Author: The Tech Guy
Today is the second and last day of the Amazon Prime Big Deal days – here are the best deals on Samsung Galaxy phones from the US, the UK and Germany. We start with the Samsung Galaxy S25 flagships. In the US, it’s a straight discount, so what you see is what you get. In the UK, Prime Student members can get an additional £100 off. Also note that some models have an additional 10% off at checkout. In Germany, the flagship and foldable Galaxy phones come with a free Galaxy tablet – it’s a Galaxy Tab S10 FE (128GB,…
Windows machines run great until they suddenly start slowing down out of nowhere. If you’re not maintaining your machine regularly, these slowdowns can become much more severe. I have an annual ritual that keeps my Windows laptops running like new. But taking your entire machine apart for weekly maintenance is a hassle. Thankfully, running these commands weekly will keep your Windows PC in top shape, at least on the software end. What are SFC and DISM? Two tools that keep Windows running smoothly SFC, or the System File Checker, is a built-in computer health inspector that you can run via…
Honor’s upcoming Magic8 Pro has seemingly been outed in its white colorway in China earlier today. The non-Pro Magic8 was shown in Sky Blue Glaze last month, and now both models have been portrayed in live images ahead of their official unveiling, which should come very soon. Honor Magic8 Pro leaked images According to past leaks and rumors, the Magic8 Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, paired with self-developed Honor RF and energy efficiency chips, up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. The phone has the model…
Google is expanding access to Opal, its AI vibe-coding app, to 15 more countries. The app, which lets you create mini web apps using text prompts, is now available in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Honduras, Argentina, and Pakistan. “When we opened up Opal to users in the U.S. we anticipated they might build simple, fun tools,” said Megan Li, a senior product manager at Google Labs, in a blog post. “We didn’t expect the surge of sophisticated, practical and highly creative Opal apps we got instead. The ingenuity of these…
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. As a business owner, you need the best web hosting service to ensure that your online presence runs smoothly. With so many services available out there, it can be overwhelming to choose the right hosting for your business. One web hosting service that stands out is Nexcess. Founded in 2000 and based in Southfield, Michigan, USA, Nexcess provides various hosting solutions for businesses of all sizes. It offers a range…
Brain cells are like tiny trees. They have an intricate web of roots that take in signals and a trunk that passes these signals to branches dotted with hubs called synapses, where the messages are shuttled to neighboring neurons.It’s a very loose analogy. But it may be more accurate than neuroscientists previously thought.At eye level, trees seem to grow alone, physically separated from other nearby trees. But under the soil, their roots are covered in a fungus with tiny thread-like channels. These weave tree roots into a vast web called the “mycorrhizal network.” Through these physical connections, trees can share…
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images These days, you don’t have to be a Rockefeller financier to know that the US economy is on shaky ground. Utility bills are going through the roof, imported goods are skyrocketing in cost, and job growth is nonexistent. Of course, it doesn’t bode too well that the Rockefeller fellas are trembling too. Writing in the Financial Times, noted fund manager and former Morgan Stanley investor Ruchir Sharma argued that the US economy has more or less become “one big bet on AI.” It’s a bold claim, but it’s not hard to…
Florida-based public safety communications solutions provider BK Technologies Corp (BKTI:NYSE American) revealed on Monday that its IT systems were hacked recently. The company said in a regulatory filing that it detected an intrusion on September 20. An investigation was launched and action was taken to remove the attacker from its systems. The incident resulted in some “minor disruptions” to non-critical systems and operations were not affected, the SEC was told. However, the company’s investigation revealed that the hackers accessed and stole non-public information from compromised systems. Files containing the information of current and former employees may have been exfiltrated. The…
Fixing climate change is no small task — just ask carbon removal developers like Mitti Labs. The New York-based startup has developed technology to measure how much methane is released by rice paddies and uses it to train hundreds of thousands of farmers in climate-friendly practices. It’s the sort of high-touch endeavor that venture capitalists typically avoid. So how has Mitti managed to raise funding from its investors? In short: partnerships. Mitti has started working with The Nature Conservancy on a partnership to promote regenerative, no-burn agriculture, the startup exclusively told TechCrunch, the latest in a string of deals that…