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The UK’s biggest selling PC monthly magazine, and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. Combining in–depth industry comment and analysis with rigorous product testing.

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Let them eat Pi! • Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton reveals to PC Pro how the company came through component shortages

Rivals map out a way to topple Google • Microsoft, Amazon and others plot a joint mapping venture to challenge Google Maps’ dominance

iPhone: what happens when the cuffs come off? • The EU is preparing to set the iPhone free. James O’Malley investigates what it will mean for Apple and iPhone owners

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

Empiricism strikes back: a feeling for triangles • Dick puts emotion and imagination (in their truest form) at the heart of his anti-empiricist argument

ChatGPT has teachers and writers worried • But not this one. We simply need to be better than machines, and that means avoiding regurgitation

Features that I’d give my right arm for • Today’s accessibility features can help you work through a nasty injury, but there’s still plenty of room for improvement

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

Readers’ poll • How many podcasts do you listen to each week?

9 THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM CES 2023 • We reveal not only the hottest new products at CES, but also what the show tells us about the shape of technology for the rest of this year

BEST OF THE REST • We’ve covered the major themes of CES, but not all of our favourite products fell into those categories. Here are our picks from the show

Build your own firewall in 30 minutes • Worried about intruders and hack attacks? Nik Rawlinson shows how to take charge of your network security with the free pfSense firewall

CPU architectures what’s the difference and why it matters • Apple, AMD and Intel all take significantly different approaches to building CPUs. Darien Graham-Smith takes a closer look at today’s varied processor designs

Gone but not forgotten

RedMagic 8 Pro • Bags of power, gaming enhancements and battery life, but camera and software weaknesses dampen its appeal

How we test

What our awards mean

Apple MacBook Pro 16in (2023) • Not a game changer, but an incredibly powerful workstation laptop with an industry-leading screen and battery life

Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i Gen 7 • Slim, ostentatious and extremely fast, the Slim 9i is a fine choice for those who need to cut a dash

Acer Swift Edge SFA16-41 • An ultra-thin and ultra-light laptop equipped with speedy components and a gorgeous display

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti • Raw performance is on a par with the RTX 3090 despite its lower power demands, but the price needs to drop

Linksys Hydra Pro 6E • Strong hardware specs sadly don’t translate to real-world performance, on either Wi-Fi 6 or 6E

Netgear Orbi RBK863S • A decent Wi-Fi 6 mesh, but the only thing that’s exceptional about this Orbi system is the price

Intel NUC 11 Essential • A well-built barebones PC in either of its incarnations, and low power draw makes it ideal for always-on roles

Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 • A big improvement on its predecessor with support for HDR, even if video quality isn’t a highlight

Kensington W1050 1080p Fixed Focus Wide Angle Webcam • With unexceptional 1080p video, this basic webcam struggles to stand out against budget opposition

Logitech Brio 505 • A high-quality 1080p webcam that’s easy for IT staff to manage and even easier for users to master

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