Author: The Tech Guy

Websites are not what they used to be. There’s a lot more scripting now, and with full-on web apps running directly inside the browser, the web is a very different place from what it was 20 years ago. Duh. But all of this comes at a cost: speed. Web pages are heavier, and our network speeds, browsers, and servers all have to work harder to make browsing feel as instant as it was always supposed to feel. There’s a lot of work going into that, though I admit most of it seems to be in the “make loading faster” camp…

Dhruv Bhutani / Android AuthorityAs an old-school techie whose formative years were spent tinkering with tape decks and portable CD players, I find that modern Android phones are nothing short of miracles of engineering for audio consumption. They’ve got a screen that rivals my high-end television, a DAC chip that is by all measures transparent, near-lossless wireless streaming, more storage than you can shake a stick at, and enough processing power to run a small datacenter.Yet, when I want to sit down and actually listen to an album, the phone is often the most frustrating tool in my pocket. Between…

Over 1,800 developers were affected by the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack that hit the PyPi, NPM, and PHP ecosystems over the past two days. Attributed to the TeamPCP hacking group, the campaign was first spotted on April 29, after malicious versions of four SAP NPM packages were caught delivering information-stealing malware and attempting to propagate to other packages. The malware would collect credentials, keys, tokens, and other secrets from the infected machines and publish the data to GitHub repositories containing the hardcoded description “A Mini Shai-Hulud has Appeared”. The same description has been used in a fresh round of…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech While workers in the western world agonize over what seems to be an impending job apocalypse, their Chinese counterparts are winning in pitched legal battles against AI automation. Last week, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese court ruled that companies can’t use AI as an excuse to fire workers. The case involved a quality assurance supervisor, identified only by his surname Zhou, who was hired in 2022 to oversee a tech company’s AI output. When his bosses tried to replace…

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. Nacon RIG R8 Spectre Pro HS: one-minute reviewNacon’s making moves lately. In the past couple of years, it’s expanded its offering and, frankly, upped the quality of its products, giving the establishment a headache in every vertical from sim racing to – most pertinently – audio.This new RIG R8 Spectre Pro HS is a wireless headset model with a base station unit, USB receiver, and dual wireless connectivity that…

Dolby Atmos is a fantastic audio format, and for many people, it’s the format to strive for. I’m in that same boat, and I have a 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos setup in my living room. The Atmos part of that setup comes from two satellite speakers that I have mounted close to my ceiling, acting a front heights. My receiver recognizes them as such, and I have no complaints. I do have to eventually upgrade those speakers to get some more performance, but I’ve been telling myself that for years. The big thing you need to be aware of that I…

A new alert issued by the FBI warns of a surge in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with hackers targeting both brokers and carriers in sophisticated attacks. The FBI’s warning is not surprising. In late 2025, cybersecurity firm Proofpoint reported observing such attacks. At around the same time, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) warned the logistics and transportation industry that traditional cargo theft is being rapidly replaced by cyber-enabled heists.  Cargo theft caused more than $700 million in losses in 2025 — a 60% increase over 2024 — driven by criminal gangs targeting high-value goods. According to the FBI, cargo…

Granular Unit Economics per MW Cruseo CEO Lochmiller broke down the inputs/outputs with high precision (April 2025 contract pricing and the talk) Upfront capex is ~$59M per MW of developed capacity. Roughly half (~$30M) is IT (GPUs, CPUs, networking, storage, etc.).The rest covers data center build, power plant/generation, and other infrastructure. Annual revenue (pure infrastructure lease/IaaS layer) is ~$15M per MW.Higher-value managed services/cloud layer can add another ~$15M+ per MW in revenue. Annual opex is Only ~$1–1.1M per MW (power + other). Net result is every MW developed can yield $1M+ in annual net revenue as pure infrastructure, with strong…

Flip phones were supposed to be the fun side of foldables – but lately, they feel like the forgotten ones. While the tech is undoubtedly getting more reliable, the sense of wonder that I felt with early flip-style foldables is being replaced by a nagging sense of deja vu. We’re seeing the same chassis, the same dimensions, and the same compromises year after year, and it feels like the industry has found a “good enough” template and decided to stick with it. That leaves flip phones in a state of polished stagnation, while their larger, book-style siblings continue to push…

Drama TV series set within the realm of historical accuracy will always be a bit more enthralling than a completely made-up world. That’s because the anxiety, tension, and fear that are portrayed in the series feel rooted in real life. Audiences can see that this is something that can happen, making it a bit chillier to wrap their heads around. Historical epics have become a popular tool for limited series over the past 10–15 years. Options like The Terror, The Crown, and Boardwalk Empire have taken real events and put an entertaining lens on them while mainly sticking to the…