Author: The Tech Guy

As travel vloggers go, South African Kurt Caz has never exactly trafficked in highbrow content. His career as an influencer began about six years ago, through YouTube videos with simple but effective titles like “What is Bologna, Italy Like?” But as Caz got more travel time under his belt, his videos quickly devolved into the exploitative fare typical of most poverty vloggers: “Don’t Visit This Egyptian Ghetto!” and “Avoiding Guerillas on Peru’s Deadliest Road” became the new blueprint, while his views ballooned into the millions. Now after building a following of some four million subscribers, Caz is flipping the script…

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Last week, Motorola began teasing the Edge 70’s India launch, and the company has now confirmed the official date. The Motorola Edge 70 will be unveiled in India on December 15 and will be available for purchase the same day via Flipkart, Motorola online store, and other retailers. Motorola’s upcoming phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC and offer dual 50MP rear cameras alongside another 50MP selfie unit. The phone will measure 5.99mm thin. While most of the specs of the Indian variant will be similar to the global model, it is rumored to offer a…

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Sci-fi movies can really explore a plethora of topics, from advancing technology to dystopian futures. Personally, one of my favorite, more underrated aspects of the genre is when the concept of cloning is injected into a narrative, which is why Mickey 17 checked so many boxes for me. It’s truly an underrated sci-fi gem that a lot of people missed in 2025, which has been a very common theme in science fiction films. But for as good and wacky as Mickey 17 is, it made me seek out some other films that focus on cloning. While I still think it’s…

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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. Doogee S200 Ultra: 30-second reviewDoogee first launched the S200 series in late 2024, and since then, we’ve seen the S200 X, S200 Plus and now the S200 Ultra and S200 Max.While the exact specifications of these devices are subtly different, these are all rugged designs that aim to keep the device a practical size and weight for everyday use.Whereas the S200 and S200 X both used older 6nm SoCs,…

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SpaceX is reportedly buying back investor and employee shares at an $800B valuation. This is double from the $400B valuation just 5 months ago. The key successes are rapid progress toward full Starship reusability and fast growing Starlink revenue and profits. SpaceX acquired massive mid-band spectrum (8-lane highway vs T-Mobile’s 2-lane) → Direct-to-Cell is now live and will scale fast. Space-based AI data centers are now seen as the inevitable industry and the solution to the global power crunch. 2000 GW+ is needed by 2040. The world only has about the equivalent of 3400 GW and the US has 460…

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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. Doogee V Max LR: 30-second reviewDoogee’s V Max series includes some monstrous phones, all powered by the same MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC and a huge 20500 mAh battery.The V Max LR is the cheapest option and delivers an almost identical design to the Play model, but with the omission of the projector.Instead, the LR has a measuring sensor, which is slightly less niche and might be useful to anyone…

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Apple on Thursday shared its annual list of App Store Award winners, continuing its tradition of celebrating the best apps and games of the past year. For 2025, the winning iPhone app was visual planner Tiimo, and the iPhone game of the year was the card game Pokémon TCG Pocket. Although Apple has continued to avoid naming a dedicated AI app or AI chatbot as its app of the year, AI was showcased among this year’s winners. Apple’s app of the year, Tiimo, for instance, is described as a visual AI planner that turns to-dos into plans with visual timelines.…

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After climbing to the top of our trending chart last week, the Poco F8 Ultra managed to retain it by the slimmest of margins. The newly unveiled Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold mounted a very strong challenge that came just short and had to settle for second place. Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra 5G These are the best offers from our affiliate partners. We may get a commission from qualifying sales. 256GB 12GB RAM£ 660.68€ 829.90512GB 16GB RAM£ 695.06€ 899.90Show all prices In third we have the Galaxy A56, followed by the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, which has…

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Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitor a research drone in this September 2025 photo. This flight occurred in Dumont Dunes, an area of the Mojave Desert, as part of a larger test campaign to develop navigation software that would guide future rotorcraft on Mars. The work was among 25 projects funded by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program this past year to push the limits of future technologies. Whether it’s new navigation software, slope-scaling robotic scouts, or long-distance gliders, the technology being developed by the Mars Exploration Program envisions a future where robots can explore all on their own — or…

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Astell&Kern is wrapping up its year in high-end audio with two new releases: the AK HC5 USB DAC and STELLA, a reference-level earphone created with VOLK Audio and GRAMMY-winning mastering engineer Michael Graves. Both products land in early 2026 and mark some of the company’s most ambitious hardware yet. The AK HC5 is the more compact of the two, but positioned as a major leap for portable listening. It features the AK4499EX DAC, a chip usually reserved for A&K’s flagship digital audio players, into a pocketable form factor, paired with the AK4191EQ processor to keep digital and analogue pathways clean.…

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