Author: The Tech Guy
As you might have guessed, this problem does seem contained to users who are signed in to Android Auto using Google Workspace accounts. That’s a relatively niche circumstance, meaning this will be a non-issue for most. Reports of the behavior have been floating around since last month, but as 9to5 notes, new reports have continued to crop up this week. Aside from the issue being somehow connected to Workspace accounts, it’s not obvious what exactly is going wrong here.
How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don’t yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology or when the first primitive life forms appeared.But what if Earth’s life did not originate here, instead arriving on meteorites from Mars? It’s not the most favored theory for life’s origins, but it remains an intriguing hypothesis. Here, we’ll examine the evidence for and against.Timing is a key factor. Mars formed around 4.6 billion years ago, while Earth is slightly younger at 4.54 billion years old. The surfaces of both planets were initially molten, before gradually cooling…
Robots are getting better at seeing, hearing, and moving, but touch has always been the missing piece. At CES 2026, Ensuring Technology showcased a new kind of artificial skin that could finally give robots something close to human-like sensitivity, helping them feel the world instead of just bumping into it. The company’s latest tactile sensing tech is designed to help robots understand pressure, texture, and contact in ways that go beyond simple touch sensors. At the center of the announcement are two products called Tacta and HexSkin, both aimed at solving a long-standing problem in robotics. The product portfolio showcased…
Chances are, if you watch a lot of movies and TV shows on your PC, you’ve heard of or use VLC media player. It’s an extremely popular open-source media player that runs circles around Windows’ default media player, and one of its best features is its ability to play a wide range of media formats, such as MP4, MKV, AVI, MP3, MOV, and more. However, until recently, one of VLC’s biggest flaws was the lack of a dark mode. This meant that if you used your PC in dark mode, when you opened VLC, you’d get slightly flash-banged. Luckily, with…
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Thinking about dropping those flavorful white sachets of nicotine this resolution season? You might want to reconsider how fast you hit the off ramp. Zyns — those tiny nicotine pouches that seem to nowinfest every urinal, bar-top, and sidewalk — have captured the hearts and mouths of many who would never consider smoking a cigarette, let alone packing ‘chaw. Since tobacco giant Philip Morris International acquired the Swedish brand for $16 billion in 2022, Zyn consumption among teens and young adults has nearly quadrupled, according to a November study…
When the AI revolution began, many were expecting Samsung to upgrade its assistant Bixby with an AI brain, but that didn’t come with the last couple of One UI upgrades. Now, a Reddit user shared some screenshots from their rooted device, running One UI 8.5 and showing off a brand new, smarter Bixby. Bixby with AI The screenshots show that Bixby leverages Perplexity AI for most of its tasks, suggesting the earlier rumors about Samsung partnering with Perplexity were accurate. But Bixby integration doesn’t stop there. It will also work with The Weather Channel, HERE Maps,…
I made the jump from Android to Apple around 2015–2016. Since then, every device I own has an Apple logo—iPhones, iPads, Mac minis, Apple Watches, and MacBooks. The way everything syncs without me fiddling with settings still feels like magic; I’m never going back to Windows. That said, loving Apple doesn’t mean I have to pretend the company has adopted Android’s best features. Sure, iOS 26 added Call Screening and Live Translation, which are great, but Android users have had other features for years that I keep waiting for Apple to adopt. The iPhone 18 should land in September 2026;…
Cloudflare claims that La Liga’s “indiscriminate blocking” is illegalLa Liga accuses Cloudflare of “prioritizing commercial interests” over lawSpain’s anti-piracy crackdown also reportedly impacted legitimate domainsThe escalating tension between Cloudflare and La Liga has moved from the server room to the courtroom, with the US tech giant filing appeals against what it describes as “indiscriminate blocking practices” by the Spanish football league.As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the dispute centers on La Liga’s aggressive campaign to stamp out illegal streaming. The league employs around 50 analysts who scour the web for pirated matches, sending notifications to intermediaries like Cloudflare to…
Jensen Huang revealed that latest Nvidia technology and applications including the new Ruben GPU chips. Vera Rubin addresses skyrocketing AI computation demand (models 10x larger yearly, reasoning adds compute). Post-training uses reinforcement learning and inference is multi-token. Tokens use increase 5x yearly. Costs decline 10x yearly due to race. NEWS: Nvidia has released a new video of its next-generation Rubin chips, which are 5X more powerful than their predecessor, Blackwell. The new Rubin chips are already in production. CEO Jensen Huang: “This is a Rubin pod. 1,152 GPUs and 16 racks. Each rack has 72 Rubins.” pic.twitter.com/5NDkKmj64y — Sawyer Merritt…
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. There’s a running joke in the TV and movies industry that January is when studios release their ‘clangers’ (i.e. projects that will undoubtedly flop) – but just nine days into 2026, new Netflix movie People We Meet on Vacation is busting the myth.If you’ve heard the title before, that’s because Netflix is adapting the smash-hit 2021 romance novel by Emily Henry. However, if you’re a diehard ‘Vacationer’ (that’s what…