Computeractive

Computeractive is the UK’s best-selling computer magazine and your friendly guide to PCs, gadgets and the web! It includes regular news updates, project ideas, help and advice on popular reader queries, articles on anti-virus software, features on consumer rights, and a whole lot more to help you get the very best out of your computer. Get PC advice in plain English today – get Computeractive!

Computeractive

From the Editor

Superb new tools arrive in latest Chrome and Edge

Zoom star Jackie Weaver: our meetings must stay online

Watch planetary change using Google Earth’s Timelapse

IN BRIEF

TOMORROW’S WORLD

IN BRIEF

THE WORLD’S GONE MAD!

Windows 10 getting bigger panel of ‘power tools’

Google and Microsoft to fix YouTube audio

Government to allow taller 5G masts

New Surface Laptop improves sound and vision in video chats

IN BRIEF

When will your device stop getting security updates? • You’ll soon know upfront how long it’ll stay safe for

Protect your tech • Scams and threats to avoid, plus new security tools

New tools

ScamWatch • Readers warn readers

Letters • Tell us what’s on your mind

Do you mean computer, laptop or PC?

People in power ‘don’t care’ about lonely millions not online

Consumeractive • We stand up for your legal rights

Currys refunds reader after trying to pass the buck

PayPal refunded me after I sent evidence

Grow Your FamilyTree • As Nick Peers explains, one of the best ways to track down obscure details about ancestors is to…

Your Genealogy Problems Solved

Best Free Software • Will Stapley recommends new programs that won’t cost you anything

WHAT SHOULD I DOWNLOAD? • We tell you what software & apps to use

GlassWire • Will Stapley explains how nothing uses his internet connection without him knowing about it

Named & Shamed • Jonathan Parkyn puts the boot into tech villains, jargon-spouting companies and software stuffed with junk

WHATARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?

Fowlers estate agent

Honor MagicBook Pro (Intel) • Another portion of chips

LG Gram 17 • Lighten your load

Razer Book 13 • Playing a different game

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro • All bright in the night

IP rating

Motorola Moto G10 • Stuck in first gear

WHAT SHOULD I BUY? • We solve your buying dilemmas

Huawei FreeBuds 4i • Unwired for sound

GarminVenu Sq • Watch your health

Sonos Roam • Move to the music

AQD-OLED screen?

NEXT ISSUE

Buy It • Our pick of products that have won the Buy It award

Win a Freesat Recordable 4K TV Box (500GB)

Computeractive 2020 Back Issue CD

HOW TO… How to track anything using GPS

How I use location tracking

Stop the next Windows update ruining your PC

Turn your photos into mosaics

Readers’ Tips

Phone and Tablet Tips • Brilliant things to do on your device

What you should install this fortnight

Graph paper

Make Windows Better • Expert tips for every version

Make Office Better • Top tips for MS Office & LibreOffice

Use YouTube videos in Google Slides presentations

Boiling liquid • Microsoft is keeping things cool in groundbreaking new ways

Master Your TV STICKS • You can do so much more with your streaming stick than just watch TV and films. Robert Irvine reveals how to unlock secret features and beat restrictions on your Amazon, Google and Roku devices

HACK YOUR AMAZON FIRE TV STICK

5 essential free apps for your Fire TV...