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Huawei Mate 20 Pro review: Full, in-depth, Australian review

Expensive, but probably the best phone you can buy right now

Razer Phone 2 review: One for the fans

Full, in-depth, Australian review

Oppo R17 Pro review: Full, in-depth, Australian review

Oppo's thriftiest flagship yet drives a hard bargain

Editor's Choice Awards 2018, Part Two - Mobile

Here are our Editor’s Choice picks for the best mobile devices you can buy in 2018.

John Romero celebrates Doom's 25th anniversary with Sigil, a free fifth chapter for the original game

John Romero's apparently spent the last two years working on a nine-level mod for the original 1993 Doom, titled Sigil. Also, it's free.

After another massive Google+ data breach, you should probably delete your profile right now

Google has announced another Google+ data breach, this time affecting more than 50 million users. So here's how to shut down your profile for good.

The new Samsung A8s could be our first look at the Galaxy S10's 'hole-punch' display

Samsung has unveiled the A8s, its first "hole-punch" display phone, which is likely to make its way into the Galaxy S10.

Giveaway: Win a pair of Razer Nari Ultimate headphones!

We're teaming up with the makers of Guild Wars 2 to give away two of these impressive haptics-focused headsets.

Intel vs. Snapdragon: We test HP's Envy x2 with both on speed, battery life and more

Call it Intel vs. Snapdragon: The battle for the soul of your laptop is being fought in thin, light models like HP's Envy x2. So we tested it with both CPUs to dig deep into the differences.

Whirlwind FX VortX review: The PC's first "environmental simulator" is just hot air for now

Whirlwind FX's VortX promises to be the "world's first environmental simulator for PC gaming," but first-generation hardware woes make this experiment mostly a bust.

Editor's Choice Awards 2018, Part One - Gadgets

2018 brought with a torrent of new gadgets for us to play with and review - and who doesn’t love a good gadget?

Exclusive first look: Creative Labs' high-end Sound BlasterX AE-9 breaks cover

We get hands-on with Creative Labs' newest audiophile sound card: The Sound BlasterX AE-9.

Android Confidential: Is Google's Night Sight for the Pixel phones really that big of a deal?

Michael Simon and Adam Patrick Murray face off over Google's Night Sight low-light camera mode for the Pixel phones.

Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile review: Get a laptop feel on your desktop PC

Corsair's new K70 is the first to feature Cherry's new Low Profile MX switch, recreating a laptop feel on a desktop keyboard. It won't be to everyone's tastes, but it's pretty damn nice regardless.

All the big reveals at The Game Awards 2018

We rounded up all the major trailers from the 2018 Game Awards, including quite a few "World Premieres" and a few 2019 release dates.

PCWorld is giving away a OnePlus 6T in Midnight Black for the holidays!

You can win a Midnight Black OnePlus 6T with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.

Hands on with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx reference laptop: A fresh attempt to be faster

We tried the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx reference laptop, experiencing ARM64-coded versions of the Firefox browser and Chromium. It felt fast, but independent benchmarking will tell more.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive goes free-to-play, adds a battle royale mode called Danger Zone

CS:GO finally ditches its archaic $15 price tag and embraces free-to-play, timed with an 18-player battle royale(ish) mode called Danger Zone.

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