Author: The Tech Guy

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. AndaSeat Xtreme Series Standing Desk: one-minute reviewAs a first attempt at a budget-oriented standing gaming desk, there are certainly positives for AndaSeat to draw on here. Still, it’s clear it could use some refinement moving forward, and in some areas, it does feel rather rushed. Before we get to the bad, let’s cover the feature set, shall we?As standard, you get solid height adjustment ranging from 28.7in to 46.1in…

Dolby Atmos is a spatial audio format that works virtually on supported TVs or speakers and physically on surround sound speaker systems. For the best experience, you need a Dolby Atmos receiver and a 5.1.2 surround sound speaker layout to provide full spatial coverage. Dolby Atmos includes object-based sound imaging and uses down-firing speakers mounted above you to create a three-dimensional listening effect. This is how the audio format works when you have at least a 5.1.2 layout, but there’s one thing that could throw a wrinkle in your spatial listening experience. Regardless of whether your inbuilt TV speakers support…

In an interview, Sony PlayStation’s lead system architect, Mark Cerny, said that the company is working closely with AMD to deliver AI-powered frame generation to PlayStation. The main goal is to improve the frame rate without having to rely on more powerful hardware. Sony and AMD are already working on Project Amethyst, which is a graphics machine learning tech specifically tuned for PlayStation’s hardware. AMD’s upcoming FSR Redstone suite lays the foundation of the project, and it delivers not just upscaling but also frame generation and ray reconstruction. Interestingly, the currently existing PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution feature already shares some…

Andrej Karpathy is pioneering autonomous loop” AI systems—especially coding agents and self-improving research agents—while advancing AI-native education through Eureka Labs and ultra-minimal open-source LLM implementations. Coding agents can now reliably edit code, run experiments, and iterate for days. He created AutoResearch, AI agents that fully close the research loop—design experiments, edit training code, collect data, optimize hyperparameters/architectures, and improve a small LLM autonomously, with no human in the loop. The loopy era is where agents running continuous self-improvement loops on code and research, which he believes will become standard at frontier labs. Autoresearch (github.com/karpathy/autoresearch) using one markdown prompt and ~630…

A new report claims the company plans to phase out PlayStation Network (PSN) branding entirely by September 2026. It will replace it with something that better reflects its broader digital services. According to Insider Gaming, an internal email sent to developers outlines a “strategic” decision to drop both “PlayStation Network” and “PSN” across all Sony Interactive Entertainment platforms. Crucially, this appears to be a cosmetic change only. Sony reportedly stressed that core features, including multiplayer, cloud gaming, friends lists and trophies, will remain exactly as they are. There are no technical changes planned, just a gradual removal of the PSN name across apps, interfaces…

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android AuthorityA leak earlier this week pointed to a new reMarkable tablet headed to shelves, reportedly called the “Paper Pure.” Details are beyond sparse (one image and a pair of sentences), but the early framing suggests the company may be aiming to open its experience to a wider audience. Described as a more “mass-market” device, the Paper Pure is expected to land in the second quarter of the year. If that’s the case, here’s what I hope to see reMarkable do. What do you want to see most from the rumored reMarkable Paper Pure?4 votesAn approchable price…

NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft made its second flight on Friday, kicking off a series of dozens of test flights in 2026.  Although the flight duration was abbreviated due to a technical issue, the team was able to collect information that will inform future tests.  “Despite the early landing, this is a good day for the team. We collected more data, and the pilot landed safely,” said Cathy Bahm, project manager for NASA’s Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California. “We’re looking forward to getting back to flight as soon as possible.”   The aircraft took off at 10:54 a.m. PDT from Edwards Air Force Base, near NASA Armstrong. Several minutes into the flight, pilot Jim “Clue” Less saw a vehicle system warning in…

With the upcoming Android developer verification rules, there’s been a growing concern regarding Google effectively killing sideloading Android apps. But Google says that’s not the case. In a fresh blog post, the company basically confirmed that sideloading apps will still be possible, even from unverified developers, using a new system called “advanced flow.” So you’re not losing the handy feature; it’s just getting a little harder. Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends What does advanced flow even do? According to Google, advanced flow is designed as a one-time process for users who want to install apps from outside the Play Store.…

I’d been with the same local cable provider for many years. The service worked, the price remained predictable, and switching to satellite internet felt like a hassle involving upfront costs I was not interested in paying. Then, slowly, my provider hiked the rates. With each passing year, the service seems to degrade as the bill grows. My neighbor couldn’t stop talking about his Starlink setup, and I decided to try it. Worst case, I’d send it back within the 30-day window. I didn’t send it back. Related I separated my 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and I should have done it…

It’s actually relatively easy to shop for HDMI cables with a few basic pieces of information — the main thing you need to know is that in 2026, you shouldn’t settle for anything less than HDMI 2.1, and 2.2 is better still. But understanding why that matters for your TV is something else, and there are a few other factors that should influence your decision, such as length and material quality. I’ll talk about those later on. To start with, though, you may have noticed that many cables are marked as shipping “with Ethernet,” referring of course to the same…