Author: The Tech Guy

Over the past few months, I’ve been using Ubuntu on my secondary devices. I use it for personal projects, testing self-hosted apps, and helping friends set up machines where all they need is a browser, email, and YouTube. It’s not my primary OS, but I spend enough time in it that I need my everyday tools to work. The biggest criticism I hear about Linux is that installing and using programs is painful compared to Windows. And honestly, there’s truth to that. You’re dealing with Flatpaks, Snaps, AppImages, package managers, and sometimes compiling from source just to get a single…

April is a big month for HBO Max, as three of their huge shows all have new episodes, making it a great time to stay subscribed to one of the best streaming services.Sam Levinson’s Euphoria returns for season 3 after a four-year wait, and we’ll be saying goodbye to Smiling Friends as the third and final season draws to a close. Elsewhere, you won’t want to miss Half Man, the new show by Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd.Let’s dive deeper into these three shows and see why you should watch them this April.Article continues below You may like Euphoria season…

Konstantinos Laskaris, Tesla Lead Director of Optimus, at the ETH Robotics Club INSPIRE Talk in Switzerland. Konstantinos presented Optimus 2.5 and the work behind it and its predecessors. Here are some highlights from the talk. The sim-to-real gap is propaganda. “It’s not a gap if you haven’t tried to model your robot properly.” Hardware matters more than most people think. If you can’t replicate human motion on hardware, no amount of real-world data will save you. Tendon-driven hands are the way. Anything with motors physically cannot reproduce human muscle force density.Not a preference: a physics constraint. On physics engines: don’t…

Anthropic just pulled a move that’s… let’s just say, not going to win it many fans among power users. One of the most popular ways to supercharge Claude, using OpenClaw, is effectively being paywalled out of existence. And yeah, it’s as messy as it sounds. Anthropic just made OpenClaw way more expensive According to Anthropic Claude Code exec Boris Cherny, Anthropic has changed how Claude subscriptions work. Starting now, your regular Claude subscription no longer covers usage through third-party tools. Instead, that usage gets kicked into a separate pay-as-you-go billing system. Starting tomorrow at 12pm PT, Claude subscriptions will no…

NotebookLM is an AI-powered research assistant developed by Google Labs that makes working with documents easier. It restricts its answers strictly to the source applied and significantly reduces hallucinations to ensure responses are verifiable. So if you have been looking for a smarter way to organise notes, summarise documents, and actually understand what you are […] This article How to use Google NotebookLM on Windows 11 first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

This week, Amazon UK is offering vouchers to reduce the prices of the 512GB variants of the three Galaxy S26 phones. But first, here’s an interesting situation – the Google Pixel 10 costs the same as the Galaxy S25. Look closely, though – this is for a 256GB Pixel and only a 128GB Galaxy. Of course, the Galaxy S25 is last year’s model and is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite. That still handily beats Google’s Tensor G5, though. Galaxy S25’s replacement, the Galaxy S26, uses an Exynos 2600. Speaking of, the S26 has a massive…

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:49 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, for the next launch delivering science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with approximately 11,000 pounds of cargo, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. Watch the agency’s launch and arrival coverage on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how…

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. Sivga Robin SV021 Pro: Two-minute reviewThe Sivga Robin SV021 Pro are some primo-looking over-ears, designed to compete quite handily in a febrile market of Middleweight Listener Headphones That Tend To Feature Some Kind Of Wood In Their Construction. True to their mission, everything about the SV021 Pro is, at the very least, good — if not great — albeit with some caveats.I went from absolutely loving them to pretty…

Task Scheduler is one of those tools that you either use too much or never touch. There’s no in between. With it, you can automate almost anything on your Windows PC, from simple daily reminders to complex system-level tasks. The problem is not what it can do, but how it feels to use. FluentTaskScheduler is essentially a wrapper for the Task Scheduler API, so it doesn’t replace the core functionality. What makes it worth using, though, is its thoughtful design. It also follows Microsoft’s Fluent Design System, which means it has a clean, modern look that feels consistent with newer…

Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR An Italian court has ruled that several of Netflix’s past price hikes were unlawful. Affected subscribers in Italy may be entitled to refunds and reduced subscription prices. The ruling comes just after Netflix raised prices again in the US, but Netflix is appealing. While Netflix subscribers in the US are still reeling from yet another round of price hikes, the streaming service has just been told to give some of its users the exact opposite treatment. A court in Rome has ruled that several of its past price increases in Italy were unlawful, potentially entitling…