The 9 tech gadgets I couldn't live without in 2025 (and they don't include AirTags)

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It's that time again when I start to reminisce about the literally countless gadgets and gizmos that have been through my hands over the past year. And just to give you an idea of how many that is, the content that gets reviewed here on ZDNET is just a fraction of what I've started testing. Less than half. 

Most that don't make the cut are just not up to scratch, others I have some issue partway through the review, and the item gets pushed to the back burner (I can't spend too much time trying to fix something I'm reviewing), and then there's the white label rebranded stuff that almost always disappoints. 

And then there's the material I've been using but haven't yet gotten around to reviewing. 

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