Author: The Tech Guy

The Honor Magic V6 is one of the first big announcements coming out of this year’s MWC – the most impressive figures on its spec sheet are how thin it is, 4.0mm unfolded and 8.8mm folded, and how big its battery is, 6,660mAh. The phone reaps the benefits of Honor’s partnership with battery maker ATL. Its battery features fifth-generation Silicon-Carbon (Si-C) material. It achieves a high energy density by using 25% silicon content, which is the highest in the industry, according to Honor. As impressive as the Magic V6 battery is, Honor isn’t stopping there and is working on even…

Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, March 1 (game #728).Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today…

ComputingBreaking Encryption With a Quantum Computer Just Got 10 Times EasierKarmela Padavic-Callaghan | New Scientist ($)”In 2019, Craig Gidney at Google Quantum AI co-authored a paper that reduced [the requirement to break RSA encryption] from 170 million to 20 million quantum bits, or qubits. And in 2025, Gidney devised a way to slash that number to less than a million qubits. Now, Paul Webster at Iceberg Quantum in Australia and his colleagues have managed to decrease the number even further to about 100,000 qubits.”FUTURETech Has Never Caused a Job Apocalypse. Don’t Bet on It Now.Greg Ip | The Wall Street…

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. Skullcandy Crusher PLYR 720: two-minute reviewThe Skullcandy Crusher PLYR 720 is an open-back headset with a bass-heavy sound designed to impart as much impact as possible when playing games.For a gaming headset, the Crusher PLYR 720 has quite a muted appearance; even the RGB lighting is restrained. In fact, the most prominent feature is the sheer bulk of the drivers, which are hard to ignore and aren’t exactly flattering…

The British have a history of making top-notch thrillers. Oftentimes, budgets for British shows aren’t as big as those given to American series, so they have to make up for it with solid writing and likable characters. That’s what happened with Red Eye, an ITV series that’s also available to watch on Hulu, which itself is a reliable streaming service for those looking for high-end drama. Red Eye is unpretentious, exciting, and easy to binge. And if you start watching now, you’ll be caught up for the big finish to come. Terror in the sky Big crimes in small spaces…

These are the Redmi Buds 8 Pro in Glacier Blue, and we’re ready to unbox them right after their global premiere. They are the latest addition to the Redmi brand’s audio portfolio and bring some impressive specs, including triple drivers, hi-res audio streaming with LDAC support and active noise cancellation (ANC) rated at up to 55dB, all while retailing for under €100/£100. Our Glacier Blue review sample is arguably the best color option, with the other two being plain black and white. It has a satin-like matte finish with slight hints of silver throughout the case and buds. The outside…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In need of a little confidence boost before a face-to-face with your boss? That urge seems to be driving employees at rideshare giant Uber to strange places. According to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, some of his underlings have created an AI clone of him so they can prepare for meetings with him, ensuring everything is fine-tuned for his wants and needs. “One of my team members told me that some teams have built a ‘Dara AI,’” Khosrowshahi said on a recent episode of the…

Xiaomi has officially unveiled the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, and on paper, it has one of the most ambitious camera systems we’ve seen on a smartphone to date. Built under an expanded co-creation partnership with Leica, the new flagship combines a 1-inch main sensor with a 200MP telephoto lens with mechanical zoom and advanced cinema-grade video tools. Xiaomi is positioning it as its most serious photography phone yet. At the heart of the setup is a 50MP Leica 1-inch “Ultra Dynamic” main camera using the new Light Fusion 1050L sensor with LOFIC HDR technology. It is designed to boost dynamic range…

Robert Triggs / Android AuthorityThe latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset is blazing fast in benchmarks, and with more smartphones equipped with the chip now hitting the market, we’re starting to see whether these purported gains hold up in real-world workloads.Looking specifically at graphics and gaming, Qualcomm claims 23% better graphics performance and up to 20% lower power consumption versus last year. Benchmark results back this up; this year’s flagship phones fly past their predecessors, suggesting a truly next-gen experience even over models that are only a year old. However, some phones have proven pretty hot under…

The Binkov’s Battlegrounds video (uploaded before the attack started) provides one of the clearest, equipment-focused baselines for the current escalation. Details the largest US combat aircraft/tanker/AWACS concentration around Iran since 2003. Two carrier air wings (over 100 tactical aircraft, F-35 heavy on Abraham Lincoln south of Iran + Ford en route), 100+ US fighters at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti and Prince Sultan (Saudi), F-22s in Israel, E-3 AWACS (37% of USAF fleet), Rivet Joint SIGINT (36% deployable), BACN relays, Global Hawks/Tritons, 123 tankers (40% fleet), plus 10 destroyers/subs with hundreds of Tomahawks and potential B-2/B-52 surges from Diego Garcia or CONUS.…