Tech Advisor

Every issue of Tech Advisor is packed with the latest news, reviews and features plus comprehensive and impartial buying advice as well as easy-to-understand tutorials and workshops to help you to get the most from your PC. Whether you want to buy the best value equipment or make the most out of equipment you already own, Tech Advisor delivers expert advice you can trust.

Trump reduces US tariffs on PCs, components and smartphones • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the pause is only temporary, and Trump says that tariffs still apply. MARK HACHMAN reports

Samsung may have just fixed a major foldable problem… for Apple • iPhone foldable is a go. JON MUNDY reports

Calling all Android 12 users! You need to upgrade now • Android 12 no longer supported. JON MUNDY reports

Gemini can now scour your photos for that one special shot • ‘Find all the food photos from my last trip’. JON MUNDY reports

Meta smart glasses could follow Meta Quest’s lead in this key area • Android base with wristband control. JON MUNDY reports

Microsoft turns 50! Here are its 25 most important products and milestones • Oue retrospective looks back at the events that shaped Microsoft’s history, as told by PCWorld and others. MARK HACHMAN reports

Apple iPhone 16e • Price when reviewed: £599

Nothing Phone (3a) Pro • Price when reviewed: £449

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design • Price when reviewed: €3,499 (£tbc)

Apple iPad (11th gen) • Price when reviewed: £329

Xiaomi Watch S4 • Price when reviewed: £129

Best budget tablets • Your best options right now. ANYRON COPEMAN reports

Is your smartphone secretly listening to you? Here’s how to find out • Your phone might be listening to you, but it probably doesn’t need to anyway. SAM SINGLETON reports