Tablet

Amazon has today announced the Fire HD 10, an inexpensive multimedia tablet that packs a faster processor, longer battery life and more.

While there are plenty of budget Android tablets to pick from, high-end rivals to the iPad Pro are few and far between. Samsung just unveiled its latest contender in the form of the Galaxy Tab S6, which ramps up the specs and the style, and includes some appealing features for power users.

At Lenovo's own Accelerate event in Orlando, the company unveiled a prototype machine that makes Samsung's folding phone look like a kids' toys. This foldable PC can act like a small-screen laptop, big-screen desktop, book-format tablet or stylus-operated sketchbook.

While a preference for traditional print books over an enhanced e-book counterpart may often stem from good old-fashioned nostalgia, a new study suggests using e-books to read stories to your child can result in less conversation and lower-quality interactions.

If you don't want to spend big on the premium iPad Pros, Apple just gave you a couple more options: the long-neglected iPad Air and iPad Mini lines have been given new models for 2019, bringing with them faster internals and Apple Pencil support.

Asus has announced three new Chromebooks that has been ruggedized for students and its first Chrome OS tablet. The Education Series is made up of two 11.6 inch Chromebooks – one a clamshell laptop and the other a convertible – and a 14 inch version, together with a toughened up 9.7 inch tablet.

The iPad Pro range arrived in 2015 for those who might be prepared to pay more for premium hardware. Now in 2018, the third-gen iPad Pros are here – and we've been testing out the new 11-inch iPad Pro to see what's new, whether it's worth your money, and whether it can really replace your laptop.

Toys today include robots, drones and AR, and if you’re lucky you can trick the kids into learning some useful skills along the way. New Atlas rounds up the best tech toys of 2018, which could make for some great last-minute gift ideas for the young’un in your life.

Samsung has announced two Notebook 9 Pen 2-in-1 convertibles that come with an 8th Gen Core processor, Gigabit Wi-Fi and can run for up to 15 hours between charges. And as the model name suggests, they both rock an S Pen that slots into the body when not being used to draw onscreen.

Alongside some new Macs, Apple has announced refreshed, new-look iPad Pros to follow on from the slates it launched last year. This year's batch bring with them improved screens and audio, much smaller bezels, and – just like the latest iPhones – Face ID and no Home button.

Samsung released the Galaxy Book in May 2017, an answer to convertible tablets like Microsoft's Surface Pro. Now the company has revealed the Galaxy Book2, with better visuals, improved processor and cooked-in X20 LTE connectivity.​ And a battery that should be good for two full working days.

​In ancient times, people read from rolled-up papyrus scrolls. Today, many of us read from flat tablets. Scientists at Canada's Queen's University have now combined aspects of the two, in the potentially-quite-handy MagicScroll.