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Patience is a virtue that we will all need to embrace in 2022

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Apple self-repair needs fixing, says expert • Right-to-repair activist claims Apple falls well short of the mark

Stuck in traffic? Watch Taxi Driver • Government lets drivers watch video at the wheel

The next terror threat?

Attack of the drones • Consumer drones are transforming the battlefield as war moves into a new technological era, discovers James O’Malley

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

Time to upgrade to fancy ANSI • Wordle inspires Dick to reinvent his 1980s ASCII toolkit for the 2020s, but this time he doubles down with ANSI

Am I staring at my phone too much? • Articles make us feel guilty about our relationships with our phones, but five hours or more of screen time makes perfect sense for me

The price isn’t right (unless you own the network) • There’s only one winner when it comes to the consolidation of the broadband and mobile market, and it sure as heck isn’t the consumer

Star letter

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

Readers’ poll • To tie in with our smart speakers Labs, we asked: what do you use your smart speakers for?

WINDOWS 11 FIXES Make PCs great again • It’s been a year since Windows 11 was announced, but many bugs remain. We show you how to fix them and give a JonHoneyball progress report

Windows 11 is 1 Happy birthday? • JonHoneyball delivers his damning verdict on Windows now that it’s reached the grand old age of one

TECH REPAIRS: WHO CAN YOU TRUST? • If you need a computer or phone fixed, how do you know if the repairer is up to the job? As Lee Grant explains, it’s not easy

HOW TO TELL THE PROS FROM THE CRANKS

RUN YOUR OWN HOME SERVER • Fancy centralising yours to rage for free? NikRawlinson explain show to turn an old PC into a fully functional Linux server

What else can I do?

VPN SECRETS HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE • It’s time to take charge of your online privacy. Darien Graham-Smith explores the benefits and risks of VPN services

Run your own VPN

Huawei MateStation X • X hits the spot with this brilliant all-in-one PC, which is also superb value for money

How we test

What our awards mean

Box Cube Mythic • If you want an RTX 3060 and have around £1,000 to spend, this well-balanced PC is an obvious choice

Full Windows 11 licence • Want to upgrade to Windows 11 but don’t want to pay full price for the OS? Take advantage of our reader offer and you can save up to 64%

Acer Travel mate Vero • Yet another move in the right direction for green computing, even if the screen disappoints

Asus Zenbook Pro14 Duo OLED (UX8402) • The best dual-screen laptop if you have a compelling need for that second display, buy it

Asus TUF Gaming F15 (2022) • A high-quality and powerful gaming laptop that sacrifices style and slenderness in the name of value

Razer Blade 15 (2022) • A high price and poor battery life, but if you want staggering gaming power in a sleek chassis, buy it

Asus Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition (UX5401) • We love the thought and detail behind this laptop, even if it’s hard to justify the price

D-Link Eagle Pro AIR15 • It’s not the fastest or most feature-packed router, but for many homes there’s no reason to spend more

Logitech Lift Vertical Ergonomic Mouse • An affordable and effective ergonomic mouse that unusually comes with a left-handed option

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