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The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required

Want to prolong the life of your TV? A wireless TV box could be the answer. Our expert put top devices – from Freely streamers to Sky and Amazon Fire – through their paces• Do you really need a new TV? Simple ways to upgrade your current setupTV is changing – and so is the […]

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Don’t wait for Prime Day. We found the 31 best early deals from Amazon and its competitors

Love or hate Amazon, its 23-26 June Prime Day event is a good time to snag discounts on tech, fashion and more, including much-loved brands such as Anyday and CarawaySign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsYou don’t have the wait until after Turkey Day: early summer is

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Don’t wait for Prime Day. We found the 31 best early deals from Amazon and its competitors

Love or hate Amazon, its 23-26 June Prime Day event is a good time to snag discounts on tech, fashion and more, including much-loved brands such as Anyday and CarawaySign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsYou don’t have the wait until after Turkey Day: early summer is

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Office workers of the world unite: it’s time to revive the three-martini lunch | Andrea Javor

The three-martini lunch allowed us to mix business and pleasure, a phenomenon that is missing during the AI boomAs a 46-year-old executive who now has both people and AI agents reporting to me on the org chart, I think corporate America needs to revive a much-mocked relic of mid-century American business life: the three-martini lunch.In

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The best power banks and battery packs in the UK for reliable charging on the go, tested

Forever running out of juice? Top up your battery-powered devices with our expert picks, from tiny smartphone chargers to super speedy models• The best iPhones: which Apple smartphone is right for youIt’s disempowering when your smartphone, laptop or other important gadget runs out of battery. With the flash of a graphic or a plaintive bleep,

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13 Father’s Day gadget gifts your dad won’t stop talking about, based on raves from real dads

Skip the token tie and get him a gift he’ll still be telling people about years from nowThe very best Father’s Day deals and gifts for dads, grandfathers, and dads to beSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsSocks, underwear, ties, another personalized mug. Dads and grandpas of

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Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsThis week’s question: Is ‘ripen at home’ fruit the supermarkets’ idea of a joke?I’ve been struggling to get my head around the idea that a passkey, which can be a pin on

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‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion

Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting backWhat are you into? What floats your boat? What music, films, clothes, art, books – anything, really – do you actually like? Do you find these questions more difficult to

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Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait! | Emma Beddington

Imagine a world with more birdsong and less Nigel Farage. If this is the future, bring it onUnpopular opinion incoming: there’s cool stuff brewing in the world. Microbots might one day mend spinal cords, a petri dish of brain cells can already play video games, and now the prospect of a new wonder: according to

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