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Foldable phones may grab the headlines, butdon’t ignore the tablets

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Pixar, Apple and Nvidia team up to standardise 3D content formats • James O’Malley interviews the CTO of Pixar to discover what the alliance means to the showmakers – and why Meta is missing

Developers fight Google’s “DRM for the web” • While Google says it merely wants to make the web a safer place with a suggested new standard, rights advocates have taken a very different view

A question of timing

Giving the game a way: why Meta is offering its AI for free • While Apple, Google and Microsoft are all guarding their AI investments, Meta has broken the mould by open-sourcing its model. What gives? asks

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

Portraitor landscape:which way do you lean? • Why is that Dick, like many others, prefers landscape photos to portraits? History, physiology and sheer personal preference all play their part

The way to fight AI is simple–be more weird • AI isn’t very good at being human, and if we follow the current trend of insular behaviour then we won’t be, either

When it comes to online learning, I’ve got the Twitch • It may have gained fame as a games-streaming service, but scroll past those Minecraft feeds and Twitch is a great way to learn new skills

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

Readers’ poll • To tie in with our feature on switching from Spotify (see p40), we asked: which music-streaming service do you use? Here’s how the 242 votes broke down on Twitter (sorry, X).

THE POWER BROWSERS • Look beyond the mainstream options and you’ll find web browsers that offer many more features. Barry Collins examines three great alternatives

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CLOUD COMPUTING: DRIVING F1 FORWARD? • Amazon’s cloud computing resources helped F1 overhaul the design of the cars in 2022. Barry Collins examines whether it really made the sport a better spectacle

Behind the scenes at Silverstone

BUILD YOUR OWN SPOTIFY FOR FREE • NIK RAWLINSON EXPLAINS HOW TO BREAK FREE FROM SPOTIFY’S MONTHLY BILLS BY RUNNING YOUR OWN FREE MUSIC SERVER THAT WORKS WITH ALEXA

First steps in Visual Studio • Code like the pros do – for free. Darien Graham-Smith explains how to get started in the industry-standard IDE in the first of our two-part guide

Asus Vivobook Pro16X • Bulky and expensive, but a great buy if you need a mobile powerhouse for gaming or creative tasks

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What our awards mean

Alienware Aurora R16 • Delivers great gaming performance at a whisper thanks to its powerful components and enhanced cooling

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9tablets • The Tab S9 family sets a new standard for Android tablets, with good reasons to abandon iPads

Galaxy Tab S9+ • The awkward middle child, but if you’re happy with a 12.4in screen then buy it

Galaxy Tab S9 • Expensive compared to the OnePlus Pad, but it’s packed with quality

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

Lenovo Tab Extreme • The vivid 14.5in 3K OLED panel is the undoubted star, but Lenovo can’t match Samsung’s tablets for speed

Logitech Zone Vibe Wireless for Business • Light, wireless headphones that deliver the audio goods for a modern day’s work

Audio-Technica AT2020USB-XP • Not the most versatile mic, but it captures great sound and...