Author: The Tech Guy
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, popularly known as “Nadar,” took the first known aerial photographs using a camera attached to a hot-air balloon just outside Paris in 1858. Ever since, technologists have been developing increasingly sophisticated ways to capture high-altitude images of Earth.In the First World War, military intelligence pushed the technology from artistic novelty to real-world use. Today, everything from urban planning and insurance underwriting to disaster response relies on detailed, high-resolution, and often 3D images of our planet. For emerging fields like autonomous robotics and augmented reality, making a digital copy of the physical world is one of the century’s most…
This is one of those simple deals that’s hard to argue with. The Roku Streaming Stick HD is down to $15.99 from $29.99. If you’ve got an older TV in a bedroom, kitchen, dorm, or guest room that’s missing apps (or just runs painfully slow), this is the quick fix. You plug it in, connect to Wi-Fi, and you’ve got a modern streaming setup without buying a whole new TV. It’s also a great “keep in a drawer” gadget. If you travel, bounce between rentals, or visit family and end up stuck with a clunky TV interface, a cheap Roku…
Buying a new TV can be an overwhelming experience. You go to the store and you see a wall of them lined up, all showing the same video. They can all look similar, so how do you know which one to pick? This is especially true if you haven’t needed to purchase a new TV for a while. The technological advancements in TVs, especially smart TVs, which most are these days, are impressive. Not only do you have to worry about the TV itself, but you also need to consider what smart features it could include. On top of those,…
Android 17 might already be in early preview, but that doesn’t mean Google is done working on bringing improvements to its existing Android 16 platform release. The company has just pushed out a surprisingly beefy software update to all eligible Pixel devices, bringing with it both the Android 16 Quarterly Platform Release 3 (QPR3) and a March Pixel Drop. There are a variety of small tweaks, quality of life improvements, and new features scattered throughout this newest stable Android release, ranging from a new SpongeBob SquarePants theme pack to a refined folder opening animation on the home screen. Out of…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech OpenAI has faced protests on and off for years. But after its CEO Sam Altman announced a new deal with the Department of Defense over how its AI systems would be deployed across the military on Friday, it’s being barraged with an intensity of backlash that the company has never seen. Droves of loyal ChatGPT users declared they were jumping shipping to Claude, whose maker Anthropic had pointedly refused to cut a deal with the Pentagon that gives it unrestricted access to its…
The Oppo K14x launched last month, and the K14 is also on the way, as revealed around the same time by a certification. The K14 is now officially acknowledged by Oppo since there’s an entire microsite dedicated to it on Flipkart. The phone has a 120Hz display with 1,125-nit peak brightness (so it’s an LCD). The K14 is powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 6300 SoC, paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The main camera is 50MP. The device comes with an IP69 rating for dust and water resistance, a 7,000 mAh battery, and support for 45W wired charging.…
Encountering command-line errors while configuring system boot settings can be intimidating, especially when the error message is cryptic. The following error is a common hurdle when using bcdedit, the Windows Boot Configuration Data (BCD) editor. The element data type specified is not recognized, or does not apply to the specified entry You may see this […] This article The element data type specified is not recognized, or does not apply to the specified entry first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.
Meta contractors claim your smart glasses can see more than you thinkMeta’s privacy policy does warn that your glasses share images and videos with the companyThis follows a growing trend of privacy concerns over smart glasses in public and in courtsWhen Meta warned us that it could see footage captured by its AI smart glasses, it turns out it wasn’t kidding. As part of a new investigation, Meta insiders claim to have seen intimate details of our lives, from bank cards to filmed sex scenes.In a joint investigation published by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten (behind a paywall), Meta…
Iran does not conduct official ethnic censuses, so all figures come from CIA World Factbook, Britannica and demographic compilations. The breakdown has remained stable:Persians (Fars): 61% (~56–57 million) — majority in central, northern, and eastern provinces; dominant in Tehran, Isfahan, Fars, etc.Azerbaijanis (Azeri Turks): 16% (~15 million) — mainly northwest (East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan).Kurds: 10% (~9–9.3 million) — northwest (Kurdistan, Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan provinces).Lurs: 6% (~5.5–6 million) — southwest/central (Lorestan, parts of Khuzestan, Chaharmahal).Baloch: 2% (~1.9 million) — southeast (Sistan and Baluchestan).Arabs: 2% (~1.9 million) — southwest (Khuzestan).Turkmen and other Turkic tribes: 2% (~1.9 million) — northeast (Golestan, North Khorasan).Others…
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. Nothing Headphone (a) reviewThe Nothing Headphone (a) are just about the dream tech version 2.0 launch. As the follow-up to the Nothing Headphone (1), launched in 2025, they fix the sound problems I had with those headphones, they keep the excellent stuff I liked, and they somehow cut the price in half in the process (in one country, at least).What more could you ask from something that’s looking to…