Author: The Tech Guy

Al has come to your web browser. Most people have toyed with ChatGPT or Google Gemini via the companies’ websites and mobile apps, but Al chatbots have also been sprouting up in most productivity apps in one way or another, as well. Perplexity, OpenAl, The Brower Company, and Google’s push into the browser is a bit different, if only because it takes the idea that Al will do things for you to the next logical extreme, not just writing or generating content, but navigating interfaces. As somewhat of an Al skeptic, I wasn’t sure whether using an AI browser would…

Meta signed three deals this week to procure nearly 1 gigawatt of solar power as it races to power its lofty AI ambitions. The trio of agreements brings Meta’s total solar purchases to over 3 gigawatts of capacity this year. Solar is cheap and quick to build, and as a result, it has become a go-to power source for tech companies as their data center fleets multiply in size. Meta yesterday announced two agreements in Louisiana that see it buying the environmental attributes of a combined 385 megawatts of electricity. Both projects are expected to be completed two years from…

Researchers studying stray dogs inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the area surrounding the nuclear power plant that partially melted down in 1986, recently made a puzzling discovery: at least three dogs that had mysteriously turned blue. Fortunately, as IFLScience reports, the canines almost certainly weren’t suffering side effects of radiation exposure. Instead, according to the researchers, there could be a far more mundane — and perhaps amusing — explanation. “They appear to have been rolling in a substance that had accumulated on their fur,” Dogs of Chernobyl veterinary medical director Jennifer Betz told IFLScience. “We are suspecting that this substance…

Even though they debuted at a pretty high price, the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are now a total steal after this price cut. The buds are now going for just $165 on Amazon, marking a swift 34% discount, saving you nearly $85 at checkout. Save nearly a third on Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro in this early Black Friday deal Now $165, these buds are down 34%, saving you close to $85. View Deal Even though they had a high launch price, the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro still come packed with premium features to justify the expense, just in…

The Kindle is great at collecting highlights. But when exported, they aren’t so good at helping us truly understand them. That’s where ChatGPT comes in. I have been experimenting with the Kindle + ChatGPT combo for a while. By pairing my Kindle reading with a few smart prompts, I turn every book into a one-to-one class. Here’s how I use ChatGPT, week by week, to move from passive reading to a deeper understanding. 1 Build context before reading Prime your curiosity and map the author’s ideas. Saikat Basu/MakeUseOf It takes me around four weeks to finish a thick non-fiction book…

Lossless, low-latency wireless audio for any USB-C sourceUse your lossless / LDAC headphones with Apple devices$59 / £49.99Fiio has announced a new pocket-sized Bluetooth transmitter, the Air Link. It delivers LDAC and the full aptX codec suite – including aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless – to pretty much any audio source with a USB-C port.That makes it of particular interest to iPhone, iPad and Mac owners who want the best possible quality from, and a wider choice of, high-end headphones or wireless speakers.It’s an interesting upgrade for any device. There’s Bluetooth 6.0, ultra-low latency of less than 50ms and a…

Presented by CelonisAI adoption is accelerating, but results often lag expectations. And enterprise leaders are under pressure to prove measurable ROI from the AI solutions — especially as the use of autonomous agents rises and global tariffs disrupt supply chains.The issue isn’t the AI itself, says Alex Rinke, co-founder and co-CEO of Celonis, a global leader in process intelligence. “To succeed, enterprise AI needs to understand the context of a business’s processes — and how to improve them,” he explains. Without this business context, AI risks becoming, as Rinke puts it, “just an internal social experiment.”Next week’s Celosphere 2025 will…

SpaceX did NOT publicly share specifics of the simplified and faster return to the moon plan. They described that they have made proposals and NASA is looking at it. SpaceX revealed they have made 600 raptor engines. This means enough for 15 full boosters and 30+ Starships. They have had a few booster recoveries and a few reuses. They must be building over 1 raptor engine per day and heading to 2 raptor engines per day. Getting to 30+ Starship launches in 2026. They need to get to 2 raptor engines per day and 15 full boosters and some amount…

Enlarge Image That’s a $4,500 paint job. Tyler Clemmensen/CNETWhile mainstream products like the new Grecale SUV will ultimately be Maserati’s bread and butter, what’s an Italian carmaker without an exotic flagship? The MC20 is an incredible return to form for a storied brand left to languish. And if this sort of visceral experience is what Maserati is capable of when it gives 110%, then we have a lot to look forward to in the future. Like Looks like a proper exotic Perfectly balanced chassis Potent twin-turbo V6 engine Don’t like So many options should be standard Cramped interior V6 sounds…

Just days after Gartner's stock plummeted 50% on warnings of slowing enterprise technology purchases, Snowflake delivered a resounding counter-narrative. Enterprises aren't pulling back on data infrastructure. They're doubling down.The cloud data platform company reported 32% year-over-year growth in product revenue for its fiscal second quarter, accelerating from the previous quarter and adding 533 new customers. More tellingly for enterprise technology leaders, AI workloads now influence nearly 50% of new customer wins and power 25% of all deployed use cases across Snowflake's platform."Our core business analytics continues to be strong. It's the foundation of the company," Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said…