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Robots are coming, but we won’t be hurt in the process

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Right to repair? Phone makers don’t care • Widespread flouting of right to repair regulations exposed

Let the two-phone era begin • New iOS feature makes phones swappable

Acer chief’s green goals Jason Chen, Acer CEO • We caught up with the laptop maker’s chairman and CEO at IFA 2026 to see what drives him

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

One deepfake too many • While the West engages in an AI arms race to make money for its private institutions, China is using the technology to upturn the world’s economy

Scams work when it’s personal – and you’re desperate • And guess who’s desperate? Authors with books to sell, that’s who, and it just so happens that desperate author is me

Software needs a hosepipe ban • Everyday software is hugely wasteful when it comes to sparse memory. It’s time for developers to realise that the days of endless RAM are over

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

Readers’ poll • To tie in with our feature on making your screen time more purposeful (see p48), we asked our readers on Facebook and Discord: how much time do you spend on screens?

BUILD YOUR OWN STEAM MACHINE • The hit gaming cube has a long waiting list, but if you want the Steam Machine magic you don’t have to wait, writes Barry Collins

VALVE STEAM MACHINE • PRICE 2TB, with controller, £1,208 inc VAT from store.steampowered.com

PCSPECIALIST TOPAZ NANO DUAL-BOOTING WINDOWS AND BAZZITE • PRICE £1,099 inc VAT from pcspecialist.co.uk/reviews

HOW TO INSTALL BAZZITE

CYBERPOWERPC MNML XT NEXT DAY PC SY3131 WITH STEAMOS • PRICE £1,149 inc VAT from cyberpowersystem.co.uk

STEAM MACHINE OR BUILD YOUR OWN?

HOW TO INSTALL STEAMOS

RISE OF THE HUMANOID ROBOTS • Robots now run faster than Usain Bolt yet struggle to fold a towel. So how close are we to humanoid robots everywhere? Tim Danton aims to find out

Bag a software bargain • Don’t pay full price for software when we can offer you huge reductions on genuine products

BEST OF IFA 2026 • We trawled the halls of Messe Berlin to pick out the best products, along with a few technological oddities that tickled our fancy

NOT ALL SCREEN TIME IS EQUAL • Do you need to put down your phone, or just switch to healthier apps? Nik Rawlinson finds out whether screen time can be healthy

Acer Swift Air 14 (2026) • Look out Dell XPS 13 and MacBook Neo, Acer is determined to keep its budget laptop crown with this all-metal triumph

Asus Zenbook 14 (2026) • A fine advert for Snapdragon chips, but there’s no obvious reason to buy it over last year’s Zenbook A14

How we test

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen7 • Ease of maintenance is the fresh appeal of Lenovo’s slimline business laptop, but it’s the firm foundations that count

Lenovo Yoga Mini i Gen11 (Intel) • Literally outshines the Mac mini, with a sleek, silent and smart design that will enhance any desk

Asus ROG Strix GS-BE7200 • It looks ridiculous, but this gaming-oriented router is fast and flexible enough for any home network

Dell Pro 7 Webcam 4K • Easy setup, great mics and clever auto adjust settings, but colours are average

Insta360 Link 2C Pro • No gimbal, but this 4K camera provides effective tracking...