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A second Wi-Fi network is less about being fancy and more about keeping the cheap stuff away from the stuff that holds your life. Here's how UK households can set one up, what ISP routers often refuse to do, and which devices should go where.
That little camera above the door sees more than your doorstep: the school run, next door's comings and goings, and the whole pavement. Here's how to keep a video doorbell useful without turning your street into a surveillance zone — including what the rules say and a checklist for houses, flats and rentals.
A practical winter plan for keeping the useful parts of a smart home alive when the power drops. It covers the kit worth buying, the marketing nonsense to ignore, and how to test your setup before the next storm.
Christmas 2026 tech gifts do not have to come with an account, a subscription and a smartphone app before they do anything useful. Here are ten UK gadgets that work straight from the box, plus plain-English buying advice for anyone who just wants presents that behave themselves.
Like a lot of UK homes, mine filled up with smart plugs, speakers and a video doorbell without anyone ever asking whether they earned their keep. So I pulled the plug on all of it for a week and kept notes on the convenience, the privacy and the family arguments.