Author: The Tech Guy
The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity.But in recent weeks the mood has begun to shift. Investors and CEOs are now openly questioning whether the enormous costs of building and running AI systems can really be justified by future revenues.Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has spoken of “irrationality” in AI’s growth, while others have said some projects are proving to be more complex and expensive than expected.Meanwhile, global stock markets have declined, with tech shares taking a particular hit, and the value of cryptocurrencies…
Samsung launched the Galaxy A56 in March, and the company is now working on its successor, the Galaxy A57. A prototype A57 ran Geekbench earlier today, and, as always, this has revealed the chipset that’s powering it. Samsung Galaxy A56 It’s the Exynos 1680, the successor to the Exynos 1580 in the Galaxy A56. The new chip is clearly still in the testing phase, so don’t take the results too seriously. For what it’s worth, it managed a single-core score of 1,311 and a multi-core score of 4,347 in Geekbench 6.5 for Android. The Galaxy A57 that ran the benchmark…
In the early days of social media, posting a rant about the latest episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” on Myspace felt like the ultimate Thursday night activity. And discovering a Facebook group called “Team Jacob Forever” was one of the best finds. Nowadays, finding that perfect niche community can seem impossible, but a new social app called Phictly aims to change that. Available on iOS and Android devices, the app lets users form clubs centered on their favorite books, TV shows, and movies, creating niche communities where people can discuss their specific interests without judgment. For instance, users can dive into…
Apple has built iPads to require a lot less maintenance than a Windows PC, or even a Mac. Part of this stems from their DNA, what with their software being based on the iPhone. But Apple has also been focused on keeping iPads simple, making them something even a young kid can use without much effort. This has generated other issues — such as justifying the absurd amount of power in an M5 iPad Pro — yet no one can argue that their iPad is constantly crashing. There are still ways of improving an iPad’s performance however, since it is…
OpenAI has sent out emails notifying API customers that its chatgpt-4o-latest model will be retired from the developer platform in mid-February 2026,. Access to the model is scheduled to end on February 16, 2026, creating a roughly three-month transition period for remaining applications still built on GPT-4o.An OpenAI spokesperson emphasized that this timeline applies only to the API. OpenAI has not announced any schedule for removing GPT-4o from ChatGPT, where it remains an option for individual consumers and users across paid subscription tiers. Internally, the model is considered a legacy system with relatively low API usage compared to the newer…
If you had all the money in the world at your disposal, would you still be using ChatGPT? As part of a recent report, first spotted by Inc. Magazine, financial holdings company JPMorgan asked 111 billionaire clients how they make use of artificial intelligence. Their answers range from down-to-earth to absolutely absurd, forcing us to wonder if some of the wealthiest individuals on the planet could be suffering from AI-induced delusions. Given the overwhelming enthusiasm among investors and a hype train that’s minting billionaires at an unprecedented rate, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that AI adoption is widespread among…
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. Jabees 7Seven headphones: One minute reviewThe Jabees 7Seven swimming headphones pack some features you don’t even find on their contemporaries at Shokz for around half the price. For many, that’s plenty of reason to buy. The 7Sevens are light as a feather at 28g and packs an ample 32GB of MP3 storage, essential for underwater listening where Bluetooth connectivity is weaker. This storage space outdoes quite a few older…
As LLMs have continued to improve, there has been some discussion in the industry about the continued need for standalone data labeling tools, as LLMs are increasingly able to work with all types of data. HumanSignal, the lead commercial vendor behind the open-source Label Studio program, has a different view. Rather than seeing less demand for data labeling, the company is seeing more. Earlier this month, HumanSignal acquired Erud AI and launched its physical Frontier Data Labs for novel data collection. But creating data is only half the challenge. Today, the company is tackling what comes next: proving the AI systems…
Black Friday sees a huge spike in spam calls and fraud attemptsFortunately, there are ways to protect yourself this deals seasonUswitch has provided 5 helpful tips to beat the scammersThe Black Friday deals are well and truly here, and it can be very easy to get a little carried away with all the savings on offer. But pulling the trigger on a deal that’s just too good to be true can have serious repercussions, so it’s important to ensure you don’t fall victim to tricksters and scammers who are on the hunt for your precious card details.According to both price…
Researchers at Google have developed a new AI paradigm aimed at solving one of the biggest limitations in today’s large language models: their inability to learn or update their knowledge after training. The paradigm, called Nested Learning, reframes a model and its training not as a single process, but as a system of nested, multi-level optimization problems. The researchers argue that this approach can unlock more expressive learning algorithms, leading to better in-context learning and memory.To prove their concept, the researchers used Nested Learning to develop a new model, called Hope. Initial experiments show that it has superior performance on…