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Some of the best tech this year is impossible to buy

SHAUN PRESCOTT Author, PC gamer and passionate technology observer, Shaun covers trending tech topics for APC.

2020 has been the year of shortages. Toilet paper, pasta, hand sanitiser, and other usually-abundant grocery mainstays went flying off the shelves earlier this year due to the COVID-19 panic buying spree. While some of that panic seems to have faded – supermarket shelves are no longer eerily

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