Author: The Tech Guy

In this photo from early January 2026, teams prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Pandora small satellite, NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Pandora small satellite lifted off at 5:44 a.m. PST Sunday, Jan. 11, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base located on California’s central coast. During its initial year, Pandora will provide an in-depth study of at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars to determine the composition of their atmospheres — especially…

If you’ve been patiently waiting for the Google Pixel 10a to hit the streets, you’re in luck as apparently you only have around one month left to wait. That is, of course, if the latest rumor pans out. The phone will allegedly be in stores around mid-February. It will be offered in four colorways: Obsidian, Berry, Fog, and Lavender, with 128GB and 256GB of storage. According to a past leak, the Pixel 10a has a 6.28-inch AMOLED screen with FHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, a 48MP main camera, a 13MP ultrawide, a 13MP selfie camera, 8GB of RAM, and…

I’ve never had enough storage. Although this is partly an occupational hazard, it’s also the nature of Linux. It doesn’t aggressively clean up after itself. After several months, you may start running out of storage. Buying external storage or paying for cloud storage can be a solution. However, not everyone can afford this route, and most storage problems can be fixed without spending money. Over the years, I’ve discovered the best free solutions for when you are running out of storage on Linux. Several of them are effective because they are repeatable processes rather than one-time fixes. They go beyond…

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. GMKtec NucBox M5 Ultra: 30-second reviewGMKtec is an established brand that makes a wide selection of mini PCs, and the M5 Ultra is a follow-up to the previous M5 and M5 Plus models (see my M5 review and the M5 Plus review).The original M5 used a Ryzen 7 5700U, a Zen 2 architecture chip, the M5 Plus used the Zen 3 era Ryzen 7 5825U. And, the new M5…

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and taking action on behalf of employees.The new Slackbot, now generally available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, is Salesforce's most aggressive move yet to position Slack at the center of the emerging "agentic AI" movement — where software agents work alongside humans to complete complex tasks. The launch comes as Salesforce attempts to convince investors that artificial intelligence will bolster its products…

An octopus’s adaptive camouflage has long inspired materials scientists looking to come up with new cloaking technologies. Now researchers have created a synthetic “skin” that independently shifts its surface patterns and colors like these intelligent invertebrates.The ability to alter an object’s appearance on demand has a host of applications, from allowing machines to dynamically blend into their surroundings to creating adaptive displays and artwork. Octopuses are an obvious source of inspiration thanks to their unique ability to change the color and physical structure of their skin in just seconds.So far, however, materials scientists have struggled to replicate this dual control.…

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. After spending several days exploring its features and capabilities, I’ve come away impressed with the value Workbooks CRM, a cloud-based platform aimed at midsize businesses, delivers. It is clear that Workbooks is one of the best CRM platforms on the market. This is a fully-integrated CRM solution, not just a collection of modules. It provides tools for sales, marketing, support, order management, and more in a unified interface.What really…

The upcoming Honor Magic8 Pro Air is set to be unveiled on January 19, and the teaser campaign for the slim and light device is in full effect. The latest addition gives us detailed camera specs. Honor Magic8 Pro Air camera teasers Honor revealed that its upcoming flagship will feature a 50MP main cam armed with a 1/1.3” sensor. It will be paired with a 64MP periscope telephoto lens. Tipster UniverseIce chimed in with more details, claiming the main cam will feature an f/1.6 aperture and 23mm equivalent focal length. The periscope telephoto will apparently get an…

Artificial intelligence is moving quickly into drug discovery as pharmaceutical and biotech companies look for ways to cut years off R&D timelines and increase the chances of success amid rising cost. More than 200 startups are now competing to weave AI directly into research workflows, attracting growing interest from investors. Converge Bio is the latest company to ride that shift, securing new capital as competition in the AI-driven drug discovery space heats up. The Boston- and Tel Aviv–based startup, which helps pharma and biotech companies develop drugs faster using generative AI trained on molecular data, has raised a $25 million…

A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT caused the death of a 40-year-old Colorado man named Austin Gordon, who took his life after extensive and deeply emotional interactions with the chatbot. The complaint, filed today in California, claims that GPT-4o — a version of the chatbot now tied to a climbing number of user safety and wrongful death lawsuits — manipulated Gordon into a fatal spiral, romanticizing death and normalizing suicidality as it pushed him further and further toward the brink. Gordon’s last conversation with the AI, according to transcripts included in the court filing, included a disturbing, ChatGPT-generated “suicide lullaby”…