Author: The Tech Guy

Ukraine’s drone campaign has already moved beyond tactical harassment. By mid-2026 it is systematically degrading Russian logistics at operational depth, particularly along the southern land corridor into Crimea and the adjacent Zaporizhzhia–Kherson approaches. The question is no longer whether drones matter. It is when the next qualitative jump — from high-volume semi-autonomous strikes to coordinated packs and true swarms — crosses thresholds that force local Russian routing or collapse of sustainment on a decisive axis. Screenshot Screenshot The Scalability Advantage Historical analogies help frame the moment. German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic came close to choking Britain’s supply…

Introduction, unboxing This is the new Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro, which launched globally at the end of May. You can look at it as a successor to the Smart Band 9 Pro (review here), or as its own thing. If you compare the Smart Band 10 Pro to its predecessor, very little has changed. It has the same overall design (though it is a bit lighter and thinner), the same battery (350mAh), and mostly the same display – a 1.74-inch 60Hz unit (but a bit brighter – up to 2,000 nits vs 1,200 nits). Looking at the Smart Band…

Upcoming sci-fi and fantasy movies are one thing, but there’s something wonderfully ironic buried inside two of the most iconic cyborgs in movie history. RoboCop and the T-800 both show up with glowing red readouts, scrolling data, and heads-up displays that feel like they’re from a dystopian future. But if you pay attention, you’ll find that they run on surprisingly similar software. Both films leaned on hardware and software that any home computer nerd from the 1980s would immediately recognize. The so-called advanced tech running these robots was quite literally off-the-shelf consumer tech repurposed for action-packed cinema. Related 8 sci-fi…

Sanuj Bhatia / Android AuthoritySamsung has pulled back the curtain on its new foldable phones, and there’s plenty to be excited about. The new Z Flip 8, Fold 8, and Fold 8 Ultra bring powerful silicon, slick software, and a few new camera tricks.One of my favorite upgrades is the fact that all three devices are equipped with silicon-carbon batteries. This is the first time that Samsung is using this tech in its phones, coming a while after most rivals adopted it. While I’m happy to see silicon-carbon batteries in these new devices, I’m more excited about what this means…

Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew made its safe, parachute-assisted landing at 5:27 a.m. CDT (3:27 p.m., Kazakhstan time), southeast of Dzhezkazgan, after departing the space station at 2:03 a.m., aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. The crew was in space for 241 days, orbiting the Earth 3,856 times and traveling more than 102 million miles. They launched to the International Space Station on Nov. 27, 2025. The mission was the first for Williams and Mikaev and the…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. GameSir G8+ Bluetooth: One-minute reviewThe GameSir G8+ Bluetooth is the wireless mobile controller in the G8 family and bolsters compatibility from being simply mobile, to the Nintendo Switch, tablets, and PC. The same full-size grips, Hall effect joysticks and triggers, and programmable back buttons that made the wired versions of the G8 so impressive remain, and at $79.99 / £79.99 / AU$129, so does the price.On paper, you’d think…

iPads tend to hold their performance edge for quite a while. That probably wasn’t Apple’s goal, however. Rather, the company has allowed processor power to vastly exceed the demands of most iPadOS apps. You don’t need an M5 iPad Pro to check your email, comment on Reddit, or watch YouTube videos. My 2020 Pro handles those tasks and more with ease. My tablet is getting a bit sluggish though, so I decided to investigate options to keep it running smoothly for a little while longer. As it turns out, there are several software tricks that can achieve minor gains, a…

Gene editing is like a molecular meet cute. When protein “scissors” dock onto the intended gene, even a tiny slip—no more than the width of a hydrogen atom—can ruin the connection, and the protein may latch onto similar DNA sequences nearby. In a rom-com, a missed connection means heartbreak; in gene therapy, it can trigger dangerous off-target effects.Now, AI is playing matchmaker.In one recent study, researchers used AI to engineer more faithful gene-editing scissors with higher fidelity than previous versions. In another, AI designed the scissors from scratch. Although the synthetic proteins are markedly different than their natural counterparts, they…

With heaps of praise from practically everyone about the redesigned form factor of the new Galaxy Z Fold 8, why has Samsung decided to keep on with the boxier design in the form of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra? The answer, in Samsung’s eyes at least, is productivity.  The firm claims that the boxy 1:1 aspect ratio of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra’s 8-inch foldable screen is designed to run two regular 6.5-inch smartphone apps side-by-side, while the 4:3 aspect ratio of the regular Z Fold 8’s 7.8-inch inner panel is better suited to social media, watching movies…

Mention Windows Media Center today, and you will probably be met with a shrug, assuming it is not confused with Windows Media Player. Yet the fragmented home-entertainment systems many of us assemble now, where Plex, Jellyfin, and Kodi all solve the same basic television problem in slightly different ways, resemble the unified experience Microsoft tried to place behind one interface in 2002. Windows Media Center did not invent every feature it offered. Its achievement was bringing live television, DVR recording, DVDs, personal media, whole-home playback, and eventually online video services together in a polished interface that could be controlled from…