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The origin of the computer species

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Space Jam: hackers attack live satellite • Competition tasks hackers with compromising satellite in Low Earth Orbit

A clearer vision • Apple’s SDK lets slip further details on its Vision Pro philosophy

How Reddit relations soured

App-ocalypse now • As Twitter and Reddit price out third-party apps, James O’Malley investigates our precarious relationship with big tech

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

Forget Britannia: waves simply rule, okay? • New observations suggest a low-level background hum of gravitational waves across the universe, which wouldn’t have surprised Alan Turing

Broadband shouldn’t be this hard • Internet access has become a crucial part of daily life, so why does getting connections fixed require a level of knowledge far beyond most people?

An app-solute security scandal • Never mind the politics, the Covid inquiry has exposed shocking flaws in government IT security

Star letter

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

Readers’ poll • With Google the latest company to produce a foldable phone, we asked our followers on Facebook and Twitter what they would be buying next.

GAME OVER FOR GAMING PCs? • If you’re looking for the ultimate gaming experience, does it still make sense to invest heavily in hardware? We look at the alternatives

Cloud gaming

Consoles

Non-gaming laptops

Chromebooks

Mini PCs

Gaming PCs

Gaming laptops

GREEN PCs MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? • The world’s biggest PC maker says it can achieve net-zero by 2050. Barry Collins visits Lenovo’s US headquarters to get his hands on plant-based PCs, bamboo packaging and vegan leather covers

SERVERS THAT HEAT A SWIMMING POOL

Ditch the filing cabinet • It’s not just big businesses that have to manage paperwork – NikRaw linson finds it’s easy to digitise and manage documents in all sizes of company (and households)

Capturing text from screen

Think of the future

Document management

Welcome to the Fediverse • Have commercial social networks had their day? Darien Graham-Smith looks at the free, community-run apps that could usurp Twitter, Reddit and the Meta empire

Mastodon isn’t Twitter • Mastodon looks very similar to Twitter, but it’s not identical. Some differences arise from its federated design; others are intended to prevent abusive behaviours. If you’re considering making the switch, here are some key points you need to know.

Google Pixel Fold • The Pixel Fold delivers with a thin and durable design, a wide front display, smart software and great cameras

How we test

What our awards mean

Google Pixel Tablet • A great tablet to have around the house thanks to its speaker dock, but it’s no laptop replacement

Bag a software bargain • Don’t pay full price for software when we can offer you huge reductions on everything from security software to Windows 11 Pro

Amazon Fire Max 11 • With its 2K screen and sleek design, this is Amazon’s best tablet yet – but FireOS remains a hindrance

Panasonic Toughbook 40 • The toughest Toughbook yet is the obvious choice if you need a laptop that will survive in the harshest environments

Getac X600 • A powerful alternative to the Panasonic Toughbook 40, with the bonus of optional Nvidia graphics

Dell Latitude 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablet • You’ll need to buy spare batteries, but this is a speedy,...