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The DiamondClean 9000 is a simple, attractively designed electric toothbrush, with a matt handle and shiny brush head. The brushing modes, intensity level and battery monitor are all illuminated in white. The version I tested was black,…

The Galaxy Buds Live look like beans. Now that’s out of the way, let’s get on with reviewing the damn things. Samsung’s latest true wireless buds may have an unorthodox design, but don’t write them off just because of that. With wireless…

DJI’s Osmo Mobile gimbals have long been the best choice for anyone wanting a phone stabiliser. Partly that’s because the hardware has been excellent, but also because of the software. Many of its rivals simply can’t compete with DJI’s…

The Huawei Sound X is an upmarket Bluetooth wireless speaker, co-engineering with French Hi-Fi diva Devialet. The wireless speaker market is riding the crest of a wave (WAV?) at the moment, albeit one that’s being driven primarily by smart…

With the new Spin 5, Acer presents a balanced convertible that performs its tasks very well. You can almost feel, how the manufacturer has optimized the series over time.A point of complaint is the slow card reader, which also only accepts…

The Fresko V8 is a multifunctional vacuum-sealer. It’s available now on Kickstarter for the early bird price of $49 (approximately £37). The V8 can vacuum-seal food to keep it fresher for longer. As well as using the sealed bags to extend…

The star of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 is indubitably its Ryzen 7 4800U APU. Aside from a few neck-to-neck single-threaded tests, there is no benchmark or game where the new AMD processor doesn't come out on top over the best that the Intel…

Earlier this year BT updated its TV offering, most notably adding Sky channels and bunding literally everything it offers into one mighty VIP package. Being able to watch Sky channels on your BT TV box without having to stick a satellite…

HP ProBook 450 G7 8WC04UTNVIDIA GeForce MX250, i7-10510U 1032 Points ∼100% +174%Lenovo Ideapad C340-15IWL-81N5004QGENVIDIA GeForce MX230, i5-8265U 837 Points ∼81% +123%Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen2-20T7S00W00AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000), R5…

The system drive is a SATA SSD (M.2 2280) from Samsung that provides 500 GB of storage space. Moreover, the transfer rates of the SSD are alright. The SATA standard allows maximum transfer speeds of 600 MB/s. This means that the SSD…