Author: The Tech Guy

Romance, sci-fi, and horror are not subgenres that go together very often, but when they do, we get memorable masterpieces like Ex Machina, which came out in 2014 and which seems more prescient than ever today. Why? Well, Ex Machina is about a computer programmer named Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) who is chosen to visit the luxurious home of his billionaire boss, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). His job is to speak to a humanoid android named Ava (Alicia Vikander) to determine if she has consciousness. In the process, he falls for her. In a world where people openly admit to being in…

If you’ve been keeping up with streaming sticks, you’ll know that Amazon is a major player in the industry. Fire TV Sticks are one of the most popular options available, largely thanks to the low price and easy availability, since you can get one almost immediately if you order from Amazon thanks to Prime. What you might not realize is that there are so many different Fire TV Sticks for sale. I didn’t realize how many existed until I had to review the Fire TV Stick 4K Select, and I was left wondering who was being targeted with this stick.…

If humans finally colonize the Moon, lunar caves formed from primeval volcanic activity could provide shelter from cosmic radiation and extreme temperatures. But how does one go about safely exploring these uncharted caves before they venture in? Enter a team of scientists from South Korea who have built a simple rover prototype that can traverse rough terrain. What’s truly special about this robot are its sturdy wheels, made of flexible metal strips woven together into a helix-like pattern that give it the ability to expand and contract like a piece of kinetic art. “Experimental results show successful traversal of 200-millimeter…

Apple’s 2025 iPhone lineup once again puts its users in a familiar position – choosing between two very similar yet distinctly positioned models. The gap between the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro is as small as ever, but as they say, the devil is in the details – and those details might justify the Pro’s higher asking price for some, while others may find the standard model more than enough. The iPhone 17 finally feels like a true flagship in its own right, matching the Pro’s 120 Hz refresh rate, OLED quality, and overall polish. This year, the basic…

The team at Retro, a photo-sharing app for close friends and family, is experimenting with how generative AI can be put to more creative uses. To try out the latest, cutting-edge AI technologies, the team built a new app called Splat, which lets you turn any photo into a coloring book page for kids. As any parent will tell you, kids love to color. And thanks to the web, there’s a seemingly infinite number of coloring book pages available for printing at home. However, many of the websites hosting these pages are filled with ads and other clutter, making them…

This Acer Nitro V deal is one of those rare moments where the price actually feels too good to be true.Now retailing for just $549 at Walmart (down from $929) this laptop undercuts most systems in its class by a wide margin, yet it still packs an RTX 5050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a fast Intel Core i5 CPU.The Intel Core i5-13420H is quick, responsive, and built to handle far more than casual use. It boosts up to 5.2GHz and has enough muscle for streaming, editing, schoolwork, and everyday multitasking without ever feeling sluggish.Often, lower priced laptops come with…

OpenAI is holding preliminary talks with Amazon for an investment over $10 billion, including use of Amazon Web Services’ Trainium chips for AI training. This is separate from raising up to $100 billion at a $830 billion valuation, up 66% from October’s $500 billion mark. The $100B raise tells you what Sam Altman and OpenAI actually believes. ChatGPT subscriptions alone won’t justify the valuation. The fundraise is not for model training. It is for building consumer products that monetize attention, not capability. $77B of that 2030 revenue comes from “non-subscription consumer” products. That’s 38% of projected revenue from business models…

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. The Eureka Ergonomic Ark EL Executive is just one example of the California-based brand’s many items of home office furniture, and it’s a striking beast indeed. Sitting (or should we say, standing) near the top of Eureka’s desk food chain, it’s the third-most expensive single-level standing desk—behind the two-storey Ark Executive and the L-shaped Ark Pro.It’s undeniably a statement piece, although despite its dominating stature, I feel like it…

Huawei just unveiled its Nova 15 series in China. Alongside, the brand also announced the Watch 5 10th Anniversary edition and a new color variant for the Watch GT 6. The Huawei Watch 5 10th Anniversary edition comes with a special nylon braided composite strap that features a ‘10 Years’ logo. You’ll also find a ‘10 Years’ logo on the crown. Specs of the special edition variant remain the same as the standard Watch 5. It is available in both 46mm and 42mm case sizes. The smartwatch has an LTPO AMOLED display with Sapphire glass protection. It features the X-Tap…

As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, and will be accompanied by ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will both serve as mission specialists. Crew-12 will join Expedition 74 crew members currently aboard the space station. The flight is the 12th crew rotation with SpaceX to the orbiting laboratory as part of…