The ultimate WIRED Christmas gift guide for 2020

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The ultimate WIRED Christmas gift guide for 2020

We know, we know. However you're 'celebrating' the holidays and the close of 2020, Christmas gifts are, oddly enough, fairly high on the certainty scale. By which we mean it's extremely likely that you will be able to source and send presents to your family and friends this year. Which is more than we can say for most things.To get more latest technology news, you can visit shine news official website.

We mustn't dwell. The internet is a truly messy and mammoth shopping mall, making wading your way through the choice of gifts a task in itself. If you're flailing around for ideas, let our delightful WIRED edit nudge you in more inspired directions than the current climate encourages. Bowie comic? Sorted. Desk lamp for screen addicts? Found it. Spinning colander? We'll take three. We'll be adding anything we spot, so long as it's suitably fantastic, between now and mid-December.
This much-lauded practice guitar amp is the bedroom guitarist’s dream because it has a “Smart Jam” feature that creates a virtual backing band of bass and drums that responds - in real time - to your playing. In real time! For those on the hunt for the perfect gift for your musical friend or family member, the Positive Grid Spark is right here. Equipped with PG’s superb BIAS guitar amp modelling software, there’s more than 10,000 tones to practice along with, as well as auto-chords, voice control, a built-in tuner as well as acoustic guitars modes and a whole lot more. It even doubles as a powerful Bluetooth speaker. All this for under £200? Grab one now.

For a good retro games platform to succeed it needs the right balance of price, nostalgia and playability. At £55, Evercade ticks all the boxes with its old-school D-pad design, crisp 4.3in display and selection of officially licensed cartridges (£20 for eight games). Choose from Atari (including Lynx), Interplay, Namco – for classics such as Pac-Man and Galaxian – or for fans of vintage beat ‘em ups, the Technōs Collection has three Double Dragon games, Crash N’ the Boys, and Renegade. Battery life is a suitably nostalgic four hours, but you can play as you charge and the Mini HDMI port gives the chance to bore the kids on the big screen.

Thinking about buying an Apple Watch but a tad reluctant to shell out for the price of its flagship smartwatch? Cupertino has eased the burden this year with the introduction of the new Apple Watch SE. It gives you all the basic functionality you’ve come to expect from the series, from the easy-to-use Fitness app for tracking workouts and breathing to useful, glanceable notifications on your wrist. The heart rate monitor provides added depth to your workout tracking, allowing you to plan health and fitness goals accordingly and the optical heart rate sensor may offer less accuracy than the ECG featured on the Apple Watch Series 6, but it's more than good enough for exercise. If you’re worried about your recipient longing for the Watch Series 6, the key features they're missing out on are really just the always-on display and ECG. So save yourself £110 and get an SE.