Was 2024 a naughty or nice year for tech? We find the answer in this special Christmas episode of our podcast

Josie Watson and Jon Devo holding naughty and nice mugs next to Ray-Bans, DJI Drones and an iPhone.
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It’s been a big year in the world of tech, what with the unstoppable wave of AI, the smart ring revolution, outages galore, and so much more. And in this special episode of the TechRadar podcast we recap it all.

Sprinkling in a healthy dose of Christmas theming as we approach the holidays, on top of our usual tech chat you can you can look forward to a few special games namely ‘Naughty vs Nice’ which has debating which category the biggest tech news stories of the year fall into, and ‘What’s in the box?’ where we try to clue the other podcast guests into which mystery gadget we’ve been gifted by Santa. We also design our dream Christmas gadgets.

This week Josie and I are joined by TechRadar’s Phones Editor Axel Metz, as well as journalist, podcaster, and friend of the show Jon Devo.

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Hamish is a Senior Staff Writer for TechRadar and you’ll see his name appearing on articles across nearly every topic on the site from smart home deals to speaker reviews to graphics card news and everything in between. He uses his broad range of knowledge to help explain the latest gadgets and if they’re a must-buy or a fad fueled by hype. Though his specialty is writing about everything going on in the world of virtual reality and augmented reality.