Author: The Tech Guy

I’ve had the opportunity to see a lot of strangers’ TVs lately. Until recently, my wife and I were hunting across all of southern Ontario for a new house, and that meant checking out plenty of living rooms online or in person. In the process, one small thing I noticed is that it was practically the default for people to mount their TV. That’s in stark contrast with my childhood, when sets were often too heavy for a single person to carry, much less put on a wall. Naturally, in many scenarios, mounting may be your best or only option.…

Cold cryptocurrency storage provider Trezor says roughly 347,000 of its customers received phishing emails after a third-party marketing platform used by the company was hacked. The incident involved the marketing platform Brevo, which Trezor uses for newsletters. Brevo said an attacker exploited how it handles SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) to access 138 accounts. “The attacker created a Brevo account and enabled single sign-on (SSO) on it, then invited legitimate Brevo users into that SSO configuration. Using their own identity provider, they were able to sign in as those invited users, which by itself is expected behavior for SSO,” Brevo explained.…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Surely our creaking gerontocracy is well-equipped to respond to a technology as novel, disruptive, and rapidly evolving as AI, right? Well, we hate to burst anyone’s bubble, but a new piece from Politico makes it sure sound like that Congress is completely stumped by how to tackle AI, with over a dozen lawmakers and congressional aides venting to the newspaper about the lack of urgency on the Hill over regulating the tech. Many questioned whether elected representatives fully grasp, or are even capable…

The Samsung Galaxy S26 FE, unveiled last month, went on sale in select markets on September 4. India wasn’t part of the first wave of rollout, as sales are scheduled to begin there on September 18. That may be why Samsung didn’t reveal the Galaxy S26 FE’s India price. However, if a new leak is to be believed, the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE will have a base price of INR69,999 in India. For that price, you’ll get the Galaxy S26 FE’s base model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The 8GB/256GB model will cost INR79,999. The Galaxy S26 FE also…

Windows uses SMS authentication to verify users’ identities when they sign in. However, complaints have been rising because users can’t complete the verification process. They either do not receive the authentication message or, in some cases, it stops working. In this article, we will see what you can do if Windows Authentication SMS is not […] This article Windows Authentication SMS not received or working first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

Meta’s Danish facility converts server heat into household heating for thousandsOdense uses existing infrastructure to transform wasted data center energyHeat pumps help raise server warmth to temperatures suitable for homesA data center operated by Meta in Odense, Denmark is channeling its cooling heat straight into nearby homes.Server operations typically send almost all of their electricity out as warmth, with one industry estimate placing that figure near 90%.Most facilities simply vent that energy skyward, but the Odense site routes it through the city’s own heating infrastructure instead.Latest Videos FromTechRadarHow the recovery system actually worksRoughly 40% of a data center’s total energy…

Multiple espionage groups have been using a new exploit kit dubbed BlueMoon in seemingly opportunistic and rushed deployments, cybersecurity firm Proofpoint reports. The China-linked APT Violet Typhoon (also tracked as APT31, JungleBamboo, TA412, and Tide Castle) was the first to use it on August 28. Within days, several other Chinese threat actors started using it, but the activity might not be exclusive to China-aligned groups. “It is currently unknown how multiple distinct threat actors obtained access to the exploit kit. Given its ease of adoption, it is likely to proliferate further and be adopted by espionage-motivated and financially motivated threat…

A NASA NIAC project will try to Mapping Alien Continents using formation-flying optical interferometer. Two hierarchical nullers ~100 km apart that first suppress the host star by ~10¹⁰ in visible light, then combine the leftover planet light as a Michelson interferometer. That baseline gives an angular resolution of order 1 µas at 500 nm. An Earth-sized planet at 10 pc subtends only ~8–9 µas, so you get a handful of resolution elements across the disk—enough, in principle, to see the largest albedo contrasts (continents vs. oceans) after many baselines and a lot of integration. You never have to leave the…

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. GMKtec EVO-X3: 30-second reviewThe GMKtec EVO-X3 is a mini PC with a difference: firstly, it stands upright; the size is larger than most, the specs are impressive, and the price- well, that prices it out of most people’s reach; however, this is a machine with an AMD Halo Strix processor.The EVO-X3 features the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor; that’s the same as the EVO-X2 with 16 Zen 5…

The drill in the kit box is a decoy. When you buy your first cordless tool from Ryobi, Milwaukee, or DeWalt, the tool is the cheap part of the deal, and the brands count on it. What they want is your commitment to a battery platform, because once a few packs sit charging on your bench, you quit shopping across brands and start buying whatever clicks onto what you already own. I figured this out slowly after I moved my whole workshop onto Ryobi ONE+. Twenty-some tools later, the drill that started it barely registers. The packs, the chargers, and…