Articles by David Nield, Freelance Contributor

Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you'll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

Articles by: David Nield

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'This might actually force some actual brain cells to fire': Norway is banning younger school kids from using generative AI

By David Nield Published 20 June 26

Norway is taking steps to limit how generative AI can be used in schools from the start of the next school year.

Your Samsung Galaxy phone has a hidden Wi-Fi menu that lets you check for dead zones around your home — here's how to find it

By David Nield Published 20 June 26

There's a useful Wi-Fi scanner built into every Galaxy phone, but it's not particularly easy to get to.

New Google Health 5.02 update gets praise from Fitbit fans for being ‘solid work’, but some still say that ‘nobody wants' the AI coach

By David Nield Published 19 June 26

Google Health 5.02 is appearing on devices now, and looks to be getting frustrated users back on side.

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The Jaye Band is 'the world’s most discreet minimalist smartwatch' and wants to save you from your smartphone addiction

By David Nield Published 18 June 26

If you're looking for something to wean yourself off too much screen time, the Jaye Band could be the answer.

CrankGPT is a hand-powered, fully offline AI bot powered by a Raspberry Pi and 8GB of RAM — and I'm all for apocalypse-ready chatbots that don't need data centers

By David Nield Published 17 June 26

If you want to protect your privacy and be kinder to the environment, you can run a local AI using a hand crank.

'The whole Gemini migration has been a dumpster fire': Gemini calls are broken on Android Auto and users are switching back to Google Assistant

By David Nield Published 16 June 26

Multiple user reports suggest Gemini calls being borked in Android Auto — here's what we know.

How will the UK's social media ban actually work? Here's the full list of affected apps — and 5 things you need to know

By David Nield Published 16 June 26

The UK social media ban is one of the most significant pieces of tech legislation in the modern era — but how is it going to work?

Brain experts tell the UK government there's 'very little' scientific evidence that phones are harming kids — but a social media ban is going ahead anyway

By David Nield Published 15 June 26

A few words from the academics speaking at the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee in the House of Parliament.

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'You're designing for a dynamic range of sizes and aspect ratios': Apple keeps on dropping hints that an iPhone Fold is on the way

By David Nield Published 14 June 26

We think the folding iPhone will launch in September, but it's not official yet — despite these signs from Apple.

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Phoebe Bridgers has rekindled the 'phone-free gigs' debate again — I fully support a ban and this poll shows most tech fans do too

By David Nield Published 13 June 26

The indie singer-songwriter is the latest high-profile artist to tell fans they can't have their phones at live shows.

After a 'potential jailbreak', Anthropic is shutting off access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models under national security orders from the US government

By David Nield Published 13 June 26

Anthropic is pulling its latest Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models after a directive from the US government.

Someone hacked his Whoop to see which of his colleagues raised his stress levels the most and I need this immediately

By David Nield Published 12 June 26

This is one of the best uses of a Whoop and Claude Fable 5 we've seen: matching heart rate levels to meeting attendees.

Here are 21 new features in iOS 27 that Apple didn't have time to mention during its WWDC 2026 keynote

By David Nield Published 12 June 26

iOS 27 is going to bring more updates than you might think when it starts rolling out in a few months.

The risks are 'real, measurable, and increasing': Canada is the latest country to move to ban social media for under-16s

By David Nield Published 11 June 26

Canada has tabled a bill that will stop under-16s from accessing social media, though it's not law yet.

This California city just approved the use of Flock drones as first responders, but residents are worried about 'militarization and surveillance'

By David Nield Published 10 June 26

Stockton, California, just invested millions of dollars in Flock drones to act as first responders.

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A 'massive escalation in electronic warfare': researchers show how Russian satellites can jam GPS across Europe — and a mysterious series of ‘interference events’ show it could already be happening

By David Nield Published 9 June 26

New research suggests that Russian satellite systems are at least testing their ability to disrupt global networks.

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Forget Siri — these are the 5 things I actually want iOS 27 to fix on my iPhone at WWDC 2026

By David Nield Last updated 8 June 26

We're all set for Apple's annual software update reveals, and there are plenty of ways left to improve iOS.

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'This looks awesome': there's now an unofficial, open source app for reading Whoop data that doesn't need a subscription

By David Nield Published 8 June 26

An enterprising developer has released Noop for Android and macOS, a free app to use with Whoop bands.

I connected Claude to Gmail, and it got to know me scarily well — as well as saving me time

By David Nield Published 8 June 26

If you don't mind Claude having a shuffle around your inbox, it can quickly get up to speed with your way of working.

'We're really drawing a line in the sand': New York could be the first state to put a temporary ban on large data centers

By David Nield Published 7 June 26

New York state has taken another step closer to stopping large data center development for the next year.

Here we go again: Apple's new iOS 27 Siri 2.0 may have a beta label attached, and a waitlist before you can actually try it

By David Nield Published 6 June 26

It seems Apple hasn't yet entirely figured out how it's going to make AI work in the updated Siri assistant.

'They want to build a moat': Anthropic's scary warnings about rapid AI 'self-improvement' and 'temporarily' pausing development aren’t convincing the cynics

By David Nield Published 5 June 26

Anthropic is calling for the AI industry to slow down and put some safeguards in place, but that might not be possible.

'Who wouldn't want a large-scale industrial polluter sitting in their backyard?': California residents ban data centers as public backlash grows

By David Nield Published 4 June 26

Monterey Park says no to data centers, as public opinion turns against AI and the infrastructure required to power it.

Watch out, Dolby: Google just announced a new custom version of HDR, and it could arrive on the iPhone 18 first

By David Nield Published 3 June 26

Eclipsa Video is arriving this year to make sure HDR works consistently across different screens and devices.

'None of them solve the reason I moved to Garmin': 3 new Galaxy Watch models tipped, with a neat feature borrowed from the Pixel Watch

By David Nield Published 2 June 26

It seems as though three new Samsung Galaxy Watch models are on the way, but there are still concerns over battery life.

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