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SKEW THE MUSIC

A&K’s hi-res music player with a twist

GIGA PIXEL

The bigger picture in tech

APPS

This month’s mobile must-downloads

HONDA MONKEY 125

YOU CAN RIDE IT WITHOUT HAVING CUSTARD PIES THROWN AT YOU

PLAYING CARDS

All hands on decks

GAMES

Marvel’s Spider-Man has been one of the PlayStation

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The latest startups, crowdfunded projects and plain crazy ideas

TAKE A BYTE OUT OF THIS

Byton K-Byte Sedan Concept

YOUR MONTH AUG

Who needs holidays?

WIN A PS4™ PRO, A 4K SONY TV & A COPY OF FIFA 19 WITH AO.COM

WIN A PS4™ PRO, A 4K SONY TV & A COPY OF FIFA 19

THE LAP OF THE GODS

Put your phone down for a second: the portable PC has shaken off its shackles and is fighting back with fresh innovations on a myriad of models. Which is your type?

POCKET WEATHER DIVINERS

The British summer will attempt to drown and fry you – possibly simultaneously. Use these top-notch forecasting apps to survive intact…

UPVOTED LAWNMOWERS

Garden looking wilder than a rock star’s beard? Ryan Jones has the best mower for every lawn, whether you’re tending a postage stamp or managing ’er ladyship’s grounds

Wolves in cheap clothing

Zipping along in the wake of ever more expensive flagships, 2018’s bargain blowers are better-specced than you might realise

BETA YOURSELF FREE VIEW PLAY

The newest incarnation of Freeview has integrated catch-up features – if your TV’s new enough to have it, Craig Grannell can show you how to make the most of its extra smarts

CAMPING GADGETS

you must sleep on damp grass, at least pack some clever tech to take the edge off your deprivation

INSTANT UPGRADES HUAWEI P20 PRO

If the thought of three built-in cameras isn’t enough

Let it Beam

A compact and affordable soundbar with voice-control smarts from Sonos, the masters of multiroom audio? Alexa, order us a dozen!

The alternatives: Sub-£300 soundbars

Cheaper ways to rescue your telly’s audio from skinny-tinny hell

Band of brooders

Can’t get your kids to stop staring at screens? Fitbit’s step-counting tracker aims to get tykes in tip-top shape…

Mini me

BMW’s latest Brit bombshell is packed with ingenious tech that can be customised to make it an extension of your true self

Insta gratification

Costing barely £600 and full of social-media-friendly tricks, is this the perfect snapper for photography noobs?

Slick as a Parrot

It’s neat, affordable and capable of superb 4K footage… but is the Anafigood enough to take on DJI’s squadron of airborne sharp-shooters?

Budget in-ears

Happy to settle for some bargain buds rather than forking out to join the wireless revolution? Then this trio will be music to your ears, offering sonic quality for peanuts…

Wonder walls

Is it viva ViewSonic, or will BenQ’s brother from another mother win this face-off between two strikingly similar 4K projectors?

Raising the bra

Can this body-hugging fitness wearable’s sensors unlock your pro-footballer potential?

Come Dyn with me

There’s a new supersonic multiroom family on the block: Verity Burns kits out her home to see if Dynaudio Music can knock noisy neighbour Sonos off its perch

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Mario Tennis Aces

The furry-lipped plumber serves up another multiplayer gem for the Nintendo Switch, livened up by some radical new trick shots. Anyone for time-bending, racket-pulverising tennis?

Jurassic World Evolution

Think the original Jurassic parkies did a terrible job of building a dinosaur wonderland? Then this is your chance to show them how it’s done…

The Crew 2

Marvel at America in miniature… but with no competitive multiplayer mode, things quickly get formulaic in this sandbox racer sequel

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Activating ‘Natural Tone’ in settings will adjust the

SHOULD I UPGRADE?

Remember that kid in school who was never top of the

PLAYLIST BEST FREE TABLET GAMES

There’s no need to spend big to get thumb-flexing quality on the go: here’s our pick of the tablet titles you can download for nowt

YOUR STREAMING ESSENTIALS

It’s the month of the comeback kings as Thor finally delivers a fun flick, Premier League drama returns and the creator of The Simpsons goes full-on fantasy

THE BIG QUESTION

Own a ton of £50 games that you haven’t quite got round

HOW TO BUY

Is your telly too old to host all your favourite video

5-MINUTE HACKS

There’s no need to hit pause on your gaming when you’ve

BOARD GAMES WITH ALEXA

Not quite. How would Amazon’s disembodied cylindrical