computer science

TechRadar

TechRadar is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand TechRadar rather than just read about it. In short: TechRadar is an online technology publication owned by Future plc. It has editorial teams in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia that provide news and reviews of tech products and gadgets.

Key takeaways

TechRadar belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect TechRadar to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of TechRadar from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

TechRadar is an online technology publication owned by Future plc. It has editorial teams in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia that provide news and reviews of tech products and gadgets. It was launched in 2008 and expanded to the US in January 2012. It further expanded to Australia in October 2012. It was the largest consumer technology, news and review site from the UK as of 2013. TechRadar also has licensed versions in Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium. The Indian and Middle East versions of the site closed in October 2022. It also has two spin-off sites, TechRadar Pro and TechRadar Gaming. TechRadar is owned by Future plc, the sixth-largest publisher in the United Kingdom. In Q4 2017, TechRadar entered the top 100 of Similarweb's US Media Publications Rankings as the 93rd biggest media site in the United States. In 2023, TechRadar underwent a significant redesign, which the company described as a relaunch. The redesign aimed to enhance user navigation, with a shift from story-type to product category-based navigation.

Editorial leadership Marc McLaren is the global editor-in-chief and Lance Ulanoff is editor-at-large. Previous editor-in-chiefs include Paul Douglas, Gareth Beavis, Darren Murph, Patrick Goss and Marc Chacksfield. As of February 2025, the TechRadar masthead lists 40 staff members, not including subbrands TechRadar Pro and TechRadar Gaming.

TechRadar Pro TechRadar Pro, an arm of the main site, is a B2B-focused property with an emphasis on small business. The subbrand "acts as a complementary source of information targeted specifically at businesses and decision makers," the company says. Désiré Athow is managing editor of the subbrand and is part of a nine-person staff.

TechRadar Gaming The newest brand extension – TechRadar Gaming, or TRG – was launched 17 December 2021 and aims to "sit at the intersection of hardware and gaming, leveraging strengths of existing brands to bring the best experience to gaming audience." The company described a related hiring spree for the site as "the biggest investment in gaming in a decade." Rob Dwiar is managing editor for TRG and is part of a three-person team.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with TechRadar

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what TechRadar claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to TechRadar before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about TechRadar ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of TechRadar

In research: TechRadar appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses TechRadar in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: TechRadar is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American technology news websites, British news websites, Computer magazines published in the United Kingdom, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for TechRadar outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study TechRadar in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what TechRadar means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain TechRadar out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is TechRadar in simple terms?

Why does TechRadar matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study TechRadar?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on TechRadar.