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.

Windows 11’s incoming presence sensing options stop apps spying on you • A new Windows beta build includes a toggle that allows users to manually disable presence sensing.

AI can crack most passwords faster than you can read this article • Artificial intelligence is accelerating the ability to crack weak passwords quickly.

Microsoft Edge puts Bing’s AI image generator at your fingertips • When stock art isn’t enough, you make your own AI-generated images within Edge.

Update Chrome now to protect yourself from zero-day exploit • The details of how attackers have been exploiting this flaw are not yet known, but don’t wait to apply the fix.

Asus Zenbook 14 Flip OLED (2023) • Price: £1,499 from fave.co/3LbEXIu

MSI Prestige 14 Evo (2023) • Price: £1,099 from fave.co/3KPnQuX

Samsung Galaxy A54 5G • Price: £449 from fave.co/40ZliB2

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro+ • Price: £449 from fave.co/3MzW6Ng

Avira Prime for Windows • Price: £51 from fave.co/41mEEQP

Enpass • Price: £19.49 from fave.co/41DVOcz

10 practical tasks you can do with ChatGPT • Put this powerful chat-based AI to work.

Best AI Art generators: Bring your dreams to life • It’s easier than ever to try out AI art for yourself, with a number of low-cost or free AI art generators.

Opinion: AI chatbots aren’t search engines. They’re crypto bros • Don’t trust them.

Digital fingerprinting: The secret, insidious way you’re tracked online • There’s a new way to track web activity.

6 Windows 11 settings worth changing now • Changing these six settings makes Windows 11 much better in under five minutes of your time.

Take full control of your keyboard with this handy Windows tool • Personalize your PC and incite chaos for other users of your computer? It’s a double win.

How to block blue light on Windows 11 • Begone, tension headaches.

How to check your laptop’s battery health • The obscure Battery Report tool in Windows can help you get hard numbers on your laptop’s endurance.

Opinion: Every time I use Windows 11, I wish I was using Windows 10 • I feel so much joy when 5pm rolls around.