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RAPTOR’S DELIGHT

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HARD HOBBIT TO BREAK

Lego The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell

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RAZER VIPER MINI SIGNATURE EDITION

£280 / razer.com That mouse has got

WTF IS GOOGLE BARD?

Finally, a Shakespearean search engine. Nice idea, thou

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Audi Activesphere Concept

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Kit just got real

Console virtual reality reaches the next generation: Sony’s new hardware is as high-end as the PS5 needed to play it. But is there a games library to match?

The launch lineup: Essential PSVR2 experiences

A headset lives and dies on its library of games. So how’s it looking so far?

I want your flex

With a bundled stylus and the highest-res OLED screen Samsung has ever fitted to a laptop, is this the perfect convertible?

Quest of both worlds

Meta’s latest headset is all about mixed reality, blending the actual and the virtual… but the Pro price means it’s a work tool, not an entertainer

Tiny glancer

If you want to learn to fly on a budget, DJI’s latest pocketable drone is a wallet-friendly rocket cam with great airborne stamina

21st century Pan

Whether you’re an up-and-coming YouTuber or just want to upgrade your cat photography game, this new full-frame Lumix is a do-it-all warrior

Mowing me, mowing you

Robot, self-propelled or lightweight pushalong – there’s an electric lawnmower for everyone. So which will be the lord of your sward?

How deep is your loaf?

Barely bigger than a baguette, Sennheiser’s (slightly) more affordable new soundbar still promises mighty audio from floor to ceiling

Zeph or glory

Asus is first out of the gate with an RTX 4090 laptop, but cutting-edge GPUs don’t come cheap. Is there enough here to justify the big bucks?

My kind of Gal

The most mainstream Galaxy phone stays small, while stepping up performance for its 2023 iteration. Is that the perfect formula for Tom Morgan-Freelander?

Like a Dragon: Ishin

As well as a name change, the latest entry in Sega’s long-running Yakuza franchise throws it back in time, swapping 1980s organised crime for 1800s samurai culture

Atomic Heart

This alternative Soviet utopia/nightmare has a novel (if controversial) concept. But is there any substance beneath the distinctive style?

Dead Space

Sound the remake klaxon: EA’s sci-fi survival horror classic has been given new life – or should that be brought back from the dead?

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Umbrella too big for your backpack? Chris Rowlands unpacks a crew of cagoules that stuff away when the sun comes out…

EAR, THERE & EVERYWHEREERE

The world is far from short of choice when it comes to headphones of all shapes, sizes and prices. But how can you separate the magic from the meh? By reading our 16-page guide to the best sound-slingers around, that’s how…

TRUE WIRELESS pt1

Everyone has a pair of fully cable-free in-ear buds to sell you these days – here are your top options at various price points for portable music with no dangly bits

TRUE WIRELESS pt2

Yep, there are so many ace in-ears we couldn’t fit them all on one spread – so here, instead of the originally scheduled pull-out Phil Collins poster, is your second helping

NOISE-CANCELLING

Here’s our pick of the outside-world-eliminating bunch to help you create an impenetrable sonic forcefield for just you and your One Direction playlists

OVER-EARS

Most of these head-hugging cans also offer active noise-cancellation, but now we’ve tuned our brains to sniff out pure sound quality rather than clever tech

GAMING

Tuned for ultimate immersion in other worlds, and with mics for warning your friends they’re about to get eaten, these are the finest headsets for players

FITNESS BUDS

From beast-mode motivational playlists to pain-distracting podcasts, science shows that soundtracking exercise boosts gains. Let’s pump up your potential…

LUXURY LISTENING

Give your butler the afternoon off, kick off your brogues, pour yourself a brandy and sink gently into your favourite leather chair: it’s time for the really, really good stuff

SCREEN AGE BRICKS

These six apps will help you build a bridge between the world of mobile technology and the mountain of plastic parts in your spare room

BETA YOURSELF MASTODON

As Twitter continues reshaping itself into the world’s biggest social media bin fire, Craig Grannell thinks there’s a better way to microblog – and explains how you can get started

GALAXY S

Stuff ’s top five phones from Samsung’s flagship series

SONY ZV-1F

ONE JOBY GORILLAPOD 500 Sony makes a vlogging

Space Invaders

Yes sir, icon boogie The invader design became

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