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

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Darryl Morris on TalkRADIO to discuss tech and answer listener questions. On the show; choosing the best smartphone for camera quality, depression detection apps, should you upgrade your iOS version, getting into Virtual Reality, replacing the battery in an old iPad Air 2, why is the disability and age market so under served,  You can follow and contact F...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Danny Pike on BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex to discuss the latest gadgets. First Gadget of the Week is the Google Pixel 6 Pro. This flagship smartphone from Google has a 6.7" screen, 24hr+ hour battery, the new Google Tensor CPU, high end 50mp rear and 11.1mp front cameras with impressive computational features, dual sim, WIFI 6E, 2 year warranty, stereo...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; Meta's plans for a 'metaverse' have been labelled "dystopian" and a "bad idea" by one of Facebook's earliest investors, Roger McNamee. What is the metaverse and should we be worried about the influence and control it may have? Gadget of the Week is the Tech-Break. This q...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Howard Hughes on TalkRADIO UK to discuss the latest tech news. This time; UK telecoms companies have agreed to make efforts to block internet phone calls coming from outside the UK that are spoofing UK geographic numbers, which are very often scammers, but how effective will their measures be? You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter @gadgetdetective #...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news. This week; After months of controversy and scrutiny, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp is to rebrand itself Meta as it announces its plans for the future, including a virtual 3D space in which people can meet up and interact, but is this a good idea? Gadget of the Week is...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Stephen Jardine on BBC Radio Scotland to discuss the increase in screen time many of us have experienced due to the pandemic. Given the addictive nature of some activities online, should we be worried about it and, if so, what can we do? You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter at @gadgetdetective #Fevzi #Turkalp #Gadget #Detective #Tech #Technology #H...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; nearly 45 million reported receiving scam calls in three months, a massive increase over the summer, with many falling foul of them, but what has caused it and what can be done? Gadget of the Week is the Twelve South StayGo USB-C Hub. This gadget allows you to connect a...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Lesley McCabe on BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week there's the pick of audio gadgets. First Gadget of the Week is th Zoom Podtrak P4 audio recorder. Designed for those looking to podcast, this handheld device can also be used to record Zoom and Skype type calls. Sporting 4 microphones this also has a line...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; Microsoft has announced it is closing down its business oriented social network LinkedIn in China due to pressure from their government, replacing it with a jobs only platform called InJobs, the latest in numerous such removals of apps or services due to pressure from va...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Howard Hughes to discuss the Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp outages that took down all their services for six hours this week. What caused it and what did it cause? Plus a look at the claims made by the whistle-blower who testified before Congress in the US. You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter @gadgetdetective #Fevzi #Turkalp #Gadget #Detective...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; The Facebook Whistle-blower, Frances Haugen, is in the headlines after leaking documents to the WSJ and giving testimony on Capitol Hill, alleging the company, which also owns Whatsapp and Instagram, has put profits over people, a claim that Facebook deny. How much harm...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Clive Bull on LBC to discuss the latest tech news. Under the magnifying glass this time; Amazon announce Astro, their first commercially available robot. Initially available only in the US, how long will it take to reach the UK, what can it do, and will it be worth the wait? How are robots starting to affect the employment market, replacing people in more...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; More than a million people have brought a legal case again Deep Mind, a company purchased by Google, which shared confidential NHS patient data without consent. Plus a look at a potential way to prevent our medical data being shared without our permission. Gadget of the...

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 l...

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. You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter @gadgetdetective #Fevzi #Turkalp #Gadget #Detective #Tech #Tec...

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 Faceboo...

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 loc...

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 #Fevzi #Turkalp #Gadget #Detective #Tech #...

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! You can follow and contact Fevzi on Twitter @gadgetdetective #Fevzi #Turkalp #Gadg...

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 Artificia...

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...

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...

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 in...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Bill Buckley on BBC Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; China announce further restrictions on under 16s playing games online, limiting them to just 3 hours a week and then only on certain days, plus pressuring companies to introduce ways to identify who is playing, such as facial recognition, but is this a good idea and coul...

Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Paul Coia on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss the latest tech news and reviews. This week; The UK gets a new digital data regulatory commissioner, but the government is changing the purview of the role and how our data will be regulated - what effect will this have on everybody?  Gadget of the Week is the Anker PowerConf C300 webcam. This webcam will fit wi...