Author: The Tech Guy
Let me get this out of the way as early as possible: I’m a sucker for Ultra settings in PC games. Then again, I do have the luxury of leaning on a PC that costs more than my car. That doesn’t mean I wholeheartedly recommend using max settings in your favorite Steam titles. Far from it. As the proud owner of a Steam Deck OLED, I also know the benefits of compromising when it comes to graphical presets. The hard and fast truth is this: unless you own the most bleeding-edge PC hardware, ultra settings are rarely worth the fidelity…
Handheld gaming has transformed in its shape and size in the past couple of years. The days of adding flashing lights to a phone’s back and calling it a gaming phone have been rightfully left behind. They have made way for actually useful gaming features you would want on a portable gaming machine, whether a phone or a Steam Deck–like dedicated device.OnePlus also wanted to do something like this with its upcoming Ace 6 Ultra smartphone. It has a snap-on controller that aims to give you physical, tactile button-like feedback. While it might seem promising at first glance, I can…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As if activity-monitoring software installed on your work computer that snitches on you if you’re away from the keyboard for too long wasn’t enough, Meta is taking the trend to its logical — and dystopian surveillance state-level — conclusion. As Reuters reports, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company is installing new tracking software on all of its US-based employees’ computers that tracks all of their mouse movements and keystrokes, data that will be used for training the company’s AI models. The company is reportedly looking…
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. Dali Sonik 1: Two-minute reviewDali’s new Sonik series of speakers is the Danish brand’s re-introduction to the global hi-fi market — and these, the Dali Sonik 1, are a set of versatile, broad-appeal passive bookshelf speakers aimed squarely at the entry-level audio enthusiast. They enter a saturated market at this size and price, rubbing shoulders with about every major speaker brand you can name; still, they stand apart and…
When I bought my first smart TV, way back in 2011, the industry was pretty fragmented. There weren’t any standard platforms, and add-on media streamers were rare, so you were often stuck with your TV maker’s proprietary software. Chances are, it wasn’t good — in fact my TV’s apps never performed that well, and updates for them were short-lived. In 2026, two platforms reign supreme if you’re not buying a TV from LG or Samsung: Roku OS and Google TV. If you don’t own a TV with Google TV preloaded, you may have a Chromecast or Google TV Streamer. The…
My post yesterday on New Glenn, ULA and Space Force transferring payloads to SpaceX got reply from Elon Musk. He agreed Space is hard. Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is grounded during an FAA investigation into the second stage problem they had on the weekend. ULA Vulcan has mishaps with their solid rocket boosters made by Grumman and are also grounded. Blue Origin New Glenn had ten months between first and second launch. First launch also had a mishap investigation.Third launch took five months. They will have to find and fix the problem(s) and this may not be trivial. If…
Verdict A very likeable first wireless speaker from WiiM, the Sound offers a strong feature set, attractive design, and enjoyable sound. If you have a WiiM set-up already, the Sound speaker is an addition that dots the I’s and crosses the t’s to make it an end-to-end WiiM system Warm, clear, spacious delivery Good app Strong feature set Attractive design Perhaps a touch lite with the highs and lows No AirPlay 2 support No spatial audio for immersive audio fans Key Features Review Price: £299 WiiM Home app Start your music journey with the Home app 1.8-inch porthole display Keep…
Despite its shortcomings, ChatGPT is unquestionably one of the best AI tools on the market. It’s always ready for you to ask it something, and it pretty much always has the right answer. However, just because using ChatGPT is easy doesn’t mean it’s also the best or the fastest tool for the job. It might not sound very intuitive, but there are instances in my workflows where Excel is actually the better (and faster) tool than ChatGPT. It’s not that ChatGPT can’t do the task at hand; it’s just that by the time I’ve typed a prompt, pressed enter, and…
A rare decay exposes cracks in physics that refuse easy explanationThe Standard Model shows strain under one of its toughest testsFour-sigma anomaly hints something subtle may be missing in physicsScientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have found something strange inside a particle decay process called an electroweak penguin decay, which could signal a major problem for modern physics.The LHC is a 27-kilometer circular tunnel buried under the French-Swiss border where proton beams smash together at nearly the speed of light, recreating conditions similar to those just after the Big Bang.Experiments like LHCb analyze the collision debris to look for…
This observation from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released on March 23, 2026, gives an unparalleled, detailed look at the aftermath of a supernova and how it has evolved over the telescope’s long lifetime. Hubble captured the nebula’s intricate filamentary structure, as well as the considerable outward movement of those filaments over 25 years, at a pace of 3.4 million miles per hour. Learn more about the Crab Nebula. Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, William Blair (JHU); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)