Author: The Tech Guy
AMC has hosted a lot of iconic TV shows over the years, from The Walking Dead to Breaking Bad to Mad Men. They’re in the middle of making another banger as we speak, although not nearly enough people are talking about it: Interview With The Vampire, an adaptation of Anne Rice’s classic 1976 horror novel, is coming back for a third season with a new name, a new lead character, and a new attitude. And whether you’ve already sucked the first two seasons dry or are just hearing about this show for the first time, you need to be psyched…
Andy Walker / Android AuthoritySaying that Nova Launcher had a profound impact on the Android we know and love today would be an understatement. The launcher endured over a dozen operating system versions and opened up a universe of customization to users. Not only that, it also made app search and discovery a huge part of its functionality, forcing competing launchers to up their game. These smarts are largely thanks to Sesame Shortcuts.Although Nova Launcher’s death knell has already sounded, my recent thoughts have turned to Sesame Shortcuts’ dim future. But, for now at least, you can still integrate the…
When Walmart and OpenAI announced that the retailer would integrate with ChatGPT, the question became how quickly OpenAI could deliver on the promise of agents buying things for people. In the battle of AI-enabled commerce, getting agents to securely complete transactions is one of the biggest hurdles. More and more, chat platforms like ChatGPT are replacing browsers and getting very good at surfacing information people search for. Users will ask ChatGPT for the best humidifiers on the market, and when the model returns results, people have no choice but to click the item link and complete the purchase online. AI agents, as…
Elena Vera, a growth leader at Lovable with 10+ years running growth teams, argues that distribution—not just product quality—determines company success. Great products fail without it, while mediocre ones thrive with strong distribution. She defines growth as answering four questions predictably: Acquire, Activate, Monetize, and Retain customers. Fast-growing companies succeed via growth loops (compounding flywheels, e.g., user action → output → new input) rather than linear funnels. Dropbox became viral storage for storage. Growth loop drove early growth and sharing content generates 60% of acquisitions via product alone. Lovable (10-month-old AI coding platform) grew word-of-mouth loop from magical first experiences…
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. Ninja Prestige DualBrew System: one-minute reviewThe Ninja Prestige DualBrew System (which is almost identical to the Ninja Espresso and Coffee Maker Barista System solid in the US) is a Swiss army knife of a coffee maker, with a drip brewer on one side, a single-serve pod machine for espresso on the other, a measuring scoop embedded in one side, and a milk whisk that flips out from the back.…
Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of users’ most in-demand features — no, not an edit button! — bookmarks. The company on Monday announced the new addition, which it calls Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new bookmark icon underneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Your saved posts can then be viewed at any time from the new “Saved” section in the app’s main navigation. While it may seem redundant to have both likes and bookmarks on a social app since both offer a way to mark a post to be referenced later,…
My Windows 11 laptop is mostly stable, but it occasionally encounters problems when I install new hardware or apps with compatibility issues. It can also become slow when running too many apps simultaneously, and like all software, it sometimes experiences unexplained random glitches. None of these are significant issues, and I can usually fix them myself in just a few minutes using the troubleshooting tools built into Windows 11. Troubleshooting tools, like Device Manager and Event Viewer, are straightforward, and allow anyone to resolve common hardware and software issues without needing to take their laptop to a repair shop. Even…
As more companies quickly begin using gen AI, it’s important to avoid a big mistake that could impact its effectiveness: Proper onboarding. Companies spend time and money training new human workers to succeed, but when they use large language model (LLM) helpers, many treat them like simple tools that need no explanation. This isn't just a waste of resources; it's risky. Research shows that AI has advanced quickly from testing to actual use in 2024 to 2025, with almost a third of companies reporting a sharp increase in usage and acceptance from the previous year.Probabilistic systems need governance, not wishful…
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, were originally intended to treat diabetes — and didn’t become blockbuster prescriptions until doctors realized that they were also potent weight loss aids that seem to re-wire patients’ relationship to food and satiety. Since then, it’s slowly been emerging that they have another surprising effect: many users report less of a desire to throw back as many drinks as they did before starting the injections. Indeed, several small studies have found promising evidence that the drugs indeed curb…
EcoFlow has announced the Delta Pro Ultra X, its most “powerful system” designed to power a home for a week. The Delta Pro Ultra X delivers a massive 12kW of continuous output, scalable up to 36 kW, which means a 60% boost over the previous model. Impressive stuff. Its modular battery packs can expand from 12kW to 180kWh of storage and can provide enough energy for up to a month of essential backup power. That’s seriously impressive stuff.That’s not all though, as the system achieves up to 9% conversion efficiency, which is enough to handle demanding appliances such as water…