About Tech Geek

Tech Geek has been covering the technology that actually matters to Australians since our first posts went live — the gadgets people are deciding whether to buy, the security stories that affect everyday accounts, the gaming releases worth your weekend, and the bigger shifts in how tech companies behave. We are an independent publication, not a corporate blog, and that independence shapes everything on this page.

What Tech Geek is

We started Tech Geek for a simple reason: most technology coverage is either a press-release rewrite or a wall of jargon. Neither helps a reader who just wants to know whether a phone is worth the upgrade, whether a data breach affects them, or what a new platform announcement really means once the marketing is stripped away.

So we built a site that does three things and does them properly — explains the news in plain English, tests the products we write about, and tells you when something is not worth your money. We would rather publish one honest “skip it” than ten breathless “must-buy” posts.

What we cover

Our newsroom is organised around the areas our readers ask about most:

• Tech news — the announcements, acquisitions, outages and policy changes that change how technology works in Australia and beyond.
• Gadgets & reviews — phones, tablets, laptops, wearables and the accessories around them, assessed on real-world use rather than spec sheets.
• Gaming — releases, hardware and the culture around PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo.
• Security — breaches, scams, privacy and practical advice on keeping your accounts and devices safe.
• How-to guides — clear, step-by-step instructions that solve a specific problem without assuming you already know the answer.

How we work

Every article on Tech Geek follows the same standards, whether it is a 200-word news brief or a long review.

We test before we tell. When we review a product, we use it the way you would — for days, not minutes. We note the rough edges as well as the highlights, because the rough edges are usually what you live with.

We separate fact from spin. A company announcement is a starting point for reporting, never the finished story. We check claims, add context, and say plainly when something has not been independently verified.

We stay independent. Tech Geek may carry advertising and affiliate links — if you buy through some of our links we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. That arrangement never buys a good review. Commercial relationships and editorial decisions are kept completely separate, and we will tell a reader to keep their money whenever that is the honest answer.

We correct mistakes. Technology moves fast and so do we. When we get something wrong, we fix it and we say so, rather than quietly editing the page.

The team behind Tech Geek

Tech Geek is produced by a small editorial team who between them have spent years buying, breaking, fixing and writing about consumer technology.

• Dale Whitfield — Founding Editor. Dale set the brief for Tech Geek: clear, useful, no hype. He oversees what we publish and still writes the bigger news analysis pieces himself.
• Priya Raman — Gadgets & Reviews. Priya runs our review desk. If a device has been on our site, it has usually spent a week on her desk first, charging cables and all.
• Josh Tannenbaum — Gaming. Josh covers releases and hardware across PC and console, and is the reason our gaming section argues about frame rates as much as it does about fun.
• Em Castellano — Security & News. Em translates breaches, scams and privacy stories into advice you can act on the same afternoon.

Articles published under the Tech Geek Team byline are collaborative pieces — research, testing and editing shared across the desk before they go live.

Why readers trust us

We think trust is earned one honest article at a time. We do not chase outrage, we do not publish “news” that is really an ad, and we do not pretend a mediocre product is great because it would be easier. The technology industry is very good at telling you what it wants you to hear — our job is to be the voice in the room asking the obvious questions on your behalf.

If a recommendation on Tech Geek saves you from a bad purchase, helps you secure an account before it is compromised, or simply explains something that finally makes sense — then the site is doing its job.

Get in touch

We genuinely like hearing from readers — story tips, corrections, questions, or a product you think we should test. The fastest way to reach the team is through our contact page. We read every message that comes in.