Author: The Tech Guy

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”…

CES is always a bit of a fever dream, especially so close after the New Year, but 2026 feels a bit different. Usually, the Las Vegas show floor is a graveyard for “concept” tech that never actually sees the light of day – and while that’s very much still the case – the focus of this year’s show has shifted more towards things you’ll actually be able to buy and use before the year’s out. A wild concept, I know.  From the death of the boring slab-glass phone to the moment smart home AI finally stopped being annoying and started…

While there are certainly benefits to sticking with physical media formats, it’s impossible to overstate the advantages of maintaining a digital music library. Namely, you can store an effectively limitless amount of music and media with relatively small storage devices. There are now 2TB microSD cards available that can fit hundreds of thousands of songs onto something that can fit on a fingertip. That doesn’t mean there aren’t limits to how many songs an app or device can handle. Scanning, indexing, and shuffling large music libraries will require more processing power and available memory than most would expect. I have…

Adamya Sharma / Android AuthorityTL;DR An iOS app called “Are you Dead?” is going viral for its morbid name and brutally straightforward concept. The app presents a big green button, tapping which tells your emergency contacts that you’re alive. Failing to tap the button tells people you may be dead. Android already offers similar apps and tools with less drama. A grim, new iPhone app called “Are You Dead?” is going viral by tapping into the very real fear of dying unnoticed.The app’s concept is brutally straightforward. Users must tap a big green button every two days to confirm if…

How U.S. Military Captured Nicolás Maduro. The CIA infiltration with stealth drones seems to be the main element of several important elements. Inside Operation Absolute Resolve (January 3, 2026) On January 3, 2026, U.S. special operations forces executed Operation Absolute Resolve, a daring nighttime raid that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from the heavily fortified Fort Tiuna military complex south of Caracas.The operation combined months of intelligence preparation, cyber warfare, precision airstrikes, and a high-risk helicopter assault by Delta Force operators. How the Raid Unfolded Phase 1: Shaping Operations (August–December 2025) CIA teams were secretly inserted…

SpaceX’s Crew-11 is returning from the International Space Station (ISS) early due to a medical concern with one of its astronauts. It’s the first recorded case in which NASA has decided to bring home a crew member ahead of time due to a health issue. Crew-11 comprises Americans Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman, along with Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov. They arrived at the ISS in August last year and were due to return to Earth next month. NASA has declined to reveal any details about the medical issue, and hasn’t said which astronaut is affected. But the…

I often work on the go and and charging all my devices at maximum speed can be can challenging when they’re all running out of juice after a long trip. This is because I usually have a single cable and can’t charge my smartphone, Apple Watch, and AirPods in the limited time I have before catching the next flight. ESR’s new CryoBoost Foldable 3-in-1 Magnetic Charging Station promises to solve this issue by simultaneously topping up all my devices while being compact enough to fit in my pocket. I was impressed with the brand’s magnetic car charger and wireless charging…

Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire feature in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude Code itself.The launch marks a major inflection point in the race to deliver practical AI agents to mainstream users, positioning Anthropic to compete not just with OpenAI and Google in conversational AI, but with Microsoft's Copilot in the burgeoning market for AI-powered productivity tools."Cowork lets you complete non-technical tasks much like how developers use…

NASA has identified a list of 32 technology shortfalls and invites you to give input on your critical technology needs using this feedback mechanism. Whether you’re part of the space technology community or an interested member of the public, your input is invaluable. By registering and providing your feedback, you could help inform of national space technology priorities. NASA will analyze and aggregate the rankings to produce priority lists for each stakeholder group, which will be made publicly available for continued collaboration. This prioritization framework will guide the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s evaluation of current development efforts to identify necessary adjustments within its…

As rumored already, Apple has picked Google’s Gemini to power its upcoming revamped Siri. This is a multi-year partnership which “will lean on Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology for future Apple foundational models”, according to a statement obtained by CNBC. Here’s what Apple says: After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models and we’re excited about the innovative new experiences it will unlock for our users. The news sent up shares of both Apple and Google. The AI-powered Siri was delayed time and time again. Last March, Apple acknowledged one…