Author: The Tech Guy

Verdict Sitting flush with your kitchen counters, the LG LDNPM654S FlushFit Dishwasher is a smart dishwasher with a lot of power. It’s generally very flexible, with a neat top rack that can go in three positions; however, it would be nice to have a cutlery rack at the top with a sliding section for taller glasses. Cleaning performance is very good, with Steam an option for heavily soiled items. FlushFit design Smart app Flexible main racks Cleans well Cutlery rack not as flexible as with some rivals Key Features Introduction Packed with some clever features, including smart control and an…

In a media landscape dominated by Baby Shark and Skibidi Toilet, one startup is reimagining children’s media by focusing on well-being, not watch time. Maka Kids is building a streaming app for children ages zero to six featuring content designed for healthy development. The startup has now raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to scale its platform, and is currently accepting waitlist sign-ups. Unlike traditional streaming platforms, Maka Kids doesn’t have recommendation algorithms, ads, or auto-play. Instead, it is designed to offer a predictable experience that supports learning, creativity, and emotional growth.  Maka Kids was founded by Isabel Sheinman and…

Slowdowns happen for various reasons on your streaming devices, but the good news is that it often doesn’t mean it’s the end for them. In fact, there are a number of things you can do that get your device running as good as new, or at least close to it. One of those is clearing the cache, and it’s a common fix for Fire TV devices. Other streamers don’t have a dedicated way of doing this other than restarting the device. To be fair, that gets the job done, and is often a quick fix. The same idea applies for…

Ocean emerged from stealth mode this week with $28 million in funding for its agentic email security platform. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Picture Capital, Cerca Partners, and prominent angel investors. Headquartered in New York City and Tel Aviv, and founded in 2024 by Shay Shwartz and Oran Moyal, Ocean has developed a platform that uses specialized AI agents to inspect every incoming message. These agents evaluate sender intent, gather broader context, and review evidence from conversation threads to detect threats. The solution focuses on sophisticated attacks such as business email compromise, vendor email compromise, and AI-generated phishing.…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The tech giant Meta fired about 8,000 workers yesterday — about 10 percent of its staff — and reassigned 7,000 more to AI projects. The company’s remaining workers continue to have every click of their work lives monitored as the company pivots from expensive project to even-more-expensive project — but not to worry! According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, there won’t be any more layoffs for at least seven more months. Meta first told employees that the massive workforce cuts were coming back in April, leaving staff…

How simplicity and accessibility are reshaping how users handle everyday digital tasks.  The modern workplace has changed drastically in the last decade and is now categorized by remote access and widely distributed teams. And yet, many administrative tasks have remained surprisingly clunky. You can now collaborate on a group project with people from all over the world, but the process of managing a simple document, such as signing a PDF, converting a file, or just making a quick edit, can make the workflow grind to a halt as you search for the right app.   Many works still jump between desktop apps, online…

Wahlap left an open Elasticsearch instance exposing 18.9 million records tied to its WeChat mini‑program ecosystemData included 6.6 million unique Union IDs, 1.7 million phone numbers, and personal details that could enable targeted phishing and fraudThe archive was locked down after disclosure, though there’s no evidence the exposed information was exfiltratedChinese arcade-maker powerhouse Wahlap, reportedly kept a huge user database open on the internet, available to anyone who knew where to look, security researchers from Cybernews have warned, putting personal information at risk.Wahlap is one of the largest arcade makers in the world, working with some of the biggest names…

Cisco on Wednesday announced patches for a critical-severity vulnerability in Secure Workload that could allow attackers to access site resources with Site Admin privileges. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20223 (CVSS score of 10/10), exists due to insufficient validation and authentication in the REST API endpoints. “An attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they are able to send a crafted API request to an affected endpoint,” Cisco notes in its advisory. Successful exploitation of the security defect allows an attacker to read sensitive information and modify configurations across tenant boundaries, with Site Admin privileges. “This vulnerability affects Cisco Secure Workload Cluster…

A prototype MicroSparc chip was fabricated, the Casimir team tests it using low-noise experimental setups designed to reduce electromagnetic interference. Dr. White said these tests were performed in dark, RF (radio frequency)-sealed enclosures over several weeks “using precision electrometers capable of measuring signals down to microvolt and attoamp sensitivities.” They observed device outputs ranging from millivolts to volts at picoamp current levels, well above the instrumentation’s noise floor. The team also directly measured polarization fields at the microscale in individual custom Casimir cavities using Atomic Force Microscopy, which White noted was operating in “Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy mode.” The team…

After several teasers, HMD has officially launched the Vibe 2 5G in India. The smartphone arrives as the successor to the HMD Vibe, which debuted in September 2025, and brings several upgrades, including a larger battery. The Vibe 2 5G sports a 6.75-inch LCD display that offers an HD+ resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz. It is powered by the Unisoc T8200 chipset, which can be paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The phone offers a microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 1TB. In terms of optics, the handset gets a…