James Pickard

James Pickard

Senior Deals Editor

James Pickard is a Deals Editor at TechRadar. After many years of scouring the net for the cheapest games and tech for his personal use, he decided to make it his job to share all the best bargains and coupon codes with you. James also has almost a decade of experience covering some of the biggest sales events of the year at Eurogamer and VG247, including Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Amazon Prime Day. When not deals hunting or stacking coupon codes to get the biggest savings, James can be found on the PS5, watching a classic film noir or cheering on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Articles by: James Pickard

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Argos Black Friday sale 2024 - I've picked the 22 top offers available now

By James Pickard last updated

Get up to 50% off TVs, laptops, appliances, toys, tablets, games consoles, and more

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Massive Amazon UK Black Friday sale is live - here are today's 38 best deals

By James Pickard last updated

I've searched through the Amazon UK Black Friday sale and curated a list of the 38 best deals available to buy today.

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51 best Black Friday sales in the UK – this weekend's top offers picked by a deals expert

By James Pickard last updated

Black Friday sales are already live in the UK – here are the 51 best deals I'd buy now as a shopping expert.

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Black Friday Bose deals 2024: early deals on headphones, speakers and soundbars live now

By James Pickard last updated

TechRadar brings you all the best Black Friday Bose deals, including the biggest reductions on the manufacturer's top headphones, earbuds, soundbars and speakers.

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Amazon UK Black Friday sale dates announced – plus the 24 best early deals

By James Pickard last updated

Amazon UK has confirmed the start date for its Black Friday sale and announced the offers you can expect to see – including some excellent early deals.

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The best USB-C hub deals in December 2024

By James Pickard last updated

Deals The best deals and lowest prices for all the top USB-C hubs and adapters available to buy today.

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Huge Black Friday sale is live at Very – here are the 15 best deals I'd buy

By James Pickard published

I've searched through the Very Black Friday sale and picked out the 15 best deals I recommend buying now.

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The Currys Black Friday is already here – these are the 13 best tech deals I'd buy

By James Pickard last updated

The Currys Black Friday sale has started very early with hundreds of top tech offers – here are the best 12 deals I recommend.

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Argos Black Friday sale dates announced – and the deals start earlier than ever before

By James Pickard published

Argos has announced the start date for its Black Friday sale in 2024, with offers set to go live extremely early this year.

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Early Amazon Prime Day deals are live in the UK – here are 22 offers I'd buy

By James Pickard last updated

I've searched through all the early Amazon Prime Day deals and picked out 22 of the best offers I'd buy this weekend.

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Currys takes on Prime Day with its own Epic Deals sale - I've picked the 14 best offers

By James Pickard published

All the top offers worth buying now from the rival retailer

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PS5 stock: where to buy a PlayStation 5 in August 2025

By Rob Dwiar last updated

PS5 Restock We're showing you where to find PS5 stock to get the console this month.

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Amazon announces dates for Prime Big Deal Days - the second Prime Day sale of the year

By James Pickard published

The Black Friday sales season officially starts next month

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Massive tech sale is live at Amazon UK – here are the 21 best deals on laptops, headphones, appliances, and more

By James Pickard published

A big tech sale is currently underway at Amazon UK with some huge savings up for grabs on laptops, headphones, tablets and more – so I've picked out all of the best deals.

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The best cheap PS5 DualSense controller deals in August 2025

By Rob Dwiar last updated

We're rounding up all the best cheap PS5 DualSense controller deals available this month.

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Dell launches a big back-to-school laptop sale in the UK - here are the 6 best deals

By James Pickard published

I've looked through the latest laptop sale at Dell UK and picked out the six best deals I think are worth buying.

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Amazon's bank holiday sale is like a mini Prime Day - these are the 26 best deals

By James Pickard published

Amazon has launched a big bank holiday sale with dozens of deals across top tech - it's like Prime Day has come again.

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This cheap Samsung Galaxy Tab is one of the best budget tablet deals available now

By James Pickard last updated

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 is the manufacturer's budget-friendly tablet and it's now even cheaper in the US and UK.

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Currys launches early bank holiday sale with up to 30% off – I've picked the 16 best deals

By James Pickard published

A new epic deals sale is live at Currys ahead of the bank holiday weekend in the UK so I've searched through and picked out the 16 best deals I recommend buying.

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Amazon Prime Student: cost, benefits, who can join and how to sign up

By James Pickard last updated

We've gathered together all you need to know about Amazon Prime Student in one place, including the price, benefits, who's eligible and how to join ahead of back-to-school.

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The best Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold preorder deals – where to buy the new foldable

By James Pickard last updated

We've rounded up all the best Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold preorder deals that are available now on the brand-new and stunning foldable handset.

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The best PS5 racing wheel deals in August 2025

By Rhys Wood last updated

Deals The best PS5 racing wheel deals in the US and the UK right now.

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The cheapest Xbox Game Pass deals in August 2025

By Rhys Wood last updated

Deals Subscribe to Xbox Game Pass for the lowest price with these Xbox Game Pass deals.

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The cheapest Xbox controller deals in August 2025

By Aleksha McLoughlin last updated

Deals The cheapest Xbox controller deals help you to replace an existing gamepad or play multiplayer titles for less.

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The cheapest Xbox game deals in August 2025

By Rhys Wood last updated

Deals The latest and greatest Xbox game deals to help you save on some of the best titles.

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