Rachael Penn
Rachael has been a freelance journalist for 15 years for various publications including Tom’s Guide, Creative Bloq, Independent, The Spectator, Daily Express and more. She has written extensively on home and technology news as well as reviewed hundreds of products across home and technology. She has a keen interest in AI and also written articles on this topic for Tom’s Guide. She also enjoys reviewing home, travel and tech gadgets, especially anything that has been designed to make life easier like smart home gadgets. She’s covered most tech including laptops, cameras, projectors, smartphones, headphones and more. When she isn’t writing Rachael can be found working out on her peloton, taking her two dogs — Murray a Sealyham terrier and Maggie a West Highland terrier on walks and getting sucked into a rabbit hole of watching true crime documentaries.
Latest articles by Rachael Penn
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Brook + Wilde's best luxury mattress for couples drops to £429 in Boxing Day sales
By Rachael Phillips published
Save 55% on Brook + Wilde beds, including the best-selling Elite Mattress with prices from £429 in the Boxing Day sales.
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Get 57% off DreamCloud's luxury hotel-style mattress in the Boxing Day sales
By Rachael Phillips published
Save big on the the DreamCloud Luxury Hybrid, with prices from £408 in the Boxing Day mattress sales.
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Get 50% off Emma's No 1 best-selling mattress in the Boxing Day sales
By Rachael Phillips published
Save up to £624 off the Emma NextGen Premium mattress for hot sleepers dealing with aches and pains during sleep.
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How to clean a memory foam mattress and get urine out
By Rachael Phillips published
Cleaning spills, such as blood, vomit, or diarrhoea, from your memory foam mattress will help it last longer. Here’s how.
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Your Amazon Echo Show can be used as a secret security camera — here’s how to set it up
By Rachael Phillips published
Keep your home safe and secure by using your Echo Show as a security camera and with this guide, we will show you how to set it up.
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The 7 best hybrid and memory foam mattresses to buy in the Black Friday sales
By Rachael Phillips published
Looking for a memory foam bed to sink into, or a bouncy hybrid? Shop the best Black Friday mattress deals available now from Emma, Nectar, Purple and more.
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Found! The 5 best cheap queen mattresses for under $500 in the Black Friday sales
By Rachael Phillips published
Emma, Siena Allswell and more — 5 cheap queen size mattresses for under $500.
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Facebook's ChatGPT rival will be 100% free to use — what we know
By Rachael Phillips published
Social media giant Meta has doubled down on the open-source approach and said its ChatGPT rival will be free for all users.
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How to only see Threads from people you follow
By Rachael Phillips published
Threads may feel like a house party where you only recognise the faces of those who invited you. But with this little hack, we'll show you how to just see Threads from people you follow first.
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How to lock your iPhone from your Apple Watch with a Focus Modes hack
By Rachael Phillips published
When it comes to using the Apple ecosystem, convenience and security often go hand in hand, here’s a guide on how to lock your iPhone from your Apple Watch with a nifty Focus Modes hack.