Author: The Tech Guy
Mint Mobile has made a name for itself as one of the most recognizable prepaid carriers in the US, thanks in part to Ryan Reynolds’ ads and its simple approach to mobile plans. It runs on the T-Mobile network, but as an MVNO, it already undercuts the big three networks by a wide margin. However, a new offer that you won’t see advertised on the site makes its 12-month plans even cheaper.For a limited time, new customers can get 30% off all 12-month fixed-data plans using the code YEAROFMINT. That drops the 5GB plan from $15 to $10.50 per month, paid…
Presented by ElasticAs organizations scramble to enact agentic AI solutions, accessing proprietary data from all the nooks and crannies will be keyBy now, most organizations have heard of agentic AI, which are systems that “think” by autonomously gathering tools, data and other sources of information to return an answer. But here’s the rub: reliability and relevance depend on delivering accurate context. In most enterprises, this context is scattered across various unstructured data sources, including documents, emails, business apps, and customer feedback. As organizations look ahead to 2026, solving this problem will be key to accelerating agentic AI rollouts around the…
As far back as 1980, the American philosopher John Searle distinguished between strong and weak AI. Weak AIs are merely useful machines or programs that help us solve problems, whereas strong AIs would have genuine intelligence. A strong AI would be conscious.Searle was skeptical of the very possibility of strong AI, but not everyone shares his pessimism. Most optimistic are those who endorse functionalism, a popular theory of mind that takes conscious mental states to be determined solely by their function. For a functionalist, the task of producing a strong AI is merely a technical challenge. If we can create…
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. Don’t tell Amazon, but my heart sank when I first heard that yet another Robin Hood adaptation was coming to MGM+. But after watching it, I’ve mostly been won over. As it turns out, you can teach an old dog new tricks.I’ve always been of the firm belief that the 2010 Robin Hood movie starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett is the best we’ve had (I didn’t grow up…
Windows 11 comes with a built-in app named Get Help (formerly Contact Support) that includes troubleshooters for common scenarios. It features troubleshooters for Copilot that you can use to resolve issues without needing to contact support. If you can’t access Copilot in Microsoft 365 applications, you can use the Copilot License Troubleshooter. If you face trouble […] This article Run Copilot Troubleshooters to fix License and Connectivity issues in Windows 11 first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.
Al has come to your web browser. Most people have toyed with ChatGPT or Google Gemini via the companies’ websites and mobile apps, but Al chatbots have also been sprouting up in most productivity apps in one way or another, as well. Perplexity, OpenAl, The Brower Company, and Google’s push into the browser is a bit different, if only because it takes the idea that Al will do things for you to the next logical extreme, not just writing or generating content, but navigating interfaces. As somewhat of an Al skeptic, I wasn’t sure whether using an AI browser would…
Meta signed three deals this week to procure nearly 1 gigawatt of solar power as it races to power its lofty AI ambitions. The trio of agreements brings Meta’s total solar purchases to over 3 gigawatts of capacity this year. Solar is cheap and quick to build, and as a result, it has become a go-to power source for tech companies as their data center fleets multiply in size. Meta yesterday announced two agreements in Louisiana that see it buying the environmental attributes of a combined 385 megawatts of electricity. Both projects are expected to be completed two years from…
Researchers studying stray dogs inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the area surrounding the nuclear power plant that partially melted down in 1986, recently made a puzzling discovery: at least three dogs that had mysteriously turned blue. Fortunately, as IFLScience reports, the canines almost certainly weren’t suffering side effects of radiation exposure. Instead, according to the researchers, there could be a far more mundane — and perhaps amusing — explanation. “They appear to have been rolling in a substance that had accumulated on their fur,” Dogs of Chernobyl veterinary medical director Jennifer Betz told IFLScience. “We are suspecting that this substance…
Even though they debuted at a pretty high price, the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are now a total steal after this price cut. The buds are now going for just $165 on Amazon, marking a swift 34% discount, saving you nearly $85 at checkout. Save nearly a third on Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro in this early Black Friday deal Now $165, these buds are down 34%, saving you close to $85. View Deal Even though they had a high launch price, the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro still come packed with premium features to justify the expense, just in…
The Kindle is great at collecting highlights. But when exported, they aren’t so good at helping us truly understand them. That’s where ChatGPT comes in. I have been experimenting with the Kindle + ChatGPT combo for a while. By pairing my Kindle reading with a few smart prompts, I turn every book into a one-to-one class. Here’s how I use ChatGPT, week by week, to move from passive reading to a deeper understanding. 1 Build context before reading Prime your curiosity and map the author’s ideas. Saikat Basu/MakeUseOf It takes me around four weeks to finish a thick non-fiction book…