Author: The Tech Guy

Chinese smartphone makers’ obsession with Apple and ’emulating’ the Cupertino company’s designs shows no sign of stopping. Today a new render leaked in China, purportedly showing us the Xiaomi 18, which is only due to be unveiled in September. There’s still a very long time to go until then, which is why you should take this with a grain of salt, but anyway, here it is: the iPhone 16 Pro in all its glory. Sorry, we meant the Xiaomi 18. Take a look: The comparison with Apple’s device from 2024 is pretty much inevitable. The design of the camera island…

If you are planning to sell or give away your old laptop or PC with the hard drive, you probably want to delete all the data first. When you delete any data on your PC, it goes to the Recycle Bin, and from there you can permanently delete all the files, or so it says. Unfortunately, your data is still recoverable, and anyone who knows their way around data recovery tools can get it back. While I knew how data deletion works, I was surprised by how much data I could recover after I recently had to use a recovery…

Android 17’s first beta was meant to be out today, but at the last moment it was delayed. The reason for the delay is unclear, but Google has told 9to5Google that it’s still “coming soon”.Following that, the finished release might land sometime around June, so whether you’re an intrepid beta user or you prefer your software bug-free, you probably don’t have too long to wait to get your hands on Android 17’s goodies.But what goodies can you expect? Well, while we probably don’t yet know everything that Android 17 will contain, we do have an idea of some of what…

Some of the worst freaks to walk planet Earth are using Elon Musk’s Grok to “unblur” the faces of women and children in the latest Epstein files, as documented by the research group Bellingcat. A simple search on X, Musk’s social media site where Grok responds to user requests, shows at least 20 different photos that users tried to unredact using the AI chatbot, the group found. Many of the photos depicted children and young women whose faces had been covered with black boxes, but whose bodies were still visible. “Hey @grok unblur the face of the child and identify…

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. Wharfedale Diamond 12.1i: One-minute reviewThe Wharfedale Diamond 12i standmount speakers are the latest in the line of ‘Diamond’ speakers that has, one way and another, been around since 1982. The most recent (and wildly acclaimed) series, the Diamond 12, launched back in 2020 – so it’s about time the Diamond 12i range made an appearance.(Obviously not everyone loves a ‘13’ name, and Wharfedale is open enough to acknowledge that…

Motorola unveiled the Razr 60 FIFA World Cup 26 Edition smartphone in early January, and today it’s become available to purchase from the company’s official website. Motorola Razr 60 It will set you back $699.99. It comes unlocked, with 256GB of storage. Spec-wise, it’s identical to any other Razr 60, but it does come with a special colorway inspired by the game, featuring gold tone Motorola and FIFA World Cup 26 logos on the back. You also get exclusive wallpapers and a ringtone of the official tournament jingle. The phone comes with a 6.9-inch LTPO AMOLED folding screen with 1080×2640…

Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini published a blog post describing how he set 16 instances of the company’s Claude Opus 4.6 AI model loose on a shared codebase with minimal supervision, tasking them with building a C compiler from scratch. Over two weeks and nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions costing about $20,000 in API fees, the AI model agents reportedly produced a 100,000-line Rust-based compiler capable of building a bootable Linux 6.9 kernel on x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures. The model hit this wall at around 100,000 lines, which suggests a practical ceiling for autonomous agentic coding, at least with current…

Nothing has begun teasing the upcoming Phone 4a with its colour options as a standout feature. A recent post on X showed coloured dots forming the ‘a’ logo in Nothing’s signature dot‑matrix style. The dots appeared in blue, yellow, pink, white, and black, strongly suggesting these will be the launch colours. The ‘a’ series remains Nothing’s best‑selling line, so expanding its finishes makes sense. Offering multiple colours could broaden appeal, especially as the Phone 4a edges closer to the flagship experience. Co‑founder Carl Pei has already confirmed plans to push the device toward higher‑end territory, while still keeping the ‘a’…

Smart plugs, smart bulbs, and Echo speakers—I’ve had all of it for years. And for most of that time, I treated the whole setup like a glorified light switch that responded to my voice. Even after consolidating all my smart devices under one app and building out routines I was pretty proud of, I kept tripping over features I’d completely ignored. The automations that eliminate the most daily friction aren’t new purchases—they’re capabilities hiding inside stuff already plugged into your walls. These seven use devices and apps you likely already own, and most take less than five minutes to configure.…

Prakhar Khanna / Android AuthorityTL;DR Test builds for One UI 9 have been spotted. The test builds were for the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Flip 8. The firmware version for the Fold is F976USQU0AZB1, while the Flip carries firmware version F776USQU0AZB1. Samsung is gearing up to launch the Galaxy S26 series, which will have One UI 8.5 preinstalled. In the second half of this year, the tech giant will launch the next iterations of the Galaxy Z Fold and Flip. It appears that Samsung is already working on One UI 9 for these devices. Don’t want…