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This guide to finding the best student discounts and deals available will help you get everything you need for the first term of university, without breaking the bank, including laptops, tablets, smartphones and software.

There are some great bargains to be found on tech and gadgets, particularly if you happen to be a student. We’ve gathered together the best deals we could find to make sure you can stay thrifty and save on your student budget. Also see our round up of the best tech for college and university.

You might also like to check out our round-up of the best student bank accounts, and the best laptops for students. We’ve also made a list of the best phone contracts for students.

Where to find the best student deals and discounts

Once you start looking, you’ll realise that there are thousands of deals designed exclusively for students elsewhere on the web. It can be quite overwhelming, so we’ve picked out the best.

We’ve got even more student tech discounts available to browse on our dedicated . You can search all types of student tech deals there, to find everything you’re looking for quickly and easily.

Adobe student deals

If your course involves any kind of design, video or photography elements then will be an excellent suite of software to have in your arsenal. Sadly this is rather expensive, which doesn’t lend itself easily to a student budget. See our dedicated guide to Adobe CC.

There is of course, the , which is at a fantastic 65% off. You can get the entire package for just £16.24 per month compared with the regular price of £49.94 per month.

Amazon Prime for students

Being a student isn’t all about work. Sometimes you need to take a break from pouring over textbooks, a chance to relax, recharge, and binge watch Arrow.

One excellent way of doing this is through Amazon’s Student version of Prime. There’s a whopping six month free trial, and after that your membership is half price, so just £39. With Prime, you get access to the Amazon Video library for unlimited streaming, but you’ll also get free next day delivery and plenty more.

Apple Education Store

Apple has a good student discount programme available if you know where to look.

You’ll find the Education Store here, and you can , Macworld.

Right now, Apple is running a promotion that gets you a free pair of Beats headphones when you buy a qualifying Mac or iPad via the Education Store. The offer is available to current or recently accepted students, parents buying for university students and teachers and staff.

Also check out theavailable from if you haven’t already.

Dell student deals

Dell has a similar , offering a number of discounts across its range of laptops and desktops when you create a free account. Considering the fact that Dell are making some of the best PCs on the market at the moment, this is a tempting offer.

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Lenovo student deals

Much like Microsoft and Apple, where it promises savings of up to . To access the deals you’ll need to on the Student Store.

Microsoft student deals

Microsoft has its own Student Store, which includes a decent range of deals and discounts. On the software side, student can get Office 365 for free, which Microsoft emphasises is not a trial. You need you school email address to claim. Office 365 includes Word, Excel and all the other Office apps. Read our full guide to getting Microsoft Office. 

Best student discounts right now

1. Free Beats wireless headphones with Mac or iPad

From: Apple

Now: Free Beats headphones worth up to £300

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Get a free pair of Beats wireless headphones worth up to £299.95 when you buy a Mac or iPad for university. You will need to verify your student status through UNiDAYS to get this deal.

2. Apple Education Store Discount

From: Apple

Now: Save on Macs, MacBooks and iPads

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3. Amazon Prime Student

From: Amazon

Was: £79.99 per year

Now: 6 months free, then £39 per year  (50% off)

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You can get a six month trial of Amazon Prime absolutely free if you are a student. After that, you’ll get Prime for only 3.99 per month, or £39 per year (depending on the plan you choose), which is a bargain when you consider its features. Find out more about Amazon Prime here.

4. Microsoft Student Store

From: Microsoft

Now: Up to £470 off

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The Microsoft Student Store offers a range of discounts on Microsoft products. Students can save up to £470 on the premium Surface range and get Office 365 for free.

5. Adobe Creative Cloud Student Discount

6. Dell Student Store

Dell typically offers students 10% off its XPS, Alienware and Dell Gaming devices, and up to 20% off Dell peripherals. 

7. HP PCs, Printers, Inks & Accessories

The discount includes 10% savings on printers and 15% on inks via a Student Beans student discount.

8. Lenovo Student Store

Lenovo offers 20% off its Think range and 15% off its Idea range laptops to students and teachers.

9. YouTube Premium

YouTube Premium offers YouTube and YouTube Music ad-free. Students get a discounted membership, plus a three month free trial. 

10. Perlego Online eTextbook Library

Perlego is like Spotify for university books. Pay a reasonable subscription fee to access their online library. As a student, you get a 14-day free trial and a discount off both the monthly and annual plans. 

11. Tech Advisor Student Deals

A huge range of student deals via Tech Advisor’s own Student Beans discounts site.

12. Tech Advisor Voucher Codes

From: Tech Advisor

Now: for Argos, HP, Dell, Currys & More

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Save across major brands with Tech Advisor’s dedicated page for voucher codes.

Click here for the best Microsoft voucher codes.

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Six in every ten businesses have experienced a data breach at some point during the last three years according to new research from Bitdefender.

The firm surveyed more than 6,000 infosec professionals across the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Italy and Spain to compile its global Hacked Off! study.

Bitdefender found that infosec professionals are acutely aware of the risks their organizations face with more than half (58%) worried about organizational readiness in the face of a global cyberattack and 49 percent said they are even losing sleep over it.

The c-suite is doing little to ease employee anxiety and more than a third of respondents report a lack of cybersecurity understanding from general employees. C-suite support is minimal and as many as 57 percent of the infosec professionals surveyed said that key executives are the least likely to comply with organizational cybersecurity policy as they either push back on or completely disregard the rules.

Breach fatigue

Stress levels among infosec professionals remain high as they continue to suffer from breach fatigue. On average, more than half (53%) of endpoint detection and response alerts are false alarms which has led to 49 percent of infosec professionals saying their team has experienced both alert and agent fatigue.

This stress is compounded by the belief that 73 percent of respondents think their organization is more at risk of a cyberattack because they are under-resourced and this figure is even higher (78%) for respondents at companies which employ over 1,000 people.

Among infosec professionals there is a desperate need for the speed of response to increase. Almost one in three of respondents (29%) revealed that it would take a week or longer to detect an advanced cyberattack and only three in every one hundred reported that 100 percent of advanced attacks can efficiently detected and isolated.

According to Bitdefender’s study, the fallout from being unaware of an on-going breach would be business interruption (43%), reputational cost (38%) and a loss of revenue (37%). However, more than a third of respondents (37%) say the loss of customer trust is their biggest concern.

Global cybersecurity researcher at Bitdefender, Liviu Arsene provided further insight on the study’s findings, saying:

“Poor cybersecurity is an undeniable threat to businesses today. From the loss of customer trust to the impact on the bottom line it is critical for infosec professionals to get it right. Our advice would be to focus on critical areas of improvement. The Hacked Off! Study reveals that infosec professionals believe that the main drivers for boosting their organizations’ cybersecurity profiles are improving data protection, and faster detection and response capabilities. In addition, respondents suggest investments also need to be made into more effective ways of detecting cyber threats, with ‘network traffic analysis’, and anti-malware technology topping the list. And interestingly, they reveal EDR should not be discounted, with seven in ten infosec professionals believing that EDR can help prevent future attacks.”

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When the OnePlus 7T launched in India on September 26, we expected the OnePlus 7T Pro to be mentioned too, but that turned out not to be the case, so we never got to see the expected successor to the OnePlus 7 Pro.

That doesn’t mean the OnePlus 7T Pro doesn’t exist though, and it’s looking likely we’ll see the device when OnePlus hosts a global launch event for the OnePlus 7T on October 10.

While OnePlus hasn’t actually confirmed the existence of the OnePlus 7T Pro, enough leaks and rumors have surfaced to suggest it’s real, and could be shown off at the October 10 event.

With that in mind, we’ve collected everything we know about the OnePlus 7T Pro so far, as well as what we’d predict, to try and paint a picture of the device before its upcoming release

Cut to the chase

• What is it? The latest OnePlus Pro smartphone
• When is it out? Likely mid-October
• How much will it cost? Probably more than $669 / £649 (roughly AU$1,000)  

OnePlus 7T Pro release date and price

While the OnePlus 7T was launched in India on September 26, no worldwide release date was announced: that could be because it’ll come out alongside the OnePlus 7T Pro after the aforementioned October 10 event.

In true OnePlus style, it could become available about a week after the event, and if the OnePlus 7 launch is anything to go by there could be significant queues to pick one up.

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Some stores in the US have stopped selling the OnePlus 7 Pro, which suggests the improved device is coming soon.

In terms of price, we don’t know the exact OnePlus 7T price in most regions save for the US (however the OnePlus 7 didn’t launch there) and India. In the latter, the 7T is a little more expensive, so we could see the 7T Pro increase a price a tiny bit.

The OnePlus 7 Pro launched for $669 / £649 (roughly AU$1,000) for its most affordable model, and we could see this increase to $700+ / £700+ (around AU$1,300) for an improved model, depending on just how different it is.

OnePlus 7T Pro leaks and rumors

If you’re looking forward to a totally new, novel OnePlus 7T Pro, there’s a bit of bad news: it looks like the smartphone could be a very minor upgrade over the OnePlus 7 Pro.

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Leaked renders of the OnePlus 7T Pro show a smartphone that isn’t visibly different to the non-T phone in any way. In fact, not one, not two, but three image leaks suggest the phone is identical in terms of design.

The screen is set to be 6.67 inches, with the 7 Pro’s 90Hz refresh rate, but there’s now a Snapdragon 855 Plus processor, which is an improvement on the 7 Pro’s 855, in that it’s better optimized for gaming.

If the OnePlus 7T Pro seems a disappointing upgrade from the 7 Pro, US people might be the most disappointed. While phone fans there couldn’t pick up the OnePlus 7, we’ve heard the OnePlus 7T Pro won’t launch in the States either, so the OnePlus 2019 portfolio in the US only consists of two phones.

That’s it, in terms of leaks, so there’s a lot we don’t know. We don’t know the OnePlus 7T Pro camera specs, price, improvements from the 7 Pro and a lot more. Let’s hope that’s because it’s such an exciting secret that OnePlus has made sure to keep it tightly under wraps, and not because the smartphone is a truly minuscule step up from the 7 Pro.

We’ll likely know more on October 10, when OnePlus hosts its global product launch to bring its new hardware – probably the OnePlus 7T Pro – to the world.

What we want to see

The OnePlus 7 Pro was an impressive phone, but it could be even better with these upgrades.

1. A class-leading camera

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While the OnePlus 7 Pro has a decent camera, it’s not among the best around, and given that the OnePlus 7 Pro is essentially a flagship, it’s not unrealistic to ask for it to have a truly top camera.

So we hope that the OnePlus 7T Pro does. We’d particularly like to see low-light photo quality improved, along with the ability to zoom in further.

2. An IP rating

While OnePlus claims that the OnePlus 7 range does have some water resistance, there’s no official IP rating, meaning no certainty as to how water resistant the phones are.

The lack of an IP rating was apparently to save money – since it costs money to get the phones certified, and since even with such a certification most brands don’t cover water damage as part of the warranty.

It’s a reasonable argument, but for the OnePlus 7T Pro we’d still like the reassurance that an IP rating provides, and ideally improved water resistance too, since various third-party tests suggest the OnePlus 7 range isn’t quite as water resistant as most flagships.

3. An in-screen camera

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The standard OnePlus 7T has a teardrop notch for its front-facing camera, which almost feels dated in 2019. The OnePlus 7 Pro meanwhile has a pop-up camera, which is more modern and allows for an all-screen design, but also makes the camera feel more vulnerable.

Not only that, it also makes facial recognition less appealing, since you have to wait for the camera to pop up, and since doing that dozens of times a day to unlock your phone could wear the mechanism out.

So for the OnePlus 7T Pro we’d love to see an in-screen camera. That would allow the phone to retain the OnePlus 7 Pro’s all-screen design, without any of the problems that come with a pop-up camera.

We should note that this is unlikely to happen. While the tech exists, it’s not yet available on any handsets, and with the T model likely to be a minor upgrade we wouldn’t particularly expect it, but you never know.

4. Wireless charging

One small feature that OnePlus hasn’t yet embraced is wireless charging. This probably isn’t a huge deal for most people, but it is a standard flagship feature, so it’s something we’d like to see, especially with the OnePlus 7 Pro being more of a real flagship, rather than the usual more affordable alternatives that OnePlus offers.

5. A slimmer, lighter, smaller build

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The OnePlus 7 Pro in particular is a big, heavy and fairly thick thing, so we’d love to see the OnePlus 7T Pro get shrunk down slightly, and be a bit lighter.

There will be limits to what can be done here while still offering a big screen and battery, but we reckon that refinements are possible. And the screen doesn’t really need to be quite as big as the OnePlus 7 Pro’s mammoth 6.67-inch one anyway.

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The Whisperers continue to cast a shadow over the newfound concept of civilisation as The Walking Dead returns for its 10th season on Sunday 6 October. In the UK, ‘Lines We Cross’ will be available on Monday 7 October.

Introduced in season 9, the franchise’s latest ‘bad guy’ is a horde of wannabe zombies, a group that conceals its identity with the skin of the undead, showing once again that humans themselves are the real threat in a post-apocalyptic world.

Rumours for season 10 point to increased tensions between the two groups of survivors, leading to an all-out Whisperer War.

What channel is The Walking Dead on?

In the UK The Walking Dead airs on Fox UK. In the US you’ll need AMC.

What time is The Walking Dead on?

To watch the first broadcast you’ll need to tune in on Mondays at 9pm BST in the UK, or Sundays at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central in the US.

Expect season 10 to run for eight episodes before taking a mid-season break, returning in February 2020.

Can I watch the latest episode early?

Yes, if you are in the US and subscribe to . In return for your $4.99/month subscription you will be able to watch The Walking Dead episodes 48 hours before they air, completely ad-free.

A VPN might mask your location, but to be eligible for AMC Premiere you must also have AMC as part of your paid TV package, and will need to provide login details for that service before you can continue.

How to get Fox UK

If you don’t already subscribe to Sky or Virgin, NowTV is our preferred option thanks to its cheap entry price (just £8.99/month for the Entertainment package required to watch TWD) and the fact you can install and use it on up to four devices, including a smart TV or streaming box/dongle, a laptop, phone or tablet.

There’s also a , so you can try before you buy and – if you’re prepared to wait a few weeks – binge-watch the entire season for free.

In return for your £8.99 a month you get more than 250 on-demand TV boxsets, catch-up facilities and 11 channels.

NowTV is also offered free with Vodafone Red Entertainment plans.

How to watch The Walking Dead without a subscription

An alternative method of watching The Walking Dead is to purchase individual episodes or a season pass. Episodes are available the day after they are broadcast on Fox UK, so every Tuesday from 8 October.

As a rough guide you’re looking at £1.99 per episode in standard-definition, and £2.49 in high-definition, while an entire season costs £24.99 in SD and £29.99 in HD.

Buy The Walking Dead episodes at the following outlets:

Like all popular TV series and films there will be people uploading The Walking Dead torrents or hosting illegal streams of the programme, but we won’t advise you on these here.

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The Google Pixel 4 has been extensively leaked by this point and the rumors aren’t slowing down, as we’ve now seen a high-quality render showing the likely design from both front and back.

The image has been shared by @evleaks, who is one of the most reputable leakers around, so there’s a high chance it’s accurate. The render shows a full bezel above the screen, a smaller but still very noticeable bezel below the display and curved corners, all of which we’ve seen before.

The design of the back meanwhile has already been revealed by Google itself, but this provides another look, showing off the square camera block and small Google logo on what’s otherwise a very plain rear – there’s none of the two-tone coloring and finish found on the likes of the Google Pixel 3.

(Image credit: Evan Blass)

The wallpaper on the screen reads ‘P4’, as if it wasn’t already clear what we’re looking at, and the date says October 15 – which is when we already know Google plans to unveil the phone, likely alongside the Google Pixel 4 XL.

So there’s nothing much new here, but as this leak matches the numerous leaks we’ve seen previously (not to mention the things that Google has already confirmed) we’re ever more confident that this is the true Pixel 4 design.

We’ll know for sure soon and TechRadar will be reporting live from the announcement, as well as bringing you all the credible news and rumors in the meantime.

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Incredible, big-screen movie experiences shouldn’t be limited to cinemas or huge TVs, with the Sony Xperia 5 they can be enjoyed wherever you are. 

It’s all about piecing together the right tech to transport you into that TV show or movie you’re watching, or ignite your competitive edge while you’re gaming, whether it’s on a train, in the sky or tucked away in bed – the Xperia 5 is an entertainment portal.

How can such a small pocketable phone pick you out of reality? With world-class Sony design, a jaw-dropping display, ear tingling sound, and stacks of power.

Comfort and style in-hand

If you think you need a palm-stretching, giant phone to enjoy luxury experiences on-the-go, Sony begs to differ. The Xperia 5 combines a rich, cool-to-the-touch water-resistant metal frame with tempered, scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass 6 on the front and back; this phone can weather a storm. 

Design is at the heart of what Sony does; just because it’s hardy, the Xperia 5 is anything but clunky. Marrying curved corners and rounded edges, it sits like a dream in-hand. As for its screen, it’s a beautiful uninterrupted rectangle; no notches, no punch holes and no water-droplets, just content.

Cinema screen in your pocket

Switched off, the Xperia 5 looks rich, bold and striking, especially in its sleek Grey finish, exclusive to Carphone Warehouse. Switch it on, and things go from a 10 to 10,000 thanks to its eye-popping HDR OLED screen technology. 

Sharp, bright, vibrant, deep, inky and immersive, the sheer amount of tech that comes together in this compact phone’s cinematic display is colossal. Sony has worked with Netflix engineers and its film camera division to develop its Creator Mode colour profile, so your streaming movies and shows look exactly like their creators intended.

With its 21:9 aspect ratio, the Xperia 5 is also poised to playback big-screen masterpieces with no borders when held in landscape, while X1 Upscaling Engine takes standard definition video and makes it look like rich, high dynamic range content.

The Xperia 5’s screen isn’t just perfect for watching; it makes the phone an ideal workhorse, with its 21:9 aspect ratio spot-on for split-screen multitasking, and super-comfortable to hold in the hand for long bouts of typing.

Sounds as good as it looks

Combining all the traits of a top-of-the-line flagship phone, it may be small, but Sony has kitted its latest Xperia out with Dolby Atmos Audio and stereo speakers, as well as LDAC lossless wireless audio, so whether you’re listening out loud or have headphones, every sound will sing. 

Want even more immersion? With Dynamic Vibration, every sound will rumble too, emulating bass and making sure you can see, hear and feel everything you’re watching.

Sony cinema camera

The Xperia 5’s triple-camera does something unique for small-form flagships: it delivers a cinema camera 21:9 4K video recording experience.

Sony’s rich heritage in films goes way beyond a logo at the beginning of the world’s biggest blockbuster movies; the iconic brand makes pro-grade cinema cameras too. That’s how its incredible CineAlta cinema camera intelligence has trickled down into the Cinema Pro app, which offers complete control over the masterpieces you make.

You know what else Sony does very well? Photography. Its Alpha line of stills cameras is credited with being the best in the industry when it comes to low light capture, and with its incredible eye-tracking feature, has become synonymous with perfect portraits too.

The Xperia 5 draws inspiration from both alpha traits, with a long-exposure night mode, which auto-detects a night scene, gets rid of grain and makes subjects stand out, as well as autofocus eye-tracking, so your portrait pop.

A sensational smartphone with a best-in-class screen, evocative sound and an eye-tracking camera that shoots cinema-style 21:9 4K content, and all for £699; meet the Xperia 5.

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Minecraft is a game of almost unlimited possibility with gamers creating incredibly detailed movie recreations, villages and more, but that doesn’t really extend to your default character skin. In fact, we think that the default skins in Minecraft leave much to be desired, but without a built-in skin editor, how can you change the skin of your character?

The good news is that it is possible to change skin in Minecraft, but the process differs between platforms. Here, we talk you through how to change skin in Minecraft on PC, on console and on mobile.

Changing skins in Minecraft on PC

The process of changing skins in Minecraft on PC is easy once you know how:

1. Head to a third-party Minecraft skin website like Minecraft Skins and download the skin you’d like to apply to your character. Make a note of where the downloaded file is stored (usually the Downloads folder).
2. Head to the Minecraft website.
3. Click the Menu icon and select Profile to log in with the account associated with Minecraft on your PC.
4. Click the Browse button, select the file you downloaded earlier and click Open.
5. Click Save to upload your custom skin.

Once the custom skin has been uploaded, it’ll automatically be applied to your character in Minecraft on your PC.

Changing skins in Minecraft PE

Despite not offering the full Minecraft experience, Minecraft PE owners can get in on the custom skin fun too.  

1. On your mobile device, head to a third-party Minecraft skin website like Minecraft Skins.
2. Click download on the page of the skin you’d like to apply to your character. In the latest versions of iOS and Android, the download of the image file should begin automatically.
3. Open Minecraft PE and tap the coat hanger icon in the lower-right of the display.
4. Tap the blank skin icon in the top-left of the display.
5. Tap Choose New Skin and select the file you downloaded earlier.
6. Select the appropriate skin model (tap the one on the right if you’re unsure) and tap Confirm to apply your changes.

The selected skin should now be selected as your character’s default!

Changing skins in Minecraft on console

Before we explain how to change skins in Minecraft on consoles, it’s worth mentioning that the process is slightly different from those above.

Without a way to store downloaded files on most consoles, you’re unable to download and apply skins in the same way that you usually would. Instead, you’re limited to the range of free and paid-for skins already available in Minecraft.

With that addressed, here’s how to change skins in Minecraft on console:

1. Open Minecraft.
2. At the main menu, select Help & Options > Change Skin.
3. Select a skin pack from the menu on the left.
4. Select the skin you’d like to apply to your character. (If the selected skin isn’t free, you’ll be redirected to your platform’s Store to purchase it.)

Once you’ve selected the skin, it should become the default skin for your character.

For more Minecraft help, take a look at how to teleport in Minecraft and how to allocate more RAM to Minecraft too.

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