About Circuit Times
A tech publication built around one question: what should you actually do next?
The idea behind the site
Circuit Times exists for the moment you type a tech question into a search box and want a usable answer, not an essay.
Every guide aims to leave you with something finished: a setting changed, a decision made or a concept that finally clicks.
Seven desks, one standard
The site is split into seven desks, each with its own writer and its own corner of technology:
Whichever desk an article comes from, it passes the same checks before it reaches you.
What a Circuit Times guide looks like
Open one of our how-to guides and the short answer comes first. Numbered steps follow, naming each switch exactly as it appears on your screen.
Panels spell out what you give up by changing a setting, and a list of sources closes every guide.
Alongside how-tos we publish explainers, comparisons, trackers and research pages, and we revise them as the products behind them change.
Who pays for it
Ads keep the site free to read. They sit around articles rather than inside the steps, and no advertiser sees a guide before publication or shapes what it recommends.
Any sponsorship or affiliate arrangement is flagged on the article it affects, and the disclosure page lays out every rule.
More about how we operate
The editorial standards describe our checks in detail, the AI policy explains where software helps and where people decide, and the writers page introduces each desk.
To reach us, the contact page lists a separate inbox for each kind of message.
Last updated October 9, 2026