TheTechyX.Com Editorial Policy

Our mission

TheTechyX.Com exists to explain technology clearly and test it honestly. We would rather be late and right than first and wrong. This policy sets out the standards behind every article, so you can hold us to them.

Who writes TheTechyX.Com

Articles are researched, written and edited by the TheTechyX.Com Editorial Team and published under that byline. Every piece is read by a second person before it goes live. We don’t invent personas or credentials; if individual writers join the masthead, they will be named on the About page and on their work.

How we choose stories

We start from a question a reader actually has, or a claim we can test — not a press release or a keyword. We skip stories we can’t add anything to, and we don’t publish rumours as facts.

Hands-on testing

• Hands-on, or silent. We don’t review products we haven’t used. Devices are used in daily life, software is run on our own machines, and AI models are tested on real tasks.
• Long enough to matter. We use a product long enough to form a view beyond first impressions, and we say how we tested it in the review.
• The hard question. Before publishing, we ask what would make our conclusion wrong, and we report what we find.

Sourcing and fact-checking

• We prefer primary sources: official documentation, research papers, filings, standards bodies and our own measurements.
• We link to our sources so you can check them, and we say clearly when something is unconfirmed.
• Numbers, specifications and quotes are checked against the original before publication.
• We don’t publish anonymous claims we cannot verify independently.

Review units and loans

We buy products ourselves or borrow review units from manufacturers. Loaned units are returned when required, no company sees a review before it is published, and no loan, gift or trip buys coverage or a score. When a review uses a loaned unit, we say so in the review.

Independence and conflicts of interest

TheTechyX.Com has never published a sponsored post and doesn’t sell coverage, placement or verdicts. Editors don’t cover companies in which they hold a personal financial interest. If a potential conflict arises, it is disclosed in the article or the story is handed to someone else.

Affiliate links

Some links may be affiliate links that earn us a small commission at no cost to you. Affiliate relationships are decided separately from editorial work, are disclosed on the page, and never influence what we recommend or how we score.

AI usage disclosure

We cover artificial intelligence, and we use it carefully. Our rules:

• We may use AI-assisted tools for supporting tasks such as transcription, translation checks, spelling and grammar, or summarising long documents for research.
• AI tools never decide a verdict or a score, and we never present AI output as hands-on testing.
• Every fact produced with help from a tool is checked against a primary source by a person.
• Every published article is written, edited and approved by the TheTechyX.Com Editorial Team, which is responsible for it.
• Illustrations on TheTechyX.Com are original artwork drawn for the site. If we ever publish an AI-generated image, it will be labelled.

Corrections and updates

When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a dated correction note to the article explaining what changed. We don’t quietly edit mistakes away. Evergreen guides are reviewed and updated when products, prices or software change, and the update date is shown on the article.

Feedback and complaints

Spotted an error, or think we’ve fallen short of this policy? Email editor@thetechysx.com or use the contact page. A person reads every message, and we’ll tell you what we did about it.