A curse and a blessing at the same time! Intel is ushering in a new era with the Arrow Lake processors for the desktop sector. A new naming scheme, a new architecture, and lower power consumption are some of the major changes. In this review, you can find out what other changes there are in detail and how well the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K performs in everyday use and in gaming.

Power-efficient but gaming deficient. Intel's new Arrow Lake-S Core Ultra 9 285 introduces a new compute tile layout that sacrifices hyperthreading and aims to win over enthusiasts with significant efficiency improvements. While the Core Ultra 9 285K does indeed deliver on raw CPU performance and efficiency, it loses badly to Intel Raptor Lake-S Refresh and AMD Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 offerings in gaming.

Change of generation. The Smart Band from Xiaomi—also known as Mi Band—is a typical fitness tracker. Lightweight and slim, it hardly catches the eye. However, the ninth generation is significantly brighter than its predecessor and measures even more accurately. Our review will reveal all the new generation's strengths and weaknesses.

The significantly better Mind Mini PC. Khadas is updating its current model range of the Mind series and is now equipping it with new Intel processors. We take a closer look at the Khadas Mind 2 with Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and evaluate the performance based on numerous measurements and benchmarks. As it turns out, the manufacturer has not only updated the SoC.