Author: The Tech Guy

The Poco X8 Pro and Poco X8 Pro Max are definitely both coming soon, since we’ve already seen them getting certified by various authorities across the globe. Today, the Poco X8 Pro has been spotted in the Geekbench online database, because a prototype has run the benchmark. As you can see from the screenshot below, it managed a single-core score of 1,708 and a multi-core score of 6,297. It’s powered by the recently unveiled MediaTek Dimensity 8500 SoC, the benchmark listing confirms. In the prototype that ran the benchmark, this was paired with 12GB of RAM, but of course Poco…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he once spread tons of radioactive fracking waste — a noxious hell-brew he believes melted the bones in his own jaw. Lee Oldham is a 52-year-old former waste disposal worker from Cleburne, Texas, on the southern outskirts of Dallas-Fort Worth. In an interview with Texas-based publication the Barbed Wire, Oldham detailed how he went from waste handler to corporate whistleblower, and the horrifying apathy of state politicians that led him there. Since the fracking boom of the…

Shark’s higher-end vacuum for pet owners is now far more affordable thanks to this offer, but today is the last day, so you need to be quick. Even though there are great alternatives from the likes of Xiaomi and Roidmi, when it comes to the cordless vacuum cleaner market, it’s Shark and Dyson that really rule the roost. The Shark Stratos Anti Hair Wrap Plus Pet Pro Cordless Vacuum IZ400UKT has just plummeted to only £249.99 (RRP £429.99). That’s a great offer on a vacuum, with £180 off, plus, you’ll get a free car kit worth over £25. Last chance…

Streaming your music is great until you hit a patch with no connectivity or a long flight where you might need to download your music. Being able to download your music to your phone also sounds great, until you realize that Spotify’s online cache is eating up more storage than the music itself. Apart from adding features no one really asked for, Spotify can’t seem to figure out local storage. For anyone on a small SSD or a phone with limited storage, that means several gigabytes of space disappearing without a clear explanation from the app. Offline downloads and cache…

Robert Triggs / Android AuthorityTL;DR Dolphin Emulator has struggled for years with its approach to Nintendo TriForce arcade hardware. After broken, limited support caused TriForce development to be pushed to a dedicated branch, it’s now reintegrated with some major breakthroughs. Dolphin even supports cabinet networking, recreating the multi-player arcade experience. When you think “Nintendo gaming,” where do your thoughts immediately go? Consoles like the NES? Handsets like the Switch? Both solid answers, and both probably a lot more popular ones than “arcade games.” While the arcades may not be Nintendo’s main business, the company’s had a presence there on and…

For full-year 2025, GOOGLE Other Bets posted an operating loss of $7.52 billion. This was up ~$3.1B (or ~$3B) from $4.4B in 2024. Waymp had higher employee compensation (especially a $2.1B one-time stock-based comp charge for Waymo in Q4, tied to its $16B funding round and $126B valuation) plus rising ops/R&D costs from scaling. Waymo accounts for ~60-75% of the segment’s losses, or ~$4.5-5.6B in 2025 (including the charge). Even without the charge it was $2.4 to $3.5 billion in losses. Waymo have 15M rides in 2025 for about $270 million in ride revenue in 2025 ($18 per ride). Targeting…

If you were expecting the PlayStation 6 to arrive on the usual console timeline, it may be time to reset expectations. A new report from Bloomberg suggests Sony is considering pushing back the next PlayStation launch to 2028 or even 2029, a significant shift from the typical seven-year console cycle. Interestingly, this is something that was rumored late last year, too. Photo by Benedict Calano on Unsplash The reason is not a lack of ambition or demand. It is a global memory chip shortage driven by the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. According to the Bloomberg report, the surge in…

As someone who grew up with massive tower computers, I’m always amazed by the latest generation of mini PCs, like the Geekom A5, which pack enough power for my daily computing tasks in a palm-sized package. Laptops may be more popular, but Windows mini PCs have their place and are probably one of the most affordable ways to get decent computing power. They come in a practical compact size ideal for many uses. They work equally well as home desktop computers as they do for commercial applications, like running digital signboards or point of sale systems. I was excited to…

Edgeøya, an island in the southeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago, is defined by stark Arctic expanses and rugged terrain. Still, even here—halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole—life persists, from mosses to polar bears. The southern lobe of Stonebreen, a glacier that flows from the Edgeøyjøkulen ice cap into the Barents Sea, gives the landscape a different kind of life. Its ice pulses like a heart. The apparent heartbeat comes from the ice speeding up and slowing down with the seasons. This animation, based on satellite data collected between 2014 and 2022, shows how fast the glacier’s surface…

The Samsung Galaxy S26 series will be unveiled on Wednesday next week (February 25). In case you missed them, here are our articles covering all the leaked info for the Galaxy S26 Ultra as well as the Galaxy S26 and S26+. Either way, you must have heard by now – the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in all regions, while the Galaxy S26 and S26+ will use the Exynos 2600 in several regions (the exact regions are not 100% clear at this point). Here’s a preview of what to expect from those chips,…