Articles by Hamish Hector, Senior Staff Writer, News

Hamish is a Senior Staff Writer for TechRadar and you’ll see his name appearing on articles across nearly every topic on the site from smart home deals to speaker reviews to graphics card news and everything in between. He uses his broad range of knowledge to help explain the latest gadgets and if they’re a must-buy or a fad fueled by hype. Though his specialty is writing about everything going on in the world of virtual reality and augmented reality.

He’s been writing about tech and gaming for over five years now, getting his start at the University of Warwick’s student newspaper The Boar as a writer and later Games Editor while studying for his BSc in Maths and Physics (and later an MSc in Biotechnology, Bioprocessing, and Business Management). After graduating from university in 2020 he wrote all about battle royale games for Gfinity Esports before joining the TechRadar team in February 2021.

In his free time, you’ll likely find Hamish lost in one of the latest VR games on his Meta Quest 3, watching a West End musical with his fiancee, playing Magic: The Gathering at his local game store, or planning the D&D campaign he runs for his mates.

Want to get in touch? You can contact Hamish via his email.

Articles by: Hamish Hector

Nintendo fans are suing the company for a tariff refund — but they're unlikely to succeed

By Hamish Hector Published 23 April 26

If gamers have their way, tariff refunds will flow all the way back to customers rather than Mario’s pockets.

Jeff Bezos Inspects Blue Origin's Shepard Rocket

Blue Origin hits major milestone with latest space mission — and then utterly failed to achieve its main objective

By Hamish Hector Published 20 April 26

Blue Origin reused a rocket booster for the first time on a mission, but then failed to complete its objective.

I tried a new ChatGPT tool to help me find a better wedding venue — and I’m very glad it isn’t planning my big day

By Hamish Hector Published 18 April 26

I just used AI to help plan my wedding — and there’s one important thing ChatGPT still can’t do.

LaMelo Ball #1 of the Charlotte Hornets drives to the basket while guarded by Andrew Wiggins #22 of the Miami Heat.

‘A hardware failure in our production truck’ — Amazon Prime Video’s Heat vs Hornets live stream has major outage in overtime

By Hamish Hector Published 15 April 26

Amazon's first play-in game stream frustrates fans with technical difficulties.

Your Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses don’t have facial recognition yet, and over 70 privacy advocacy organizations want it to stay that way

By Hamish Hector Published 14 April 26

Privacy advocates have urged Meta to cancel its rumored controversial Name Tag feature.

I’m a smart glasses expert — and Apple’s rumored Meta Ray-Bans rivals could tempt me to switch thanks to one key strength

By Hamish Hector Published 13 April 26

Apple's privacy-first approach could help it dominate the smart glasses sector.

Pokémon Champions isn't perfect, but that hasn't stopped me playing it non-stop for days

By Hamish Hector Published 12 April 26

Pokémon Champions is the VGC game I hoped it would be, and I can't wait for the mobile launch.

ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from DJI's new robovac to Artemis II iPhone photos

By Hamish Hector Published 11 April 26

It's been another packed week in the world of tech, and you can catch up with the major stories here.

Meta's smart glasses are getting a major AI boost, but it doesn't address its biggest problem

By Hamish Hector Published 9 April 26

Meta has said its new Muse Spark AI is coming to Meta glasses, and you should expect a big boost.

Mark Zuckerberg smiling as he wears the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.

I love my Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses but this summer I’m gonna swap them for standard shades — and the BanRay movement proves I’m not alone

By Hamish Hector Published 7 April 26

"Meta cannot be trusted with this" — an anti-smartglasses movement is brewing.

I’ve spent a month with the Rokid AI Glasses Style: they’re excellent smart glasses let down by an ugly design

By Hamish Hector Published 4 April 26

The Rokid AI Glasses Style should be nothing but a slam dunk, but their design and price are a let down.

A person wearing the new Meta Ray-Ban Blayzer glasses

I was in love with Meta’s ‘most comfortable glasses’ ever, and then I saw the price tag

By Hamish Hector Published 31 March 26

Meta just debuted a duo of new AI glasses styles in its Ray-Ban smart specs lineup, and they’re designed for folks who have prescriptions

Rec Room is the latest VR metaverse closure — but I have hopes it'll return in AR

By Hamish Hector Published 31 March 26

2026 gets another VR casualty as Rec Room announces shutdown, but Snap might have big AR plans for it.

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from the landmark social media addiction trial to more Netflix price hikes

By Hamish Hector Published 28 March 26

The week's biggest tech news stories from Sonos, DJI, iOS, and more for March 28, 2026.

The Lego TIE Fighter with Darth Vader and a rebel fighter

I thought the Lego smart brick was the worst idea ever — but I just built my first set with it and now I’m in love

By Hamish Hector Published 27 March 26

I didn't think I'd like the smart brick, but I absolutely adore it.

Osees concert view of band from audience

Apple Music’s Concert page is the update I’ve been waiting for — but it has a big flaw that makes it more frustrating than it should be

By Hamish Hector Published 26 March 26

Apple Music Concerts page is here, and the feature is almost perfect for live music lovers.

‘I think we’ve achieved AGI’ — er Jensen… I don't think we have

By Hamish Hector Published 24 March 26

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just said “I think we’ve achieved AGI” while on a podcast.

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Close up for woman with yellow painted fingernails using smart phone

Louisiana researchers have made a nail polish that turns your fingernail into a phone stylus to solve ‘zombie finger’ problems

By Hamish Hector Published 24 March 26

Two Louisiana researchers made a nail polish that turns your fingernail into a phone stylus.

Mister Root stands in a forest surrounded by blue spirits

We have two exclusive Riftbound Unleashed card previews, and they include the return of a fan-favorite Legend of Runeterra nihilist

By Hamish Hector Published 24 March 26

Mister Root enters the Blast Cone with our pair of Riftbound Unleashed card previews.

Samsung has smart glasses landing later this year — here are 4 details leaks have already revealed, including displays and XR apps

By Hamish Hector Published 23 March 26

The Samsung Galaxy Glasses, as leaks are calling them, should land later this year. Here's what we know.

GrapheneOS is taking a stand against digital age verification laws — but how long can its defiance last?

By Hamish Hector Published 23 March 26

A privacy and security-focused fork of Android — GrapheneOS — is taking a stand against digital age verification laws.

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I was wrong about the MacBook Neo and I’m glad about it — Apple’s new MacBook is ‘the best budget laptop you can buy right now’

By Hamish Hector Published 23 March 26

I didn't believe Apple's MacBook Neo could be a great laptop, but it turns out I was wrong.

The Samsung Trifold, Spider-Man swinging and the Apple AirPods Max 2

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Apple's AirPod Max 2 surprise to Nvidia DLSS 5 backlash

By Hamish Hector Published 21 March 26

The week's top tech news stories from Apple, Sony, Nothing, Nvidia, and more for March 21, 2026

Meta isn’t closing down its VR metaverse after all — it’ll stay live in a limited capacity for ‘the foreseeable future’

By Hamish Hector Published 20 March 26

Meta's CTO has revealed it won't shut down Horizon Worlds in VR after all.

Meta’s latest smart glasses feature would have been perfect at the Winter Olympics — but I’m frustrated it can’t be used by everyone

By Hamish Hector Published 19 March 26

Meta’s smart glasses are getting their v23 update right now — and the standout upgrade would have been perfect for the Winter Olympics.

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