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

A collage of Amazon devices on a grey background, including an Amazon Ember TV, Blink camera, Ring Doorbell, and Fire TV Stick.
Amazon devices plummet by up to 80% ahead of Prime Day — these are the best 16 deals on Fire TV, Blink, and Ring that I'd buy now

By James Pickard Published

Amazon has dropped several Prime Day deals early, including massive savings of up to 80% on popular, best-selling Fire TV, Blink, and Ring devices.

A shot of the Breville / Sage Barista Express on a wooden tabletop.
The Breville Barista Express falls to a record-low price ahead of Prime Day, so it might finally be the time I upgrade my home coffee maker

By James Pickard Published

This discount on the 4.5-star-rated coffee machine has caught my eye

A collage of tech from the Argos summer sale, including a Ninja blender, Vax vacuum, LG TV, Cookworks air fryer, Ninja knife set and Dyson fan.
The Argos summer sale starts now — get up to 50% off appliances, toys, TVs, phones, and even more tech

By James Pickard Published

Argos has just launched a mega summer sale, so I've looked through and summarised the biggest categories, while also highlighting the 12 best deals.

The ModRetro M64 and Pro controller next to each other on a wooden surface
I spent a month with the ModRetro M64 — and I think there’s no better way to play your classic Nintendo 64 games

By James Pickard Published

'Slappers Only, No Oddjob' is back on the menu in 2026

A collage of TVs and soundbars in the latest John Lewis promotion, including options from LG, Hisense, Samsung, Sony, and Marshall.
Get a gift card of up to £200 with these five-star-rated TVs and soundbars from LG, Samsung, or Sony at John Lewis

By James Pickard Published

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In the latest John Lewis promotion ahead of the World Cup, you can get a gift card of up to £200 when buying one of these top TVs or soundbars from Samsung, LG, Sony, and more.

A collage of tech from the early Prime Day deals at Amazon UK, including a Ninja Slushi, Microsoft Surface, DualSense controller, Ninja Air Fryer, Sonos soundbar and Kindle.
Amazon drops early deals ahead of Prime Day later this month — here are the top 14 offers I've found

By James Pickard Last updated

With Amazon Prime Day set for later this month, early deals are starting to drop at the retailer, so I've rounded up the 14 best offers worth buying now.

A collage of tech from the Currys Father's Day sale, including Beats, Lego, Oral-B, Salter, JBL, De'Longhi, Philips, and Ninja
24 top tech gifts for Father's Day at Currys — I've picked out the best deals on headphones, coffee machines, Lego, speakers, and more

By James Pickard Published

If you're searching for a gift for a tech-loving dad this Father's Day, I've looked through the latest batch of offers at Currys and picked out 24 deals that should give you some buying inspiration.

A shot of the ModRetro M64 with a purple cover on a pink background
The ModRetro M64 looks like the perfect modern way to play your classic Nintendo 64 games

By James Pickard Published

The ModRetro M64 has just been announced, offering a modern way to play all of your favorite classic Nintendo 64 games when it launches in July.

A woman opening a brown box with the Amazon logo on it as various gold and sparkly items explode out of it.
Amazon reveals the dates for Prime Day 2026 — and I've found 11 of the best early deals that you can shop now

By James Pickard Published

Amazon has confirmed the dates for this year's Prime Day sale and revealed several early deals that you can shop now — here's everything you need to know and my top picks from all the current offers.

A collage of some tech deals from the latest Amazon UK sale, including a Shark fan, Sonos soundbar, Lenovo laptop, Ninja Slushi and DJI drone
23 of this weekend's best tech deals at Amazon UK — save up to 50% on Shark, DJI, Sonos, Bose, and more

By James Pickard Published

I've searched through this weekend's top deals at Amazon UK and picked out 23 of the best offers I'd buy on fans, laptops, drones, soundbars, and more.

A collage of tech deals from the Argos Big Red sale, including Sony earbuds, Dreo fan, PS5 controller, Lenovo laptop, Garmin smartawtch and LG TV.
Argos is back with another Big Red sale — get up to 50% off fans, TVs, appliances, laptops, and more top tech

By James Pickard Published

The Argos Big Red sale has returned this week with discounts of up to 50% available across tech, toys, appliances, furniture, homewares, and more — I've picked out the 22 best deals.

A collage of tech from the Currys bank holiday sale, including a Shark fan, Ninja Creami, Hisense TV, Microsoft Surface, Apple AirPods and Garmin Venu 3.
The Currys bank holiday sale isn't over yet — save up to 40% with 21 best deals on TVs, appliances, laptops, headphones, and more

By James Pickard Published

Plus, all the fans you could need in this hot weather

The Hisense E7Q on a TV stand in a stylish and minimalist apartment with a view of the cityscape out of a window behind it.
Is there a better way to watch the World Cup in style than this enormous 98-inch QLED TV? Better still, it's now a massive £1,100 off

By James Pickard Published

AO has one of the biggest discounts on one of the biggest TVs I've ever seen, with over £1,000 off the enormous Hisense E7Q 98-inch QLED TV — that's one way to watch the World Cup in style.

A Dell 15 laptop on a wooden desk, surrounded by a mouse, phone, coffee mug, notepad, and usb hub
Here are 8 of the best laptops you can buy right now at Dell — everyday machines to gaming powerhouses from £579

By James Pickard Published

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Dell is one of the top laptop manufacturers, so I've looked through its latest set of laptop offers and picked out the 8 devices that are worth buying.

Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS experience
The Lenovo Legion Go S drops to its lowest-ever price, offering another option to anyone sick of Steam Deck stock issues

By James Pickard Last updated

Steam Deck stock issues don't appear to be improving any time soon, so if you're hunting for a capable gaming handheld, this best-ever price on the Lenovo Legion Go S is a tempting alternative.

A collage of tech from the latest Amazon UK sale, including a Lenovo laptop, Fire TV, Kindle, Bose earbuds, Lenovo laptop and Ninja air fryer
18 top tech deals from the Amazon UK weekend sale — get up to 40% off Kindle, Bose, Ninja, Apple, and more

By James Pickard Published

There are some fantastic tech deals available this weekend at Amazon UK, so I've searched through the retailer and picked out the 18 top offers I'd buy.

DualSense Edge
With Saros demanding more complex button mapping, I might finally upgrade to the Dualsense Edge at this record-low price

By James Pickard Published

It's hard to justify the Dualsense Edge at full price, but I'm tempted to pick one up for demanding games like Marathon and Saros now that it's dropped to a stunning low price.

A collage of Amazon Devices that are currently on sale at the retailer, including an Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, Echo Show, Kindle and Fire TV.
You don't need to wait until Prime Day to score up to 40% off these Amazon Devices — I've picked the 20 best deals from £23.99

By James Pickard Published

Amazon isn't waiting until Prime Day to discount some of its best-selling devices, so I've picked out the 20 top deals that are worth buying now.

Google Fitbit Air
Google Fitbit Air preorders — where to buy the latest budget fitness tracker for free with a trade-in

By James Pickard Published

The Google Fitbit Air launches on May 26, and if you want one on your wrist for launch day, then here's where you're able to preorder the lightweight wearable — and score a deal.

A collage of tech on offer from the Currys Epic Deals sale, including a Garmin smartwatch, Ninja multicooker, Lenovo laptop, Hisense TV, Apple AirPods and Sage coffee maker.
23 top tech offers I'd buy from the latest Currys Epic Deals sale — get up to 40% off Apple, Ninja, Garmin, Dyson, and more

By James Pickard Published

The latest Currys Epic Deals sale is still live at the retailer this week, so I've taken a look through and picked out the 23 top tech deals that I think are worth your attention.

A collage of tech from the Argos bank holiday sale, including an LG TV, MacBook Air, Samsung Galaxy smartwatch, Apple iPhone Air, Huawei earbuds
Argos expands its bank holiday sale with dozens of new deals — I've found the 22 best tech offers with up to 40% off

By James Pickard Published

The Argos bank holiday sale continues this week, so I've looked through the event once again to pick out all the best new tech deals that are still available.

A collage of tech deals from the Amazon UK bank holiday sale on a black background, including an Asus laptop, Hisense TV, Ninja Creami, Anker speaker and Eufy robot vacuum.
21 tech deals from the Amazon bank holiday sale that I'd buy — laptops, smartwatches, games, and essentials from under £10

By James Pickard Published

You can treat yourself to some top tech for less this weekend, thanks to the Amazon bank holiday sale, so I've hand-picked 21 of the best deals that are worth buying.

A collage of tech featured in the Currys bank holiday sale, including a Samsung OLED TV, iPhone Air, Shokz OpenRun 2, Samsung laptop, Ninja air fryer and Nespresso pod coffee machine
Currys launches its bank holiday sale with up to 40% off Ninja, LG, Shark, Dyson, and more — I've picked the 25 best deals

By James Pickard Published

My recommended offers on laptops, TVs, appliances, and more

A collage of tech from the Very bank holiday sale, including an LG TV, Asus laptop, iPhone Air, Ninja slow cooker, Samsung earbuds and Meta Ray-Ban Glasses.
Very's bank holiday sale starts early and I've found the 16 best deals — get up to 40% off appliances, headphones, laptops, TVs, and more

By James Pickard Published

Very is another retailer that's kicked off its bank holiday sale early, so I've taken a look through and picked out the 16 best deals I'd buy.

A screenshot from Marathon, showing two teams in a standoff with each other
I hope Marathon's first sale gets more players to try the game — it's the most I've been consumed by a competitive FPS in a long time

By James Pickard Published

I've been completely consumed by Marathon over the last month, and I'm hoping the game's first sale encourages more people to try Bungie's fascinating extraction shooter.

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