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PC Pro is the UK’s number one IT monthly magazine and offers readers a healthy variety of tech news updates, tests, reviews, best buys and even bonus software in every issue. The editorial team are experts in their field and they’re dedicated to creating the most authoritative reviews and keeping you up to speed on the latest technology developments.

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WordPress the nuclear button • CEO’s aggressive behaviour is shaking confidence in the web publishing giant

Microsoft: let them eat AI • Microsoft 365 price bumped to accommodate Copilot

Ofcom’s inflation ban backfires • Regulator’s new rules could lead to higher broadband bills for consumers

Could Hopcast cure net energy guzzling? • Device-to-device transfers may slash net energy grab

A light switch moment for smarter energy Piers Daniell, Tewke • Tewke founder reveals to PC Pro how he’s building a smart grid in the home

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

The pod people have landed • The changing fortunes of technology can be looked at exactly like the rise and fall of civilisations, and now is the time of the podcast

AI can make art, but it’s more fun when people do • A tech CEO reckons composers hate playing instruments so much that they’d give it up in favour of AI, but that doesn’t quite ring true

Big tech firms have no values • The rush to throw money at Trump underlines the uncomfortable truth that technology lives in a moral vacuum

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

Readers’ poll • Do you listen to podcasts?

BEST LAPTOPS OF CES 2025

NVIDIA AT CES 2025 • Jensen Huang’s keynote at CES 2025 didn’t disappoint, but it was only when we saw live demos using the new Nvidia cards that we appreciated what the company had achieved

BEST LAPTOPS • With new silicon from AMD, Intel and Nvidia, CES 2025 saw an unprecedented number of stylish and powerful new laptops. Here’s our roundup of the best debuts

DELL’S NEW STRATEGY AND LAPTOPS

BEST MINI PCs

BEST CPUs • Both AMD and Intel revealed a host of new processors at CES, with Qualcomm not to be left behind with its Snapdragon X chips

BEST HANDHELDS

BEST DISPLAYS

BEST ALL-IN-ONE PCs

BEST ROBOTS • We think humanoid robots will be huge (well, about 5ft 8in) in 2025, but what we saw at CES 2025 was a mix of the fluffy, fearsome and worrying

BEST OF THE REST • There’s never any shortage of weird and wonderful products on show at CES, with these simply the highlights from the deeper recesses of the event’s many halls

JON HONEYBALL’S HOT TAKE ON CES 2025 • A visit to CES is always worth the time, effort and cost, because you’ll see an entire planet’s worth of IT thinking, dreaming and sheer desperation laid out in front of you

Be more productive with focus sessions • Tame distractions and get things done: Nik Rawlinson takes a close look at focus features in Windows and other platforms

Video formats decoded • Want to know your QuickTime from your HEVC? Darien Graham-Smith demystifies the popular video-sharing formats and codecs

Acer Swift 14 AI (Intel) • Not the greatest multitasker, but long battery life, thin design and a good-quality screen lift its appeal

Acer Swift 16 AI (Intel) • The 16in OLED panel and speakers are real strengths, making this an attractive choice for the price

Acer Swift Go 14 AI (Qualcomm) • Excellent battery life and a colourful 14.5in screen can’t hide all the sacrifices Acer has made to hit a price

Honor MagicBook Art 14 (Qualcomm) • An innovative camera...