We know what you’re thinking: didn’t streaming kill the radio (star)? Far from it: rather than going extinct, they’ve evolved. Perhaps the closest you could get to the Platonic ideal of a digital radio, this is the fourth-generation of the Ruark R1,

Because Mrs Guru is now working from home, GaGu’s mind is being forcibly turned once again to renovations. There’s a whole trickle-down list of jobs to be done, the first of which was for Guru to board the loft. Given the ample insulation of Guru Tow

Plenty of true wireless buds have tried to compete with (or rip off) Apple AirPods, and quite a few are close competitors to AirPods Pro. Galaxy Buds Live from Samsung are the first buds we can think of that attempt to do both at once, however. What’

This year has seen quite a few brands launch their first 48-inch OLED sets. But there’s more to this TV than just being available in a smaller size: the Philips OLED+935 has piled on the features until it covers all realistic audio/visual bases – and

Thirty years on, the reboot of Unsolved Mysteries is a bit less supernatural nonsense and a bit more grisly murder, but it’s well worth a watch if you’re hunting around on Netflix. With Idles, imagine John Spencer Blues Explosion went to war with the

So far we have had Bose’s music-focused buds that sound stunning, have great noise cancelling but are somewhat bulbous. Then we’ve looked at Samsung’s compact buds, which are great to wear and offer pretty good sound for their size and shape. This of

With the latest Amazon Echo, we have the biggest design change in the six years since the Alexa smart speaker first appeared on the scene: cylinders are out, spheres are in. We’re going to be honest: we preferred the old cylindrical design for the Ec

What a year it’s been! The big winners of 2020 in the tech world have been Amazon and, in fact, anyone with a functioning online shop. With an honorary mention going to Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, whose respective consoles must have made them a min

£219.99, jabra.co.uk WE’RE IMPRESSED Great fit, compact size, really impressive audio and a mix of active noise cancelling and noise isolation that is like an off switch for the world. Jabra also has an excellent track record for rolling out improvem

There’s something special about instant cameras. No composing the perfect photo, no firing up Photoshop and smoothing out the wrinkles, just a true snapshot of life that you can share immediately. The Polaroid Now gives you that through its automatic

Given we’re facing a fairly locked down festive period, we could all do with a taste of the Caribbean right now. Fortunately, Bacardi has you covered, bringing you that bashment spirit, whether you’re more interested in spinning records or spinning l

• £TBC, lg.com There’s a long, long list of things that makes for great true wireless ear buds, and in creating the Tone Free FN7s LG is determined that it has ticked absolutely every box. Fit? Covered, with innovative new ear tips offering solid pas

For a first step on the smart streaming ladder, you could do a lot worse than going Roku. This is highly affordable, manages a solid 4K HDR picture and, critically, is unbiased. While Roku now offers its own programming, the voice search on its remot

While it’s not the cheapest charger out there, this is pretty much perfect for juicing up your true wireless buds. Not only does it offer 5W Qi charging, it also has a 5,000mAh in-built battery, making it the ideal last resort when even your case is

If you’re picking up a next-gen console, you need a next-gen TV to go with it. The Q90T gives you an ultra-low 11ms input lag, supports VFR, auto low-latency, HDMI 2.1 – everything the PS5 and Xbox Series X demand to look their best. It’s super-brigh

From £5.99/month, netflix.com Those not quite ready to move on from Halloween or in need of a dark counterweight to all those joyous offerings should enjoy hunkering down to this Japanese dark drama. Mother is about a boy whose dangerously codependen

Rugged, waterproof, and plenty clever, the Pawfit 2 allows you to track your dog’s movements both to see how healthy they are and to work out just where they’ve run off to now. If they do get lost, program in a voice message for anyone that might fin

From £5.99/month, disneyplus.com At this point, we don’t know much about what will happen in the second season of the popular Star Wars show. What we do know is that it’ll pick up where it left off, with the Mandalorian now tasked with reuniting the

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Fitness trackers and running watches are most usually worn on the wrist and therefore provide information based on how one side of the body moves. This information is analysed and extrapolated by the algorithms in the watch to ‘guess’ how the rest of

The chunky Instinct Solar is both a practical and useful multi-sports watch made for the outdoors, and one of the best monochrome smart watches you can get because of its outrageous battery life. Garmin’s innovative Power Glass trickle-charges the ba