The Tech Blog is an independent site for practical tech help, security alerts and big tech news, written in plain English. We publish clear fixes for everyday problems and explain the stories that affect the devices and services you rely on.
What we cover
Most of what we publish falls into a few areas:
- Step-by-step fixes for Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone, from a laptop that won’t wake up to a phone that drains its battery by lunchtime.
- Apps and services: email, cloud storage, streaming, messaging and the accounts that tie them together.
- Home networks: slow Wi-Fi, routers that keep dropping, devices that refuse to connect, and how to set things up properly in the first place.
- Outages and software problems: what is broken, who is affected, and what you can do while you wait for a fix.
- Security alerts: urgent updates, active scams, data breaches and the settings worth changing today.
- Big tech news: the announcements and policy changes that actually matter to ordinary users, explained without the jargon.
How we write fixes
A good fix gets you from problem to solution without making you feel stupid along the way. That is the standard we hold ourselves to.
We start with the quickest, safest steps and move toward the more involved ones only when they are needed. We say which operating system version or device a guide applies to, because instructions that worked two updates ago often don’t work now. When a fix carries a risk, such as losing data or resetting settings, we say so before you reach that step, not after.
We also tell you when to stop. Some problems are hardware faults, account lockouts or billing issues that only the manufacturer or provider can sort out, and we would rather point that out than send you through twenty steps that can’t work.
How we handle security alerts and news
Security stories attract a lot of panic. We try to cut through it. An alert on this site should answer three questions quickly: does this affect me, how serious is it, and what should I do right now.
For news, we focus on the practical angle. A new feature, a price change or a policy shift gets covered in terms of what it means for the people using the product. We stick to what has been confirmed, and when a story is still developing, we say that plainly rather than filling the gaps with guesswork.
What we won’t do
Some lines are fixed, and they don’t move for traffic or convenience.
- We never link to cracked software, piracy tools, key generators or ways to bypass licences.
- We don’t recommend downloads from sources that put your device or your accounts at risk.
- We don’t publish “fixes” that work by switching off important security protections without explaining the trade-off.
If a paid tool is the right answer, we say so. If a free, legitimate option exists, we tell you about that too.
A bit of history
This domain has been around longer than the current site. Back in 2006 it hosted a sysadmin blog, written in the era when much of the web’s best troubleshooting advice came from people who fixed servers and networks for a living and shared what they learned.
The Tech Blog you are reading today is a new, independent project. We don’t claim that earlier work as our own, but we like the continuity. The idea is much the same: practical help, written by people who care about getting the details right.
Corrections and keeping things current
Tech changes fast, and guides go out of date. We update articles when software changes, when a better fix emerges, or when we get something wrong. If you spot an error or a step that no longer works, let us know and we will look into it.
Who this site is for
The Tech Blog is for anyone who uses technology every day and wants clear answers without wading through forum threads, sales pitches or jargon. You don’t need to be an expert to follow our guides. You just need the problem in front of you and a few minutes to work through it.
Who writes here
The Tech Blog is written by a small team of writers, each covering their own part of the site, and every article is fact-checked by our standards editor before it is published.
Rebecca Sullivan
Rebecca Sullivan covers Windows, Mac and iPhone, and Android problems, from 0x error codes and blue screens to iCloud sync failures and Samsung charging faults. She checks every fix against Microsoft, Apple and Google support documentation and release notes, and puts the safest, least disruptive steps first so readers don’t lose files or settings. Read Rebecca’s articles
Kevin Ashworth
Kevin Ashworth covers apps and services, home internet and Wi-Fi, outages, and software, including Gmail, Teams, streaming apps, router settings, DNS and AI assistants like ChatGPT and Copilot. He works from vendor help centres, official status pages and published outage reports, and cares most about telling readers whether a problem is on their end or the provider’s. Read Kevin’s articles
Tessa Morales
Tessa Morales covers security, scams and tech news, explaining phishing tricks, hacked accounts, virus removal and major security alerts in plain English. She reads vendor security advisories, official patch notes and published research before writing, and every alert ends with exactly what readers should update, change or ignore. Read Tessa’s articles
Howard Delaney, Standards Editor
Howard Delaney is the standards editor and fact-checks every article before publication against the sources cited, from official documentation and support pages to security advisories and announcements. Anything he cannot confirm is corrected, labelled or removed, and he watches closely for outdated steps, inflated claims and advice that could put readers’ data or accounts at risk.