Gadget Detective - A selection of free tech advice & tech news broadcasts by Fevzi Turkalp on the BBC & elsewhere

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Howard Hughes on TalkRADIO to discuss all things tech. This time; a city wide quantum communications network has been established in China, running since 2017 between Beijing and Shanghai and bringing supposedly unhackable data transfer. Fevzi explains how it works, the advantages, and whether we can expect it to be expanded globally. Plus a look at the launch of Windows 11 and whether it's worth holding fire on upgrading from Windows 10.

You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Howard Hughes on TalkRADIO to discuss the latest tech news. This week saw the sad loss of Sir Clive Sinclair, a British pioneer and innovator who brought affordable home computing to the masses, and was ahead of his time with the C5 electric vehicle.

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Vernon on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; a look at how the technology industry has been affected by the pandemic, how it's changing now the pandemic is easing, and how some manufacturers have been ripping off the consumer with inferior components. Also in the news, the Wall Street Journal report that internal Facebook communications acknowledge its Instagram service is toxic for one in three teenage girls, increasing anxiety and even causing self injury and suicidal thoughts in some, and allegedly instead of allowing outside parties to help improve matters, the company obstructed efforts.

Gadget of the Week is the HyperX Alloy Origins 60 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. With an aluminium chassis and USBC connection, this keyboard is 60% the size of a standard keyboard, and lacking a number pad but allowing for more space for the mouse on your desktop, this keyboard has mechanical keys and is designed for gamers, with individual per key RGB backlighting that can be programmed via their NGENUITY software, it even has an onboard memory and the ability to remove and replace or move the keys. Scoring 4.5 out of 5, listen in for more details.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Berkshire every Saturday just after midday and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Nicky Campbell on BBC 5 Live to discuss the encroachment of Artificial Intelligence into our lives. Just how pervasive will it become, whose jobs will be safe, and will we even need to drive ourselves to a court where an AI judge will preside? Also on the show, one of the team who invented the webcam, which has become so invaluable during the pandemic lockdown.

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#Future
#WWW
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#Internet
#Pandemic
#Covid
#Lockdown
#Communication
#Computers
#Laptop
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#Wearables

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Kat Orman and crew on BBC Radio Oxford to discuss the government's plan for everybody in the UK to have the option of having a smart meter installed. What are they, do they offer better value, and should you opt to have one, will you even have a choice?

You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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#Billing
#Security
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#Internet
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#IoT

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Danny Pike on BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex to discuss the launch of the Apple products, the iPhone 13, Watch Series 7, iPad 9, and iPad Mini 6. Are these the best models, what improvements will there be, and will it be worth upgrading? You'll have to listen in to find out!

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Howard Hughes on Talk Radio to discuss the latest tech news. This time; Singapore is deploying a law enforcing robot, called Xavier, to patrol the streets and parks, approaching the person breaching the law or alerting police. Australia is using robots to monitor people in quarantine hotels, watching for social distance rule breaking. Robots and Artificial Intelligence are increasingly being used in society but little discussion appears to be taking place as to how and why it will impact us all.

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Sarah Walker on BBC Berkshire to discuss the week's tech news. This week; Facebook and Ray-Ban collaborate to create Ray-Ban Stories, these smart sunglasses contain video cameras which can take a photo or video of what the wearer sees. Interestingly, they don't carry the Facebook logo, but does have a recording indicator light, along with a microphone and small speakers allowing calls to be made. Requirements for having a linked Facebook account raise questions over privacy and data collection.

Gadget of the Week is the Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Mouse. This advanced wireless mouse is ergonomically designed to avoid RSI, has an accurate scroll wheel, and can control up to three devices, such as a computer or tablet, and even allow you to drag content from one device to another. Along with an impressive battery life and capability to work on any surface, this mouse will work on pretty much any operating system, it comes with a dongle for devices lacking onboard Bluetooth.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Berkshire every Saturday around midday and can follow and contact him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Shaun Tilley on BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This time;

First Gadget of the Week is the Amazfit GTS 2. This affordable but fully featured smartwatch offers blood oxygen saturation monitoring, 24hr heartrate monitoring, Sleep quality and stress level monitoring, fitness programs, it's waterproof and capable of running for up to 14 days on a single charge.

Second Gadget of the Week is the Anker PowerExpand 5-in-1 Thunderbolt 4 Mini Dock. This thunderbolt connected dock expands your laptop or PC to bring three thunderbolt sockets, will charge you devices, offers connection of one 8K monitor or two 4K monitors, USB sockets and is an ideal way of expanding the capabilities of your computer.

You can hear Fevzi on BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex every three weeks around 2.40pm and can contact and follow him on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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#Fibrillation
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Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Clive Bull on LBC to discuss the latest tech news and answer listener questions. On the show; China are to limit children's access to online gaming to 3 hours a week and then only on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, enforcing it by pressuring companies to implement measures to identify the gamer playing. A look at advances in computational audio, a way to increase the quality of the music we listen to, but do they stand up to the hi-fis we used to have and are we missing out by ditching the old formats? Plus a look at Bitcoin, what is it, how do you use it, who is behind it, and what are the risks?

Listener questions include; How to remove the details of a previous owner of a MacBook Air, choosing a wearable heartrate/pulse monitor, is pressing a number when answering a scam call as dangerous as some claim, stopping your neighbour hijacking your TVs Bluetooth, 

You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter @gadgetdetective

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#China
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#Children
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#Privacy
#Facial
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#Health
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#Hifi
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#GPU
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