Author: The Tech Guy

TL;DR A user accused AYANEO of spying after discovering over 1,200 screenshots and 12GB of data usage linked to the AYAWindow app on their Pocket DS handheld. An AYANEO representative (likely) responded that the screenshots are the result of a bug where app thumbnail caches are not being cleared as intended. Further, high data usage reports may be misleading because of how Android calculates traffic for apps sharing a system UID. Update, March 12, 2026 (07:37 AM ET): AYANEO responded to our email with the same comment as seen on GitHub, essentially confirming that the GitHub comment was from an…

Elon explicitly pushed back on today’s Business Insider “Macrohard stalled → pivot to Tesla” FUD. XAI minor staff churn, departures did not delay the project. Macrohard project is not dead or abandoned. It’s been integrated as the planned joint architecture all along. These things exist to control a desktop. It is not magic to take control of your desktop. But another way to look at is MACROs (excel macros) are HARD. MACROHARD will make Macros easy and maybe effortless and intelligent. OpenCLAW is cool but it is blind. They cannot see your desktop. The XAI digital robot that watches the…

NASA is preparing to conduct its first spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) in nearly a year, ending an unusually long break for the activity. Truth be told, NASA had a spacewalk planned for early January but called it off after one of the two participating astronauts experienced a serious health issue that ultimately forced the early return to Earth of a SpaceX crew. The space agency is currently targeting March 18 for a spacewalk involving NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams. Coincidentally, the spacewalk is scheduled for the 61st anniversary of the first-ever spacewalk. The milestone was…

USB isn’t the sexiest topic out there, I’ll admit. But it goes without saying that our lives are pretty dependent on it, even in an age of Wi-Fi and Qi2 chargers. Nikola Tesla’s dream of wireless power isn’t quite here yet, and wired data connections are often far faster than 5G or Wi-Fi 7. A portless smartphone isn’t going to hit your doorstep anytime soon, as much as some executives might dream about the idea. All this makes it essential to understand how USB works, if just on a day-to-day, practical level. You might be surprised at what you’re getting…

By USGS Landsat Missions  The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or teams using satellite or aerial remote sensing that make outstanding contributions toward understanding the Earth (land, oceans, and air), educating the next generation of scientists, informing decision-makers, or supporting natural or human-induced disaster response. Both national and international nominations are welcome. The award is sponsored jointly by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was established in 1974 to honor the memory of Dr. William T. Pecora, former Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and Under Secretary, Department of…

Today, WhatsApp unveiled parent-managed accounts for pre-teens. These are currently rolling out globally, and they come with new controls to limit pre-teens’ WhatsApp experience to messaging and calling. Parents will set up the pre-teen’s account, and the account will be controlled by the parent, including by deciding who can contact the account and which groups they can join. Parents can also review message requests from unknown contacts and manage the account’s privacy settings. All of this is gated by a parent PIN on the managed account. As usual with such rollouts, it might take a while before this becomes available…

Between Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, Peacock, and more, streaming your favorite shows and movies can get complicated and expensive. But there’s a whole world of free streaming options out there that don’t require so much as an account. You can go to places like Pluto TV, Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Plex on the web and start watching tons of free movies and TV shows right now for free (with ads), and there are enough options that it makes you wonder why you were ever paying for streaming in the first place. Here are some of the biggest…

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. It’s often said that if at first you don’t succeed, you should try again. With Nintendo’s Virtual Boy rerelease for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, I wonder if it maybe should have ignored that advice.On the one hand, the Virtual Boy accessory for the Switch and Switch 2 is the ultimate novelty. The plastic recreation oozes an iconic 90s energy that somehow infected even me — someone…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A new survey by accounting firm KPMG US found a contradiction in how CEOs are thinking about AI: though a full quarter of the 100 execs polled said they believe we’re in the midst of an AI spending bubble, an overwhelming 80 percent said they plan on pouring money into the tech anyway. “The sentiment about deploying AI is most certainly accelerating,” KPMG US CEO Tim Walsh told Business Insider of the dissonant findings. There was also a pretty stunning gap between what…

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. I was six when my Pokémon journey began. In 2004, I got a Game Boy Advance SP and went to a local toy store with my parents to get two games — I chose Sonic Advance 2 and Pokémon LeafGreen.I’d play FireRed later, as well as Yellow, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and so on through the series (though I did stop doubling up for most generations from Diamond onwards), but…