Author: The Tech Guy

The latest big headline in AI isn’t model size or multimodality — it’s the capacity crunch. At VentureBeat’s latest AI Impact stop in NYC, Val Bercovici, chief AI officer at WEKA, joined Matt Marshall, VentureBeat CEO, to discuss what it really takes to scale AI amid rising latency, cloud lock-in, and runaway costs.Those forces, Bercovici argued, are pushing AI toward its own version of surge pricing. Uber famously introduced surge pricing, bringing real-time market rates to ridesharing for the first time. Now, Bercovici argued, AI is headed toward the same economic reckoning — especially for inference — when the focus…

TechNvidia Becomes First $5 Trillion CompanyHannah Erin Lang | The Wall Street Journal ($)”Nvidia is now larger than AMD, Arm Holdings, ASML, Broadcom, Intel, Lam Research, Micron Technology, Qualcomm, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing combined, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Its value also exceeds entire sectors of the S&P 500, including utilities, industrials and consumer staples.”Robotics1X Neo Is a $20,000 Home Robot That Will Learn Chores via TeleoperationMariella Moon | Engadget”In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern, 1X CEO Bernt Børnich explained that the AI neural network running the machine still needs to learn from more real-world experiences. Børnich said that anybody…

Verdict Despite a good price and a style factor consistent with the Motorola brand, sluggish performance makes this a hard sell, even for those on a tight budget. Loud speakers Good battery life Cheap access to Google Gemini assistant features Slow overall performance with persistent stutters Display struggles in bright conditions Key Features Review Price: £109 Large 120Hz display The ultra-wide IPS display on the Moto G06 reaches up to 120Hz for smooth scrolling at 600nits peak brightness to alleviate outdoor viewing concerns. 50MP camera The 50MP camera system seen in the more expensive Moto G86 trickles down to offer…

I’m not someone who always remembers their wallet. I have left it in my car plenty of times or realized once I’m away from my house that I don’t have it on me. It’s a frustrating proposition when you feel like you’re unable to purchase something, should it be necessary. That’s why digital wallets are such a great invention. I was always leery about storing my banking information or credit card details on my phone. Having my info readily available just always seemed like a security risk. But being able to use a digital wallet has been more beneficial than…

When the PlayStation Portal launched in 2023, it felt like an incomplete experience. While it was convenient that you could stream your PS5 games directly from your console to the handheld, the ability to play games independently of your PS5 was missing. It seems Sony recognized this as well, because late last year, it launched a beta for Cloud Streaming on the PlayStation Portal, enabling users to stream and play PS5 games from the cloud on the handheld, without having to connect to their PS5. Now, after a lengthy beta testing period, Cloud Streaming is officially launching for the PlayStation…

Google Cloud has introduced a big update in a bid to keep AI developers on its Vertex AI platform for concepting, designing, building, testing, deploying and modifying AI agents in enterprise use cases.The new features, announced today, include additional governance tools for enterprises and expanding the capabilities for creating agents with just a few lines of code, moving faster with state-of-the-art context management layers and one-click deployment, as well as managed services for scaling production and evaluation, and support for identifying agents.Agent Builder, released last year during its annual Cloud Next event, provides a no-code platform for enterprises to create…

If you get caught cheating by your professor, you would be wise to beg for mercy, grovel at their feet, and pour every ounce of your soul into putting on the contrite performance of a lifetime. You’ll never do it again, you vow, after reminding them of your recently deceased distant relative. If there was ever a moment to put some real effort into your education, this big apology would be it. In an age of ChatGPT, however, even that might be a lot to ask. After catching dozens of their students cheating in a data science course, two professors…

Enlarge Image What a beautiful beast. Daniel Golson/CNETLuxury automakers are all about more is more, stuffing flagship vehicles with big power, high-end tech features and plenty of gimmicky options. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is no different, with the latest generation being the most extravagant and advanced yet. But I’ll let you in on a secret: The base S500 is where it’s at. Like Fantastic in-line six engine Supreme comfort Great tech features Don’t like Misses out on a couple of cool features The S500 shares its turbocharged, mild-hybrid 3.0-liter in-line six with a number of other Mercedes products. In the S500…

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter demanding that it stop using the term “PG-13,” as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Last month, Meta announced that teens on Instagram would, by default, only see content that adheres to PG-13 movie ratings. Two weeks later, the MPA sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter, asserting that Meta’s claim that content on teen Instagram accounts would follow PG-13 guidelines is “literally false and highly misleading.” The company states that its movie-rating system can’t be compared to Meta’s content restrictions, which it says “appear to rely heavily on artificial…

Microsoft Teams flaws allowed message edits, spoofed alerts, and forged caller identitiesAttackers could exploit these bugs for phishing, wire fraud, and malware deliveryMicrosoft patched CVE-2024-38197; no user action needed post-October 2025 fixesExperts have found Microsoft Teams contained multiple vulnerabilities whioch allowed threat actors to edit messages, spoof notifications, and change user names, opening it up for different phishing and social engineering attacks, putting users at risk of data theft, wire fraud, and malware/ransomware infections.In a new report, experts from Check Point Research detailed the flaws in the popular online collaboration platform, noting the attackers could reuse unique identifiers in the…