Author: The Tech Guy

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Thinking about it, a new TV is one of my favorite device upgrades. Compared to upgrading a laptop, the decision-making process is relatively straightforward, and it’s usually a product for pure entertainment — I’m not editing photos or jamming out articles in my living room. In most cases, there’s also a leap forward in technology and value by the time I get around to buying one. A $500 TV I bought today would absolutely smoke a $1,000 or even $2,000 model from 10 years ago. The perennial question, of course, is what screen size you should aim for. Most of…

The gene editor CRISPR is tackling fatty molecules in the body that contribute to one of the world’s top killers: cardiovascular disease.At the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2025 (AHA 2025) this month, Scribe Therapeutics, a startup based in Alameda, California, presented three CRISPR formulations that slashed dangerously high lipid levels in lab-grown cells, mice, and monkeys.With a single injection, their flagship formulation lowered “bad cholesterol” levels in primates for over 515 days. The treatment used a type of genetic manipulation called epigenome editing that doesn’t directly change the genetic code, potentially reducing side effects.Two other CRISPR formulations targeted lipoprotein(a)…

Google’s flagship Pixel 10 is now at its lowest ever price for Black Friday, just months after its official launch. Get the 256GB Google Pixel 10 for just £719 in Amazon’s Black Friday sale. That’s a massive 22% off its usual RRP and £80 off Google’s own Black Friday offer. Pick up the Pixel 10 at its lowest ever price for Black Friday Google’s flagship Pixel 10 is down to its lowest ever price at just £719 for the 256GB handset. View Deal If you’re coming from an older Pixel or Android, then you’ll especially notice the difference with the…

Adapting a book for the big screen is not an easy thing to pull off. Fans of a book can be very particular when it comes to how a film handles the source material. I would know, because I’m one of them. I can’t even count the amount of times that I have walked out of a theater completely disappointed with yet another mediocre adaptation. The life of an avid reader is not an easy one, I can assure you. But every once in a while, I come across a film that just gets it. No adaptation is going to…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year if you’re looking to pick up one of the best VPNs out there.Black Friday VPN deals are in full swing, and there are loads of top deals to sift through at your leisure, but which are the most exciting?To answer this very question, I asked TechRadar’s top VPN experts, Samuel Woodhams, Chiara Castro, and River Hart, for their top pick – and, as TechRadar VPN Editor, it’s only right I throw my hat in the ring too! Combined, we have over 15 years of experience in the VPN industry, so we know…

Earlier this month, the China Manned Space Agency was forced to delay the return of three astronauts from its Tiangong space station after they discovered “tiny cracks” in their return capsule’s window, likely from a space debris strike. Instead of using the damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, which remains docked at the station, the crew took the only other spacecraft available to them for their November 14 return: the Shenzhou-21, which had arrived at the station in late October with a replacement crew aboard. That left the new crew that’d arrived on the Shenzhou-21 in a pickle, though, because the craft they’d…

During the recent Poco F8 series launch event in Bali, Indonesia, the company also unveiled the rollout timeline for its HyperOS 3 update. The Poco F8 Pro and F8 Ultra, notably, ship with the new software out of the box. The Poco F7 series and the Poco X7 lineup will be the first to receive the HyperOS 3 update by the end of this month. In fact, Poco has already seeded the update for the F7 Ultra. Next, the update will be released for the Poco F6 series, Poco X6 Pro, Poco M7, Poco M6 lineup, and the Poco C75…

Spotify is planning to raise subscription prices in the U.S. in the first quarter of next year, according to a new report from the Financial Times. The move will mark the streaming service’s first price rise in the U.S. since July 2024. The company recently raised prices in several other countries, including the U.K., Switzerland, and Australia. A Spotify subscription currently costs $11.99 a month in the U.S. When the service first launched in the country 14 years ago, it cost $9.99 per month. The report says JPMorgan analysts have estimated that a $1-per-month price increase in the U.S. could…

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android AuthorityTL;DR How your smartwatch measures distance may vary depending on what kind of exercise you’re tracking. Walks, in particular, can rely on step data rather than GPS, resulting in potentially inaccurate figures. Wearables like smartwatches are utterly packed with sensors, and in using them we gather all sorts of data. But just how accurate are all of those numbers? With some, like calories burned during an exercise, it makes sense that the figure’s just an estimate, and we shouldn’t expect it to be precise. Other numbers, like how many steps you’ve taken, we’d assume were exact…