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Is Apple planning a Mac-themed November event? Despite the initial reluctance from brands to shift to an online-only focus for product launches, it’s safe to say Apple has fully embraced the new digital normal. It held an all-digital WWDC, and digital events in both September and October, all with the incredibly high production values you’d expect from an Apple launch. In fact, the digital livestream has given brands like Apple and Samsung more freedom to host multiple smaller events as there aren’t traditional costs around hiring an event space, getting people in the room and other logistical hurdles....

Kobo Nia review Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The Kobo Nia ditches water resistance and 300ppi screen in order to hit an appealing price. It’s a solid eReader and worthy challenger to the most basic Kindle. Kobo calls the Nia its friendliest eReader yet, by which it presumably means cheapest. The first Kobo I’ve reviewed that costs less than £100/$100, this slots in at the bottom of the company’s range as its nearest rival to the basic Kindle....

Motorola Razr 5G review Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict If you can accept the tradeoffs linked to a folding design, the Razr 5G is a decent effort from Motorola. This phone has bags of style and brings many practical advantages. Folding phones are still finding their way in the world and after a shaky start, Motorola is back with a new version of the Razr. It’s a retro classic reimagined as a modern smartphone with a flexible screen inside....

Nanoleaf’s latest smart light shape is triangles – again Canadian smart lighting company Nanoleaf has been slowly expanding its range of light panel shapes. It started out with triangles, then expanded to squares, and hexagons, and finally it’s… back to triangles. Let’s explain. The Nanoleaf Shapes – Triangles, to give them their proper name, may look similar to the company’s original triangular light panels, but they come with a crucial distinction....

Smeg Espresso Coffee Maker review (ECF01) Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict This manual coffee maker is beautiful, a pleasure to use and produces excellent coffee. It takes more effort than simply pressing a couple of buttons, though, so it’s recommended for people who enjoy the process of making coffee as much as drinking it. Best Prices Today: Smeg ECF01 Espresso Coffee Maker The Smeg espresso coffee maker is gorgeous. All of Smeg’s retro appliances are handsome in a retro-futuristic, ‘50s diner-meets-proto-rocket kind of way, but the coffee machine has a particularly pleasing design....