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The UK’s biggest selling PC monthly magazine, and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. Combining in–depth industry comment and analysis with rigorous product testing.

Relying on the cloud puts cyber criminals in charge

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UK consumers set to foot bill for Huawei ban • 5G networks and fibre rollout affected by government U-turn

EU data-sharing nightmare looms

Thein-house security experts

Silicon Valley’s scandalhunters • Are tech firms hiring teams to aggressively snuff out any internal or external criticism?

The A-List • The best productson the market, as picked by our editors

Moore’s law has more lives than a very lucky cat • 11 years after declaring Moore’s law dead, Dick explains why he really, truly means it this time

Finally, innovation in ordering down the pub • The appification of pubs has some benefits, but it isn’t enough to slap a logo onto a white-label app and hope for a pint of Best

Apple’s about to strong-ARM us into the App Store • The move to Apple silicon isn’t all about control over hardware – Apple wants control of our software too

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Readers’comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Readers’ poll • We asked readers what they thought about the news that Chinese tech giant Huawei is no longer going to be part of the UK’s 5G infrastructure. The results were fascinating, with those supporting the move winning a slim majority…

SECRETS OF A PC REPAIR MAN • Lee Grant repairs and upgrades PCs for a living. Here he reveals the secrets of the repair shop – 67 in total – to help you eke more out of your current system

UPGRADING LAPTOPS

YOUR RIGHTS WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

BULLETPROOF YOUR BROADBAND • Want to make sure your broadband is as fast and robust as possible in this new homeworking era? Barry Collins shows you how

JON HONEYBALL’S BUSINESS-CLASS BROADBAND

Best NEW skills in Alexa • Amazon’s smart speaker keeps getting smarter. NikRawlinson explores the latest tricks to be added to the Echo

Fix a sluggish or unresponsive Echo device

MAKE LINUX LOOKLIKE WINDOWS7 • MISSING YOUR OLD DESKTOP? NIK RAWLINSON FINDS OUT HOW TO CONFIGURE UBUNTU LINUX TO LOOK AND WORK LIKE WINDOWS 7

Eizo Foris Nova • Only for people with deep pockets, this is the first screen we’ve tested that makes a statement on a desk

Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR XB (Intel tenth generation) • A powerful laptop built for both work and play, with highly effective cooling on tap if you need it

Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550LXS • Terrifyingly expensive, but Asus’twin-screened gaming machine is a force to be reckoned with

Acer Nitro 5 AN517-51 • Great gaming performance for the money, and with a 120Hz screen to boot, but the Nitro 5 has a catch

How we test

LG Gram 14(2020) • This 999g 14in laptop lacks speed but compensates with an attractive screen and plenty of ports

BT Mini Whole Home Wi-Fi • You shouldn’t expect top performance, but this dinky mesh system eradicates notspots for a great price

Sony Xperia 1 II • Finally, a Sony flagship that's worth buying, with at reat for all video graphers, but the price is as tall as the handset

Huawei P40 Pro+ • A luxurious phone with extra ordinary cameras, but we can’t ignore the price and lack of Google services

How to claim your bonus software

Your bonus software • We scour the globe to negotiate the best software deals for our readers, from extended licences to full programs you don’t need to pay a penny for. Here’s this month’s line up

Moto G 5GPlus • An outrageously good phone for the money, ands upport for 5G only adds to its...