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Intel faces down the deepfakes • Blood-flow breakthrough could scupper the AI-generated frauds

Could Mastodon’s elephant trample Twitter? • The service has been the big winner from Musk’s Twitter takeover

Lessons poorly learned

Tech’s job cuts: a necessary cull? • James O’Malley investigates why massive job cuts are suddenly sweeping across the tech industry

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

Magic is in the air – but it’s the wrong sort of magic • Thanks to modern-day magical thinking people are once again beginning to dream of teleportation, but that’s not going to work in our macro-world

Stop worshipping CEOs: tech is a team sport • Tech leaders are showing themselves for who they really are, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise

Ofcom is picking up the bill, and that’s not fair • With the regulator being handed a mission impossible by government, Barry finds himself feeling sympathy for a body he so regularly bashes

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TOP TECH SAVINGS 2023 • SHED £££s FROM YOUR TECH BILLS THIS NEW YEAR

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REDUCING IT COSTS FOR SMEs • JON HONEYBALL CASTS HIS EYE OVER THE NIGGLING COSTS THAT CAN ADD UP IN A BUSINESS, THEN EXPLAINS HOW TO REDUCE THEM

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CLOUD STORAGE

THE INTERNET AT THE END OF THE EARTH • How do you transmit high-resolution images of exoplanets when your internet connection is only 80Kbits/sec? James O’Malley meets an astronomer in Antarctica to find out

THE SEARCH FOR EXOPLANETS

3D PRINTING comes of age • Whatever happened to the 3D-printing revolution? Nik Rawlinson takes a fresh look at a maligned technology – and finds that the hardware has come a long way

The top ten programming languages

Top 10 programming languages • Interested in learning a new language? Or just curious about the current hot technologies? Darien Graham-Smith explores the language leaderboard

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Object-oriented what now?

Programming vs scripting

Microsoft Surface Studio 2+ • A minor update, especially when you consider the four-year wait, but there’s something charming about this unique easel PC

Cyberpower Ultra 55 Pro • What this back-to-basics gaming PC lacks in flare it regains in its quiet running and compact chassis

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13.5in • A stylish and well-made laptop, but Microsoft is charging too much for the undoubted privilege

A colourful choice • Microsoft offers four colours, each with their own attractions

Microsoft Presenter+ • A tiny if costly presentation aid that offers much for people who live in Teams

Huawei MateBook 14s (2022) • A premium laptop that offers superb performance and excellent battery life, but the webcam robs it of an award

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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Carbon (Gen 7) • A classy laptop that lives up to its Slim moniker, and it should be fast enough to meet most people’s needs

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X • A sleek choice for creatives, but more power is available elsewhere if you don’t need its portability

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX • The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX buries any discernible reason for gamers to buy an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

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