Author: The Tech Guy

You may be holding out for the Galaxy S26 now, but Samsung has just launched what’s easily its best deal yet on the excellent Galaxy S25 Ultra.Right now, you can choose between a trade-in rebate of up to $700 or a $450 upfront discount. The trade rebate has been way better before, but the upfront discount? That’s a new record-low price that brings this stunning flagship down to $850.Put simply, this is a lot of phone for the money. At $850, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is just $50 more expensive than the new iPhone 17, so in comparison, you’re getting…

AI chatbots have conquered the world, so it was only a matter of time before companies started stuffing them into toys for children, even as questions swirled over the tech’s safety and the alarming effects they can have on users’ mental health.   Now, new research shows exactly how this fusion of kid’s toys and loquacious AI models can go horrifically wrong in the real world. After testing three different toys powered by AI, researchers from the US Public Interest Research Group found that the playthings can easily verge into risky conversational territory for children, including telling them where to find…

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. Technics SL-1300G turntable: two-minute reviewTechnics has a new direct-drive turntable, and because it’s part of the company’s upmarket ‘Grand Class’, it’s engineered to within an inch of its life and has a price-tag that will make you swallow hard.Mind you, it’s not as if the company doesn’t feel like it’s offering value for money with the Technics SL-1300G. Between the twin-rotor ‘cogless’ motor, transformerless power supply, elaborate tonearm arrangement…

I don’t know how many nights I’ve fumbled through my dark house—either after falling asleep on the couch or making a bathroom run at 2 AM after my Alexa routines turn off our lights at night. My options were lousy: feel my way along the walls and hope I don’t stub my toe, or turn on the overhead lights and immediately regret it. Plug-in nightlights weren’t going to work. I’ve got a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old who pull those things out like it’s their job. Plus, I never liked how they stick out of the wall and look kind of…

Valve has announced its newest VR headset, the Steam Frame, alongside the Steam Machine and the Steam Controller. Along with being able to play VR and non-VR games, the Steam Frame can also run games natively in a standalone configuration, thanks to its onboard Snapdragon processor. The Steam Frame is first and foremost a streaming VR headset. It includes a wireless adapter with dual radios that you plug into your PC, Steam Machine, or Steam Deck and stream games to the headset. The dual radios maintain separate connections for streaming and connecting to your Wi-Fi to eliminate bandwidth congestion. The…

ChatGPT is about to become faster and more conversational as OpenAI upgrades its flagship model GPT-5 to GPT-5.1.OpenAI announced two updates to the GPT-5 series: GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking. Both models are now accessible on ChatGPT. GPT-5.1 Instant, essentially the default and most-used model, is now “warmer, more intelligent, and better at following your instructions,” according to OpenAI. Meanwhile, GPT-5.1 Thinking is an advanced reasoning model that responds faster for simple tasks and more persistently on complex ones.“We heard clearly from users that great AI should not only be smart, but also enjoyable to talk to,” OpenAI said in a…

Singapore, Singapore, November 13th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Recognition we believe underscores global customer trust and proven product excellence for security teams evaluating NDR solutions ThreatBook, a global leader in threat intelligence-based cybersecurity solutions, today announced that for its Threat Detection Platform (TDP), it has been recognized as a Strong Performer in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Network Detection and Response (NDR). This marks the third consecutive year that ThreatBook has received this distinction, which we believe underscores consistent customer satisfaction, product innovation, and operational excellence. According to Gartner: “‘Voice of the Customer’ is a document that…

If you’ve been searching for a smartwatch that looks premium, tracks everything, and doesn’t need charging every night, this new Huawei deal might be exactly what you’ve been waiting for.  The Huawei Watch GT 5 is now available for just £140, down from £229.99, giving you a 39% discount on an impressive Huawei wearable this Black Friday. Pick up the Huawei Watch GT 5 for £140, offering a full week of power Score a 39% discount on the Huawei Watch GT 5, as it drops to £140 from £229.99. View Deal The Watch GT 5 maintains a design that resembles…

Mishaal Rahman / Android AuthorityTL;DR Google is working to make it easier for ‘experienced users’ to install apps made by unverified developers. The company is building a new ‘advanced flow’ that allows these users to accept the risks of installing unverified apps. Previously, the only permitted method for experienced users to install apps from unverified developers was to use ADB. Back in late August, Google announced a major change to Android that angered many enthusiasts and independent developers. Starting next year, Android will block users from installing apps made by unverified developers. The announcement spurred backlash from power users who…

Another day in late 2025, another impressive result from a Chinese company in open source artificial intelligence.Chinese social networking company Weibo's AI division recently released its open source VibeThinker-1.5B—a 1.5 billion parameter large language model (LLM) that is a fine-tuned variant of rival Chinese tech firm Alibaba's Qwen2.5-Math-1.5B. It's available now for free download and usage by researchers and enterprise developers—even for commercial purposes—under a permissive MIT License on Hugging Face, GitHub and ModelScope, with a technical report on open access science publishing site arxiv.org.And yet, despite its compact size, VibeThinker-1.5B achieves benchmark-topping reasoning performance on math and code tasks,…