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OUR MONTH • Gothenburg, Bucharest, London, Tom’s pants

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CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARDROBE • Samsung AirDresser

IKEA FREKVENS

?WTF IS APPLE CARKEY?

Winter NAMM • Thank you for the music, the songs we’re singing… and thank you for these gems unveiled at the annual noise-making tech show in California

APPS • This month’s mobile must-downloads

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

WHEN YOU WHIFF UPON A CAR

FIRST PLAY DOOM ETERNAL • PS4, XB1, Switch, Stadia, PC

FIRST LOOK THE ZOMBIES: THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR

BEST OF XBOX SPRING EXCLUSIVES

STREAM • Sinister kill-bots, sinister body-swappers, sinister ghosts, sinister spies… can you detect a theme to this month’s best streaming TV?

START MENU • The latest startups, crowdfunded projects and plain crazy ideas

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Little rad booster • Prepare to add another name to your action-cam shortlist: the Insta360 One R has three secret weapons to improve your fearless shooting

The alternatives: The action cams to beat • For filming outdoor escapades, it’s a two-horse race… or at least, it was until Insta360’s little gadget came galloping around the corner

ASSISTANTS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES • We live in an age where you can update the firmware of a toilet and get praised by your toothbrush… but maybe, just maybe, tech giants and voice butlers are beginning to get the smart home right. So clear some shelf space for the essential connected devices, lights and security tech to turn your pad into a future-proofed fortress.

OK GOOGLE! • Like a butch dominatrix, Google Home will wear the trousers in your house and make sure you get your facts straight

ALEXA! • Discover the voice-controlled essentials to turn your swanky abode into an Amazon-powered Echo chamber

HEY SIRI! • Apple’s approved tech roster is small but mighty, with an emphasis on privacy protection and ease of use

LIGHTS ON! • The sun is already programmed to switch on and off once a day, but you can do more than that with your own lighting

UNLOCK! • Shiny door-securers, biometric burglar-beaters and other smart security tech for paranoid Android or Apple users

TURN ON… • Finally, take a look beyond the usual suspects to tailor that smart home to your own needs

SHADERS OF THE LOST ART • Prepare to be distressed by multiple uses of the American spelling ‘color’… and then de-stressed by this fine selection of colouring apps

UPVOTED ECO SHOES • Around 300 million shoes head to landfill in the UK every year… so Kieran Alger sniffs out chic sneaks that’ll leave a lighter footprint on the planet

JUST KEEP ROLLIN’ • How Toyo Tires is using the power of nano technology to improve your drive

Last achtung hero • The legendary Toyota badge is back, but wait just a second – is this super Supra a German coupé in Japanese clothing?

New Chrome antics • Google wants to redefine what you can do with its desktop OS – and if the Pixelbook Go is as talented as it looks, it could be a cloud-computing contender

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