Alex Blake

Alex Blake

Freelance Contributor

Alex Blake has been fooling around with computers since the early 1990s, and since that time he's learned a thing or two about tech. No more than two things, though. That's all his brain can hold. As well as TechRadar, Alex writes for iMore, Digital Trends and Creative Bloq, among others. He was previously commissioning editor at MacFormat magazine. That means he mostly covers the world of Apple and its latest products, but also Windows, computer peripherals, mobile apps, and much more beyond. When not writing, you can find him hiking the English countryside and gaming on his PC.

Articles by: Alex Blake

A leaked image purporting to show the Garmin Cirqa band.
Garmin just accidentally revealed pricing for its own Fitbit Air rival — but leaked images look awfully dubious

By Alex Blake Published

Pricing and images for the unreleased Garmin Cirqa band have leaked, but not everything appears to be legitimate.

Find My app logo displayed on an iPhone 11 screen
An Apple 'Find My' mystery keeps sending strangers to a Reddit user's house in search of lost iPhones — here's what's likely happening

By Alex Blake Published

Apple’s Find My is sending people to the wrong address looking for their lost iPhones.

MacBook Air 15-inch with M4 chip on a creative's desk with screen open
MacBook users are filing off the sharp corners of their laptops for better wrist comfort

By Alex Blake Published

Apple users have been filing their MacBooks’ edges due to their painful sharpness.

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Microsoft deletes man’s hacked OneDrive with 25 years of photos and games — as 'irreversible' action prompts him to bemoan ‘I relied on Microsoft to keep that safe’

By Alex Blake Published

A OneDrive user’s account was deleted after it got hacked, losing 25 years’ worth of their photos and games.

A man sitting in front of a PC with his head in his hands
Unlucky Redditor orders Corsair DDR5 RAM from Amazon and gets sent dummy light sticks instead — but one trick saves their skin

By Alex Blake Published

A Reddit user got scammed when buying RAM off Amazon, but one clever step helped them get a refund.

A person using a Mac with Final Cut Pro.
Apple’s app subscription bundles are too rigid and inflexible — here's how I'd overhaul them if I were CEO-to-be John Ternus

By Alex Blake Published

Apple’s app subscription bundles are too rigid and inflexible. They’re in desperate need of a rethink.

The Philips Hue Bridge Pro.
Philips Hue promises free Bridge Pro replacements after a rogue update bricked its devices — and users are impressed

By Alex Blake Published

Philips Hue is offering free replacement Hue Bridge Pro devices after they were bricked by a software update.

The ChatGPT app showing its Work and Codex modes.
‘Christ almighty, this is so bad’: ChatGPT’s big app update brings huge changes to your workflows — and users seem to hate it

By Alex Blake Published

OpenAI has merged the ChatGPT app with Codex, but many users feel disappointed with the change.

Razer Seiren V3 Pro microphone on wooden desk
Razer wants the Seiren V3 Pro to be the ultimate gaming mic, but you probably don’t need it

By Alex Blake Published

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The Razer Seiren V3 Pro comes loaded with features for demanding users, but you’ve got to pay for the privilege.

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‘The impact to thousands of companies across industries will be huge’: Google Earth Pro for desktop will no longer be available to download soon, and some users are furious

By Alex Blake Published

The desktop version of Google Earth Pro will no longer be available to download soon, with users pointed towards the web and mobile editions.

A person fixes a MacBook using one of Apple's Self Service Repair kits on a blue desk mat.
‘This kind of work blows my mind’: An Apple fan saved $2,200 by manually upgrading their Mac’s storage — but admitted the process ‘was really hell’

By Alex Blake Published

An Apple user manually upgraded their MacBook’s storage and saved $2,200 by doing so

A close-up of the Apple Messages icon in iOS.
‘I am mortified’: An iPhone user sent ‘sensitive pictures’ to a stranger’s phone after making this simple iMessage mistake — here’s how to avoid the same fate

By Alex Blake Published

An iPhone user accidentally sent ‘sensitive’ texts to the wrong person after their partner made one key mistake.

A close up of a hand wearing the Oura Ring 5
‘Long overdue but so glad to have it’: Surprise move from Oura sees these key Ring 5 features come to its older devices

By Alex Blake Published

Features that launched with the Oura Ring 5 are now coming to the Ring 4 and Ring 3 wearables.

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iPhone age verification is now nagging people who live outside affected regions — but the mystery has been solved

By Alex Blake Published

A Reddit user bought an imported iPhone, which opened up a can of iPhone age verification worms.

An iPhone showing the amount of iOS storage taken up by System Data.
Another mysterious iPhone bug is eating up over 100GB of some people’s storage — here’s how to fix it

By Alex Blake Published

Some iPhone users are losing over 100GB of storage space to ‘System Data’ on their devices.

A pair of hands carefully fitting a stick of RAM into a motherboard.
Did RAM suppliers fix memory prices? This lawsuit says they did — but I don’t think it will fix the RAMpocalypse

By Alex Blake Published

A lawsuit filed against RAM suppliers says they colluded to fix memory prices in favor of HBM for AI data centers.

Fitbit AI coach inside the app
Fitbit’s Gemini AI coach is giving users ‘unhinged’ fitness advice — here’s why users are saying they ‘cannot wait for my trial to end’

By Alex Blake Published

Users say Fitbit’s Gemini AI is giving them highly questionable fitness advice.

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'The best browser for Macs': Some Mac users are surprisingly defending Microsoft Edge, but here's why I use Firefox instead of both

By Alex Blake Published

Users on X have been debating whether Microsoft Edge or Safari is the best web browser for Mac.

Macbook
More MacBook misery? Apple’s rumored M-series chip roadmap could bring a frustrating delay for Pro users

By Alex Blake Published

Apple might delay the MacBook Pro’s M7 Pro and M7 Max chips until 2027, a new report claims.

An iPhone showing the alarm screen in iOS.
iPhone owners are blaming a ‘silent alarm’ problem for costing them jobs — but a fix is finally coming in iOS 27

By Alex Blake Published

Some iPhone users say their alarms are going off silently, leading to them losing their jobs.

An iPhone showing the Siri logo next to waveforms showing speech at WWDC 2026
An Apple Siri mystery has been solved by an audio engineer — spectrogram reveals how Apple stopped voice assistant setting off millions of iPhones and HomePods during its WWDC 2026 event

By Alex Blake Published

An engineer has shown why Apple’s presenters don’t set off Siri on your iPhone during events.

The Kage GhostPad interactive mouse mat.
Someone made a touch-sensitive mouse mat that could obliterate desk clutter — and Reddit users are ‘shocked it doesn’t already exist’

By Alex Blake Published

The Kage GhostPad is a touch-sensitive mouse mat with built-in programmable buttons.

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‘I barely slept last night’: Hackers sent an ‘extreme’ alert to millions of Brazilians using the government’s own tools, and that’s a huge concern

By Alex Blake Published

Hackers breached government systems in Brazil to send millions of people a mysterious ‘extreme’ alert.

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Apple price hikes predicted to be ‘fairly imminent’ — so don't wait on upgrading your Mac, iPad or iPhone

By Alex Blake Published

Apple is planning price hikes and they could be ‘imminent,’ one analyst believes.

Google Nest Mini
It’s official — the Google Nest Audio and Nest Mini are dead, here’s what that means for current owners

By Alex Blake Published

Google has discontinued its Nest Audio and Nest Mini speakers as the launch of the firm’s Home Speaker nears.

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