Author: The Tech Guy

TL;DR Acer has unveiled updated versions of its Swift and Aspire laptops at CES 2026 with major hardware upgrades, including new Intel Core Ultra processors. The Swift 16 AI features the world’s largest haptic touchpad, while the Swift Edge 14 AI weighs just 900g. The refreshed lineups introduce Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and a new “Acer My Key” programmable hotkey. Acer is taking the stage at CES 2026 to unveil a range of new products, including updated monitors and refreshed gaming laptops. But that’s not all, as the company is also announcing upgrades to its existing line of consumer-focused laptops…

When the creator of the world's most advanced coding agent speaks, Silicon Valley doesn't just listen — it takes notes.For the past week, the engineering community has been dissecting a thread on X from Boris Cherny, the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic. What began as a casual sharing of his personal terminal setup has spiraled into a viral manifesto on the future of software development, with industry insiders calling it a watershed moment for the startup."If you're not reading the Claude Code best practices straight from its creator, you're behind as a programmer," wrote Jeff Tang, a…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Last week, Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok began fielding an influx of stunningly inappropriate requests. Though the AI has long been known to have loose guardrails, users suddenly swarmed the AI to generate either nudes or sexually charged images of X users based on photos they posted to the site — and it obliged. Even worse, some of the individuals it took requests for appeared to be minors. The trend was so prolific that AI content analysis firm Copyleaks estimated the bot was generating a nonconsensually sexualized image every…

Hello! And I’m back, having shuffled halls to make it over to Hisense to see what’s happening. You can watch it live from Hisense’s website, which means you get to see all the moving images and sounds yourself, but you don’t want to do that, do you? No, you’d surely rather watch a very jetlagged man try to pick through what’s actually being said onstage and why. Yeah, stick with me for that. Oooh, it’s starting! LiveLast updated January 05, 2026 10:43 AMThe liveblog has ended.No liveblog updates yet.Load more

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for 2026 has officially kicked off, and LG is swinging into the trade show with a keenness to impress. The South Korean tech company has unveiled its all-new OLED evo W6, which is also being referred to as the Wallpaper TV. The television set features a slim nine millimeter chassis design, a 4K 165Hz refresh rate display panel, as well as true wireless technology, culminating in a package that LG says is the world’s thinnest true wireless OLED TV available for purchase. Externally, the OLED evo W6 takes heavy inspiration from LG’s 2017-era Wallpaper Design…

Introduction The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) was initially designed in the late-1980s and early-1990s as a facility instrument for NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS). Since its inception, NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) has led this effort. CERES has a long history with seven different instruments flying on five different missions since 1997. As of today, six CERES instruments remain in orbit – two are no longer operational: the Proto-Flight Model (PFM) unit flew on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and functioned for a brief period, and FM2, which was powered-off in January 2025 due to…

The echoes of the New Year’s Eve 2024 fireworks had barely faded when Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi Turbo 4. Then in late April, the company followed up with the Redmi Turbo 4 Pro. This year we expect no less than three Turbo models on the way and the new addition may come first – Xiaomi posted a teaser for the Turbo 5 Max. The Max will be the fastest phone with the best battery in the CNY 2,500 price segment, says Xiaomi. This converts to $360/€305/₹32,500, though as always, keep in mind that global prices tend to be higher than…

Free and open-source music player apps are appealing to audiophiles and music lovers who want a subscription-free listening experience. There are many open-source music players for Android out there, and I’ve tried a handful of them, including Harmony Music, OuterTune, and PixelPlay. In fact, GitHub users rounded up 24 free and open-source music players for Android in a repository, so they’re easy to find and navigate. However, if you’re new to the world of FOSS players, you might be wondering where to start. After trying the best ones, my top pick is Echo, an extension-based music player that leverages both…

Monster Hunter Wilds could be on its way to Nintendo Switch 2A datamining group has uncovered graphical presets for the consoleThe potential port may support both quality and performance settingsCapcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds could be swooping onto Nintendo Switch 2 in the near future.Spotted by the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, a datamining group based in China has uncovered a huge amount of graphical presets for the game across all platforms – including both docked and handheld modes for Switch 2.The Reddit thread includes a link to a Google Sheets spreadsheet that compiles all these presets, giving players a chance to adjust their…

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 09: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a keynote address by Walmart Inc. President and CEO Doug McMillon during CES 2024 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 12 and features about 4,000 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 130,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) In mid-December 2025, the editors of Merriam-Webster’s dictionary chose “slop” as their word of the year. Their definition: “digital content of low quality…