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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech If you drive, your car’s tires are shredding more than just tread: they may be mincing up our grey matter too. New research by a team in China discovered an alarming link between a chemical commonly found in tires and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The chemical, called 6PPD-Q, is formed when fine tire particles meet ozone. That happens anytime new chunks of tire are exposed to the air, meaning the particle may be nearly ubiquitous in car-heavy environments. According to the findings,…
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. Amazfit Active 3 Premium: One minute reviewAmazfit has been a company I’ve been keeping an eye on since their Bip 3 ‘budget’ smartwatch blew through all my expectations (and then some), followed by a slew of other watches across a range of price points, aiming to undercut the likes of Garmin — but most notably the $99 / £99 Amazfit Active 2, which earned five stars in our review.…
When considering between purchasing a bog-standard Blu-ray copy of a movie or TV show and its 4K UHD Blu-ray counterpart, the answer may seem obvious: the latter is the superior choice thanks to its additional resolution, its high dynamic range (HDR), and its improved spatial audio prowess. On the surface, this analysis makes logical sense, but the reality is actually rather messier. There are a variety of factors at play that can influence the overall audiovisual fidelity of a piece of media distributed on disc, meaning that the jump from Blu-ray to its 4K UHD successor isn’t always a cut-and-dry…
Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI this week confirmed that over 12 million people were affected by a June data breach. The incident occurred on June 17 and involved unauthorized access to a system developed by KDDI as part of the email infrastructure used by five ISPs, namely STNet, JCOM, Chubu Telecommunications, NIFTY, and BIGLOBE. KDDI’s mobile and fixed-line internet email services, which operate on separate infrastructure, were not affected by the attack. A zero-day vulnerability in software implemented as part of the system was exploited during the attack, the telecoms giant explains. An automated translation of KDDI’s notice (PDF) suggests that…
Theo’s Take Theo tested Grok 4.5 extensively the day before launch and called it “pretty damn good and REALLY well priced.” He said it’s good enough that he has to make a video on it. He also noted the crowded frontier (“GLM-5.2 is close to Opus, Grok 4.5 allegedly beats Opus and GPT-5.5… Feels like it barely matters now”), but the strong real-world performance + pricing stood out to him. Grok 4.5 is good enough that I think I have to do a video on it… — Theo – t3.gg (@theo) July 9, 2026 Best bang-for-buck frontier model: Miles Deutscher…
The iPhone 17 and Samsung Galaxy S26 are two very similar standard flagships, making the decision of which to buy all the more challenging. Do you go for the premium, Liquid Glass-inspired iPhone 17 or stick to the ultra-slim Android flagship experience of the Samsung Galaxy S26? Is there really a difference in how they perform day-to-day? And what about elements like camera hardware, screen tech and all-important battery life? While it’s easy to compare the two on paper, we’ve used both the iPhone 17 and Samsung Galaxy S26 in day-to-day use – and here’s how they compare in the…
For years, Google Photos was the easiest part of my online life. Every picture I took automatically landed in the cloud, faces got tagged without me lifting a finger, and a quick search for “beach” or “dog” brought up exactly what I wanted. But the convenience came with a steep hidden cost: my entire photo library, including thousands of private family images, was sitting on someone else’s servers. That made the trade-off clear to me: I was handing over a massive personal history to a tech giant that has every incentive to analyze it, monetize it, or change the terms…
A study has revealed that approximately 40% of UK employees receive ‘work slop’ caused by low-quality, AI-generated content. As a result, it is estimated that each instance of work slop takes up to 3.5 hours each month to correct, resulting in millions of pounds in lost productivity.Jim BentonSocial Links NavigationIt has been reported that as of mid-2026, approximately 78% of global businesses are using AI in at least one business function.Despite this, studies have revealed that 62% to over 80% of workers lack confidence or training in AI, with many reporting they don’t have the skills to use the tool…
Google on Wednesday announced a Chrome 150 security update that resolves 27 vulnerabilities, including two critical-severity flaws. The two critical bugs are use-after-free issues in Chrome’s Ozone and Views components. Both were found by Google last month. The Chrome refresh resolves a total of 13 use-after-free defects, including 10 high-severity and one medium-severity weakness. Other types of vulnerabilities patched in this update include uninitialized use, integer overflow, out-of-bounds read and write, insufficient validation of untrusted input, inappropriate implementation, insufficient data validation, and insufficient policy enforcement. Most of these flaws were discovered by Google, a trend that has been ongoing for…
In early July 2026, for the second time in three months, a powerful typhoon crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the North Pacific Ocean. Super Typhoon Bavi was at peak intensity when it neared the islands on the night of July 5, bringing winds of 290 kilometers (180 miles) per hour, along with torrential rain and dangerous storm surge. This nighttime image, captured by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the NOAA-20 satellite, shows Bavi’s eye at about 15:30 Universal Time on July 5 (1:30 a.m. local time on July 6). Light from the Moon, which was in the…