PC Pro - 1 Jul 2025
THE BEST VPNs FOR EVERYONE
8 Gaming & creative laptops on test
Create apps with ChatGPT
REVIEW OF THE MONTH
THE LABS IN ONE NUMBER
AI ASSISTANCE OF THE MONTH
DESIGN TIPS OF THE MONTH
PAPER-LIKE READ OF THE MONTH
INTERVIEW OF THE MONTH
THE BEST VPNs FOR EVERYONE
8 Gaming & creative laptops on test
Create apps with ChatGPT
Retail on ransomware red alert
Software licence management
Dick Pountain
Write your own apps with ChatGPT
Instant Expert: Microsoft Designer
WIN PRIZES WORTH £600 IN EXCLUSIVE DRAW
Barry Collins
Online Safety Act challenged by Wikipedia
EPaper everywhere
Next-gen connections
Trouble in Store for Apple
Nicole Kobie
Jon Honeyball
Rois Ni Thuama
Davey Winder
Lee Grant
Steve Cassidy
One last thing…
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BEST VPNS STAY SAFE IN 2025
GAMING &
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Professional desktop scanners
One man’s fight for privacy
Can robots fix fashion?
Dell UltraSharp 32 4K Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U3225QE)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Dell 32 Plus 4K Monitor (S3225QS)
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon
Gen 13
Medion Erazer Hunter X30
Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1
Alienware Area-51 Gaming Desktop (2025)
Netgear Nighthawk RS100
Medion Erazer Beast 16 X1 Ultimate
LincPlus LincStation N2
Canon imageFormula DR-S350NW
Brother ADS-4900W
Moto Razr 60 Ultra
Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 (2025)
Epson WorkForce DS-900WN
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025)
CyberPowerPC Ultra 3D5090
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025)
Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 (2025)
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10
ExpressVPN
MSI Raider 18 HX AI A2XW
Ubiquiti UniFi UNAS Pro
HP Omen Max 16 (2025)
Private Internet Access
Avast SecureLine VPN
Proton VPN Plus
MSI Pro AP272P
Ricoh fi-8040
CyberGhost
Norton VPN
TunnelBear
Windscribe
Surfshark
NordVPN
VyprVPN
Mullvad
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Retail on ransomware red alert
Retail on ransomware red alert
Online Safety Act challenged by Wikipedia
Trouble in Store for Apple
A rare glimpse inside Apple
Trouble in Store for Apple
Going neuro down in data centros
Tech and the beanstalk: a modern-day myth
The car feature Clarkson won’t talk about
Readers’ comments
Star letter
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Next-gen USB/Thunderbolt
Next-gen Ethernet
Next-gen Wi-Fi
Are you ready for 6G?
Next-gen Bluetooth
Moto Razr 60 Ultra
Moto Razr 60 Ultra
Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1
Screen quality
What our awards mean
Laptops and PCs
Phones and tablets
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13
Medion Erazer Hunter X30
Alienware Area-51 Gaming Desktop (2025)
CyberPowerPC Ultra 3D5090
MSI Pro AP272P
Dell 32 Plus 4K Monitor (S3225QS)
Dell UltraSharp 32 4K Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U3225QE)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Netgear Nighthawk RS100
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Audials Music 2025.1 SE
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Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 (2025)
HP Omen Max 16 (2025)
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10
MSI Raider 18 HX AI A2XW
BEST VPNS STAY SAFE IN 2025
BEST VPNS STAY SAFE IN 2025
Key factors to consider when choosing a VPN
Testing video-streaming services
A WORD OF WARNING
ExpressVPN
Mullvad
Proton VPN Plus
Surfshark
Avast SecureLine VPN
CyberGhost
Best free VPNs
NordVPN
Norton VPN
NORTON 360 DELUXE for £14.99
WINDOWS 11 PRO UPGRADE for £49.99
CCLEANER 6 PROFESSIONAL for £10
Private Internet Access
TunnelBear
VyprVPN
Windscribe
Speed tests
How we test
View from the Labs
Stre aming vide o comp arison
Professional desktop scanners 2025
Professional desktop scanners 2025
Brother ADS-4900W
Canon imageFormula DR-S350NW
Epson WorkForce DS-900WN
Ricoh fi-8040
LincPlus LincStation N2
Ubiquiti UniFi UNAS Pro
HOW SCANNING IS GIVING BUSINESSES A SECURITY AND EFFICIENCY EDGE IN 2025
Software licence MANAGEMENT
How to prepare for a software licence audit
Disinformation management
You catch more flies with honey
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“Any company pushing its ecocredentials without facilitating fixing is guilty of greenwashing”
“I’m not claiming to be a prophet. I merely speculated wildly and, against all odds, hit the mark”
“I’ve done a bit of deep-diving myself and found some technical stuff that the FBI didn’t”
“I got a long way into the project before it sank in that there were several new blind alleys”
A server called Lucky13
The Outlook thing, and virtualisation
One man’s fight for digital privacy
Can robots fix fashion?
Idioms vs LLMs (or how to confuse an AI)
You and AI are gonna live forever
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