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What will 2021 bring? • Easy answer? More cracking new tech.

DOWNLOADS • Full-version commercial software exclusively for TechLife readers.

Google Pixel 5 • A streamlined 5G flagship with firepower where it counts.

iPhone 13 once again rumoured to be portless, but not all models

Windows PCs could finally run Android apps soon

Windows 10 update might be borrowing one of the only good things left in Windows 7

Microsoft may have just leaked more details on its CloudPC service • Microsoft has finally referred to its CloudPC service publicly.

Chrome 87 has hidden ‘Actions’ that make the address bar even more useful • Enable Chrome Actions to power up the omnibox.

Audio-Technica’s new Content Creator Pack lets you record studio-quality audio at home • Kit up with studio headphones, a microphone, and a boom arm.

Twitter will pop up a warning if you try to ‘Like’ shifty tweets

Thousands of Spotify accounts hacked

Microsoft makes copy and paste smarter than ever in Edge

Asus ROG Zephyrus M15 GU502 • Does Intel’s latest mobile tech bring its A game?

Nuclear fusion reactors here by 2025 • Clean energy here we come.

Physics Nobel Prize awarded for black hole discoveries • Interstellar mysteries solved.

Xbox Series X • Microsoft’s console is undeniably fast – but it lacks the wow factor.

Gadget Guru • Our tame tech expert lets us into his shed of knowledge.

PS5 • The PS5 starts strong with fantastic new features and a revolutionary controller.

Bleeding edge: the best of emerging tech • TechLife’s practical monthly roundup of emerging tech experiences with Joel Burgess, including all the latest virtual and augmented reality apps, alongside AI apps and other useful tools.

Tesla bumps up the price of its cheapest electric vehicles • Model 3 Standard Range discontinuation means you need more skin in the EV game.

GameGAN writes games using just visuals • Could AI make game engines a thing of the past?

AI writes Zuckerberg takedown rap • Algorithm disses its daddy in Eminem-style battle.

Best new apps • Hope Corrigan reviews the most interesting new apps for iOS and Android.

SPOOKY SPACE PHENOMENA • TechLife ventures beyond Earth to discover the creepiest celestial objects in the cosmos

Black hole anatomy • How do these objects manipulate light?

SPACE’S GHOSTLY SOUNDTRACK

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity sells three million copies worldwide in just four days

Nintendo Game & Watch latest platform to run Doom

Hades is the god-like winner of Critic’s Choice at the Golden Joystick Awards 2020 • Supergiant Games takes the title with its deadly dungeon crawler.

Phil Spencer teases Xbox TV app plans • “I think you’re going to see that in the next 12 months.”

Steam’s quick support for the PS5 controller embodies what I love about PC gaming • The PC community is always pushing the platform to do more, and do it better.

Football Manager 2021 • THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED SERIES ENTRY IN YEARS.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity • An ace accomplice to Breath of the Wild.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla • A roaring bloodied success with true heart.

Bugsnax • A FANTASTIC BLEND OF BIZARRE AND BRILLIANT.

Mobile games • James Pinnell reviews the latest games for android & iOS smartphones &...