Computeractive

Computeractive is the UK’s best-selling computer magazine and your friendly guide to PCs, gadgets and the web! It includes regular news updates, project ideas, help and advice on popular reader queries, articles on anti-virus software, features on consumer rights, and a whole lot more to help you get the very best out of your computer. Get PC advice in plain English today – get Computeractive!

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From the Editor

Linux-style top menu bar could come to Windows

Netflix to be axed from old BT TV boxes

New Freely TV box £50 cheaper than Netgem’s Pleio

Google leaks new Chrome-meets-Android operating system 2

IN BRIEF

YouTube: ‘content unavailable’ if you have an ad-blocker

BT moves out-of-contract customers to fixed price rises

Ring doorbells now tell you if footage is AI

EBay bans ‘shop bots’ that make automatic purchases

Will you have to pay for Facebook & WhatsApp? • Meta plans ‘premium’ tools for services used by 3.5bn people

Protect your tech • Scams and threats to avoid, plus new security tools

Letters • Tell us what’s on your mind

Openreach moves overhead line from reader’s roof

Consumeractive • We stand up for your legal rights

Mitchell & Brown returned faulty TV within days

Grow Your Family Tree • New records give details of how women served in the final years of World War 1. Follow Richard Holt’s advice to…

Best Free Software • Robert Irvine recommends new programs that won’t cost you a thing

SHOULD I PAY FOR…? • Choose the right version of software

What should I download? • We advise you which software and apps to use

Named & Shamed • Keumars Afifi-Sabet puts the boot into tech villains, jargon-spouting companies and software trying to trick you

GMKtec NucBox M5 Ultra

Motorola Moto G06 Power • Talk is cheap

HOW WE TEST

Asus Zenbook Duo UX8407 • Seeing double

Acer Chromebook Plus 516 • Sweet sixteen

Efficiency cores

eufyCam S4 • Solar system

What’s the best mini PC for running emulators?

Final ZE300 • Listen up

Polar Loop • Face off

BenQ ScreenBar Halo 2 • Bright idea

Headphonespeakers?

Buy It • Our pick of products that have won the Buy It award

Win 1 of 3 Bowfell Halo 5.1 Atmos soundbar systems

HOW TO… Replace Microsoft Lens before it disappears

Ditch Google Photos for a more private alternative

Readers’ Tips

Browser Tips • Secret settings and the best extensions

AI Tips • Clever new tools and tweaks

Phone and Tablet Tips

Make Windows Better

Make Office Better • Top tips for the best office programs

In The Club • Run a club or society? Here’s how your tech can make it easier

Vertical videos • TV-streaming services are keen on them, but not in the way you might think

STOP AI SPYING ON YOU • AI tools are endlessly useful but they also collect and analyse your personal information. Robert Irvine reveals every setting you must change to stay private

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Find Your CAR AND KEYS • Fed up with losing your keys or forgetting where you parked the car? Jonathan Parkyn explains how new tools and devices can help you track them both down

8 devices we’ll never buy again • Some purchases just aren’t what they used to be. Four Computeractive writers reveal the gadgets they’ll shun in future and the replacements they’ve chosen instead

Problems Solved • Our experts solve all your tech problems

Reader Support • Having a problem with our recommended software or expert tips? Email...