Author: The Tech Guy

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 earbuds are tipped to launch soon with a new ‘Sandpink’ colour option, alongside black and silver, marking the first time the WF-1000X series has debuted with more than two finishes. Fresh leaks have reignited interest in Sony’s next-generation wireless earbuds after a quiet spell. According to Roland Quandt, the WF-1000XM6 will arrive in Sandpink, expanding beyond the black and silver finishes that defined the WF-1000XM5 when it launched in July 2023. Sony later added Smoky Pink to the WF-1000XM5 range in September 2024, but this marks the first time the company has offered a broader colour palette at…

Amazon doesn’t exactly advertise the privacy controls buried in Fire TV’s settings menus. After months of being greeted by promotional video clips every time I powered on my TCL 75-Inch S5 4K Fire TVs, I finally sat down and dug through every submenu I could find. The tools to reclaim your home screen have been there all along—they’re just not obvious. I’d already customized other aspects of my Fire TV setup across both basement TVs, one in the main living area, and another in my home gym. But the constant advertising assault deserved its own focused session. Ten minutes later,…

C. Scott Brown / Android AuthorityTL;DR Google is testing two new tabs in Google TV’s navigation bar that help you find content more easily. These include “Free” and “Shop” sections, which sort free-to-play and paid content into different sections. Google also introduced a similar Free page to Android TV with an update last month. Last September, Google TV’s homescreen received an updated navigation bar along with a shortcut to launching Gemini. While that update is still rolling out to users, Google appears to be testing a new set of changes to the navigation bar, making it easier to browse content…

DNA stores the body’s operating playbook. Some genes encode proteins. Other sections change a cell’s behavior by regulating which genes are turned on or off. For yet others, the dark matter of the genome, the purpose remains mysterious—if they have any at all.Normally, these genetic instructions conduct the symphony of proteins and molecules that keep cells humming along. But even a tiny typo can throw molecular programs into chaos. Scientists have painstakingly connected many DNA mutations—some in genes, others in regulatory regions—to a range of humanity’s most devastating diseases. But a full understanding of the genome remains out of reach,…

A NASA video (above) reveals in great detail how its upcoming Artemis II mission is expected to play out. The space agency released the animation last year, but seeing that the Artemis II astronauts could be heading to the moon as early as February 6, it’s a great time to watch it again. The Artemis II crew members — NASA’s Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch, together with the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen — will launch inside the Orion spacecraft, carried to space by the powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The crew will spend 10 days in…

After launching a messaging feature last August, Spotify is now rolling out group chats. The company announced this week that users can now share the podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks they’re listening to with up to 10 people. You can only start a chat with someone you’ve previously shared content with. For example, if you have a collaborative playlist with someone or have joined a Jam or a Blend together, you can start a conversation with them. The move comes as Spotify continues to invest in making its streaming app more social. Over the years, the company has gradually added social…

I’m going to preface this with a (sometimes) controversial perspective: lossless music is overrated. Yes, it is technically the purest your music can get, and it’s worth buying lossless albums from sites like Bandcamp for the sake of posterity. But even on top-end speakers, it can be indistinguishable from some compressed tracks, and it comes with serious limitations. Mainly, it demands enormous amounts of bandwidth and storage — you may not be able to use your Bluetooth headphones. With all that said, if you’re going to go lossless, you might as well go all the way. So which of the…

NASA is gearing up for the first crewed journey to the Moon in over half a century, a mission that could launch as soon as two weeks from now. And next year, the agency will finally attempt to return astronauts to the lunar surface itself as part of its Artemis 3 mission, which will dramatically increase the already considerable stakes. Particularly when it comes to stepping out of the spacecraft — the agency has yet to pick between Blue Origin and SpaceX’s offerings in that regard — staying protected from the extreme temperature swings, space radiation, and lack of atmosphere…

The OnePlus 10 Pro launched back in 2022 with Android 12 on board, and has since received three major OS updates taking it to Android 15. Actually, scratch that – the update to OxygenOS 16 based on Android 16 has just started rolling out. It’s only available in India at the moment, and arrives over-the-air as build NE2211_16.0.3.500(EX01). OnePlus promises that it will reach more regions and users in the near future. The update is going out in batches, and so even if you have a OnePlus 10 Pro purchased from India, it may not have received the update notification…

ShinyHunters reportedly breach Bumble and Match, stealing internal documents and limited user data Bumble says member accounts and profiles were not accessed during the phishing incidentGroup shifted from ransomware to data theft, warning enterprises of phishing and vishing threatsDating apps Bumble and Match seem to have been hit by a cyberattack at the hands of none other than the notorious ShinyHunters gang.The threat actor allegedly added both companies to its data leak site. For Bumble, they claim to have stolen a treasure trove of data:“Thousands of internal documents from Bumble,” the post reads, as per Hackmanac. “Our exfiltration focused on…