Author: The Tech Guy

A Linux system can feel slow without actually being slow. That’s the unsettling part. My CPU usage looked calm. Memory was nowhere near full. Disk activity was quiet. System monitors told a reassuring story about a machine that was happily doing almost nothing at all. And yet the desktop felt … wrong. Animations had a slight hitch. Typing lagged just enough to be noticeable. Windows hesitated when opening. Nothing was broken enough to scream “problem,” but everything was just sluggish enough to feel irritating. This is the kind of performance issue that drives Linux users slightly mad(der). The system looks…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityT-Mobile’s T-Life app.TL;DR According to a new report, T-Mobile will soon offer a free physical hat to its customers. There are four different hats to choose from, though they are all black with a short phrase on them. The offer isn’t official yet, though it’s expected to go live on March 24. While T-Mobile Tuesdays might not be as exciting as they once were, every once in a while there is still a solid offer, such as the recent MLB offer.TV promo. The carrier is also known for its occasional physical freebies. Don’t want to miss…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech An AI system’s little oopsie, and a police department’s staggering incompetence, landed an innocent grandma in jail. Harrowing reporting by North Dakota radio station WDAY details how the 50-year-old Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in the clink after Fargo cops using an AI facial recognition tool flagged her as a suspect in a bank fraud case in the state. The mother of three — and grandmother of five — says she’s lived her entire life in north-central Tennessee, roughly a thousand miles…

If you are stuck choosing between the 14-inch MacBook Pro and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Max, you now have one more thing to consider, aside from size. The question was always there whether the M5 Max was being held back by the smaller chassis. Now that the test results for both these machines are out, the answer appears to be a resounding yes.  How much performance loss are we talking about? The folks at Notebookcheck ran the same tests on both 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros powered by top-of-the-line M5 Max chips with 40 GPU cores, and…

Most people, I imagine, use their smart TVs in the most straightforward manner possible, which makes sense. Part of the incentive to buy a TV when you’re already surrounded by screens is the ability to flop on the couch, and launch into a movie or TV show with just a few clicks on a remote. You actually should spend some time dipping into settings, particularly if you’re gaming, but there’s usually not much incentive to go beyond a few picture and audio tweaks. In recent years, though, TV makers have been chasing new ways to make TVs interesting, both to…

Ford has three separate issues requiring recalls. They affect more than 2.3 million of its SUVs in all, including models from Lincoln, the Blue Oval’s luxury brand. Ford has issued 18 recalls so far in 2026 affecting 7.4 million vehicles and one tiny engine-block-heater campaign. This new 2.3 million SUV batch is just the latest wave. Earlier 2026 highlights include, 4.3 million trucks/SUVs (F-150, Expedition, etc.) for trailer brake/lighting software failure. 412,000+ Explorers for rear suspension toe-link fractures. Dozens more for headlights, valves, batteries and other issues. 2025 was Ford’s worst-ever year for recall. 153 recalls affecting ~12.9–13 million vehicles.…

The Samsung Galaxy A57 is coming very soon. It was listed, by mistake, this week by a European retailer. It’s expected to have a 6.6-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED, an Exynos 1680 SoC, 6/8/12GB of RAM, 128/256GB of storage, a 50MP main, a 12MP ultrawide, and a 5MP macro camera, a 12MP selfie, and a 5,000mAh battery. Samsung SDI has been testing 12,000mAh, 18,000mAh, and 20,000mAh Silicon-Carbon batteries – internal test reports have leaked on X, and they show that the company still has work to do. There is no info on the 20,000mAh battery, but the reports for the other…

Making movies and TV shows set in the future can be dangerous, because while they sometimes turn out accurate, they always run the risk of getting things incredibly wrong and looking embarrassing later when the future they predict doesn’t come to pass. In fact, this happens more often than not. The history of sci-fi is littered with examples of movies, TV shows, and books that got things completely wrong. That doesn’t mean these movies are bad; it’s just a warning not to put too much stock in what they have to say. Back to the Future Part II (1989) The…

Refresh Hello, Australia! And welcome to TechRadar’s live coverage of Amazon’s first big sale of the year – the Big Smile Sale.We’ve had a few Big Smile Sales in Australia perviously, so we know a thing or two about it. It’s typically held in March — though this year the start date of Monday, March 16 is a touch earlier than 2025. It’s always been a week-long sale, so nothing new in the fact that you have until Sunday, March 22 to shop till you drop (figuratively speaking, we hope).Don’t expect record-low prices on Amazon this time round, though —…

The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina Sky Survey’s Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona, the project’s science team is now processing images from the Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The Bok is a mighty telescope run by the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory that is used to survey for new near-Earth objects (NEOs) – asteroids that cross Earth’s orbit. Data from the Bok telescope peers deeper than the data from the Mt. Lemmon telescope–it reveals objects roughly two to three times as faint. Software often struggles…