Author: The Tech Guy
Your best data science team just spent six months building a model that predicts customer churn with 90% accuracy. It’s sitting on a server, unused. Why? Because it’s been stuck in a risk review queue for a very long period of time, waiting for a committee that doesn’t understand stochastic models to sign off. This isn’t a hypothetical — it’s the daily reality in most large companies. In AI, the models move at internet speed. Enterprises don’t. Every few weeks, a new model family drops, open-source toolchains mutate and entire MLOps practices get rewritten. But in most companies, anything touching…
OpenAI’s biggest advertising push yet depicts users leveraging ChatGPT in highly produced, intended-to-be-relatable everyday moments. The only problem? Consumer research shows the effort doesn’t correlate to impact at all. An ad titled “Dish” shows a young man attempting to impress his date with a home cooked meal by way of a cutesy prompt — “I need a recipe that says ‘I like you, but want to play it cool.’” Another, dubbed “Pull Up,” shows another young man struggling through a pull up bar exercise after prompting the bot to help him feel stronger. Debuted during NFL Primetime, the ads are…
There have been lots of trends in the TV/Audio market this year, as always. Off the top of my head you could pick wired headphones, party speakers, bigger TVs and the increased interest in lifestyle projectors. It’s always difficult, at least for me, to figure out whether these are just ‘trends’ or whether there is real-world experience backing them up. Take lifestyle projectors, for example. More AV brands are launching portable, convenient models, offering an experience you can scale to your needs and requirements of your home. But are they increasing in popularity, or, is do brands want you to…
The season 2 finale of Peacemaker, “Full Nelson,” just dropped on HBO Max, and the consensus is that it was…fine. Initial fan ratings on sites like IMDb are well below what they were for prior episodes, if still respectable, and I can see where those reviewers are coming from. The finale has some issues. But before we get into that, I’d like to celebrate a very successful season of TV that invigorated my interest in superhero shows, which is no small feat considering how many have worn me down over the past several years. How has Peacemaker managed to stay…
As our pick for the best cheap wireless earbuds without ANC, we think the Sony WF-C510 earbuds are perfect for anyone shopping on a budget and a solid buy even at their AU$109.95 launch price.But now, thanks to Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, you can grab them for just AU$60.47 in black. Considering they were discounted to AU$78 yesterday, this is a great deal, and the extra 22% off brings them down to the lowest price we’ve seen.By comparison, they are also discounted at retailers like JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys and Myer right now, but this Amazon deal beats…
The rush to capitalize on the buzz around AI has led tech companies to dramatically expand their data center footprints. That’s been good news for companies like Nvidia, but it has also led to unprecedented growth in the power industry. New and expanded data centers are expected to double the sector’s power demand by 2029, according to JLL. As a result, developers and tech companies have been working overtime to lock in capacity. Nuclear and natural gas have gotten boosts from the forecasted demand, but few technologies have benefited in the near term like solar. Though solar power suffers from…
Kalshi, the federally regulated prediction market platform, announced a Series D funding round over $300 million. It was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, with investments from Paradigm, Coinbase Ventures, and others. It gave Kalshi a $5 billion valuation. The company, founded in 2020 by Yale graduates Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara, has tripled its scale to $50 billion in annualized trading volume since the raise. Kalshi has expanded over 140 countries introduces a unified global liquidity pool for trading on events like elections, sports, and economic indicators, positioning it as the world’s largest prediction market by volume.…
Compact soundbars like the Vizio M-Series 2.1 and the Yamaha SR-C20A offer improved TV sound in a small package. 4K HDR streamers like the Chromecast with Google TV and Roku Streaming Stick Plus deliver better streaming to any TV. Until now, however, no product has combined the two into a single, do-it-all package under $150. That’s what the Roku Streambar does, and it does the job very well. Like Compact, easy to set up and affordable Excellent dialogue reproduction Tried and true Roku experience Don’t like Lacks bass in movies and music The Streambar follows the footsteps of last year’s Roku Smart…
The social network Bluesky will begin verifying users’ ages in the state of Ohio to comply with new regulations, starting on Monday, September 29. The company — which offers an open and decentralized competitor to X and Threads — says it will enable the Kids Web Services’ (KWS) age verification solution in the state. This is the same solution that Bluesky is already using in South Dakota and Wyoming to comply with similar laws. Bluesky announced the move in Ohio on Sunday via its Bluesky Safety account, and in an update to last month’s blog post about the matter. The…
For the third week in a row the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max was the most popular smartphone in our database. Even though it’s still only available in China, Xiaomi’s latest flagship still gets you excited and managed to keep its Apple namesake – the iPhone 17 Pro Max behind. Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max These are the best offers from our affiliate partners. We may get a commission from qualifying sales. 256GB 12GB RAM₹ 149,900512GB 12GB RAM₹ 169,900Show all prices There’s a brand other than Apple and Xiaomi on the podium for the first time…