Author: The Tech Guy

In an update to a previously filed class-action lawsuit in the United States, Google has now officially agreed to pay a total of $630 million in settlement money (via Top Class Actions). The suit, State of Utah et al. v Google LLC et al., involves all fifty US states and alleges that Google violated antitrust laws through its use of monopolistic Play Store practices. Specifically, these violations relate to app distribution, in-app purchases, and in-app billing practices dating back from August 16, 2016, through until September 30, 2023. In the suit, the states contend that, as a result of Google’s…

Disney’s robot of its character “Olaf” is incredibly impressive. It’s also kind of terrifying. This weekend, engineers at Disney Research Hub published a paper describing how they brought the beloved talking snowman from the “Frozen” films to life as a walking robot — and boy did they succeed. In a video explaining their work, you can see footage of the robot Olaf, true to its size in the movies, roaming around a Disney park and the lab. To describe it as uncanny would be harsh, since it does near-perfectly emulate pretty much everything about the character, down to its subtle waddle.…

Samsung is getting ready for CES, which takes place in Las Vegas from January 6 to January 9. The company will use the trade show to unveil new TVs, monitors, and home appliances. Samsung’s CES unveiling event is called The First Look, and you can see the teaser (trailer?) for it embedded below. The tagline for the 2026 event is “Your Companion to AI Living”. The video shows glimpses of TVs with slim bezels and metal finishes, as well as a robot vacuum cleaner with a camera (presumably used for AI-enhanced obstacle avoidance). The theme of Samsung integrating AI across…

In today’s computing environment, script files can be both powerful automation tools and potential security risks. Windows 11 features AppLocker, a comprehensive application control tool that allows administrators to have precise control over the software running on their systems. In this guide, we will see how you can allow or block script files with AppLocker in […] This article Allow or Block Script Files with AppLocker in Windows 11 first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived – it’s time for TechRadar’s annual Santa Tracker!We’re going to be monitoring St. Nick’s whereabouts as he delivers all the best tech gifts this Christmas, following along using the two most popular trackers; NORAD and Google. Every year, millions tune in to watch Kris Kringle’s annual gift-giving globe-trot. It’s practically a sporting event, with both the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Google running Santa Trackers to follow his every movement.Of course, there’s more to Christmastime than watching an animated sleigh jet across the skies, so we’re also sharing global…

BREAKING: SpaceX has announced that Starlink now has over 9 million customers, up from 8M in November and 7M in August 2025. I predicted that SpaceX would get to 9-10 million by the end of 2025. 9 days at 22-23K per day is another 220k-230k.  Starlink added a record 21,275 new customers on average per day since they hit 8M, smashing their previous record of 14,250. That growth rate is a whopping 49.3% higher than it was just last month! Do y’all understand how insane this growth rate is? Starlink hit 8 million just 47 days ago lol. The growth…

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. Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Two-minute review (Image credit: Jamie Richards / Future)What makes a great sequel? Across film, gaming, and indeed smartphones, the best follow-ups carry forward and amplify the good things while dialing down any pretension. In the phone world, this means zeroing in on the features and functions that give a phone its purpose.That’s exactly what Oppo has done with the Find X9 Pro. It takes…

Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on most Android phones, and the upgraded voice assistant brings the power of AI into your conversations. However, the basic Gemini voice assistant is just one way to interact with Google’s best AI models. There’s also Gemini Live, which is more conversational, allowing users to go back-and-forth with Gemini as part of a continuous chat. Even beyond the standard Gemini Live experience, there’s a live-streaming mode that lets Gemini tap into your phone’s real-time camera feed. If you’re wondering why you’d ever want to share your live camera feed with Gemini Live, there’s one simple…

The oft-rumored ban of DJI drones in the US has now become reality, but the US government hasn’t just banned sales of DJI drones. Instead, all foreign-made drones and their components are now banned in the country. Obviously, DJI is the most impacted in the consumer market, though. The FCC says several security agencies have determined that drones and their critical components produced in foreign countries pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the US. Today, based on an Executive Branch national security determination, the FCC has added foreign-produced UAS (drones) and foreign-produced UAS critical component parts to…

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk is unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent, with wisps of material stretching much farther above and below the disk than astronomers have seen in any similar system. Strangely, more extended filaments are only visible on one side of the disk. The findings, which published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal, mark a new milestone for Hubble and shed light on how planets may form in extreme environments, as NASA’s missions lead humanity’s exploration…