Author: The Tech Guy

There’s been a lot of talk surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s battery size. Some rumors claimed the S26 Ultra’s battery will be larger than the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s, which is 5,000 mAh, while others said it will be the same. Now, a new leak from China claims the Galaxy S26 Ultra will pack a slightly larger battery. According to the source, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will pack a 5,200 mAh battery. That’s hardly an upgrade, but it’s a step in the right direction since the past few Ultra models shipped with a 5,000 mAh battery under the hood.…

NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen for use at facilities across the agency. The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid Hydrogen awards are firm-fixed-price requirements contracts that include multiple firm-fixed-price delivery orders critical for the agency’s centers as they use liquid hydrogen, combined with liquid oxygen, as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines, and the commodity’s unique properties support the development of aeronautics. The total value for the combined awards is about $147.2 million. The contracts begin Monday, Dec.…

Here in the UK, we’re a bit like bears or, for people of a certain age, the Blue Peter Tortoise: as soon as it gets cold, we lock up our homes, whack the heating up and hibernate until we have to go out or it gets warm enough to do so. That would seem to make sense. With energy prices still incredibly high, wasting any heat feels like throwing money out of the window. Yet, there’s a real danger of closing up our homes, and opening windows for a short time each day, even in the middle of winter is…

AI-generated images are unreal at this point. Indistinguishable from the real thing, easy to create, and accessible to anyone, there is little wonder why so-called AI slop runs rampant. It’s not all slop, mind. Not all AI-generated images are the next round of “shrimp Jesus” or featured on this week’s trending “Insane AI Slop” pages. In that, I’ve got a little challenge for you. In the following ten images, five are AI. But which ones are which? Check out each image and the prompt used to create it, and let us know if you could spot all of our AI-generated…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityIf you’re on the lookout for a new smartphone, the Google Pixel 9a might be just what you need. This phone is already a great deal for its retail price, but this Black Friday, you can snag it for only $399, down from $499. That’s a solid 20% discount, and it’s matching the lowest price it’s been in the last month. Google Pixel 9a for $399 (20% off)The Pixel 9a is packed with features that make it a great choice. It features a 6.3-inch OLED Actua display, offering a 1080p resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate.…

Salesforce launched a suite of monitoring tools on Thursday designed to solve what has become one of the thorniest problems in corporate artificial intelligence: Once companies deploy AI agents to handle real customer interactions, they often have no idea how those agents are making decisions.The new capabilities, built into Salesforce's Agentforce 360 Platform, give organizations granular visibility into every action their AI agents take, every reasoning step they follow, and every guardrail they trigger. The move comes as businesses grapple with a fundamental tension in AI adoption — the technology promises massive efficiency gains, but executives remain wary of autonomous…

The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity.But in recent weeks the mood has begun to shift. Investors and CEOs are now openly questioning whether the enormous costs of building and running AI systems can really be justified by future revenues.Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has spoken of “irrationality” in AI’s growth, while others have said some projects are proving to be more complex and expensive than expected.Meanwhile, global stock markets have declined, with tech shares taking a particular hit, and the value of cryptocurrencies…

Samsung launched the Galaxy A56 in March, and the company is now working on its successor, the Galaxy A57. A prototype A57 ran Geekbench earlier today, and, as always, this has revealed the chipset that’s powering it. Samsung Galaxy A56 It’s the Exynos 1680, the successor to the Exynos 1580 in the Galaxy A56. The new chip is clearly still in the testing phase, so don’t take the results too seriously. For what it’s worth, it managed a single-core score of 1,311 and a multi-core score of 4,347 in Geekbench 6.5 for Android. The Galaxy A57 that ran the benchmark…

In the early days of social media, posting a rant about the latest episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” on Myspace felt like the ultimate Thursday night activity. And discovering a Facebook group called “Team Jacob Forever” was one of the best finds. Nowadays, finding that perfect niche community can seem impossible, but a new social app called Phictly aims to change that. Available on iOS and Android devices, the app lets users form clubs centered on their favorite books, TV shows, and movies, creating niche communities where people can discuss their specific interests without judgment. For instance, users can dive into…

Apple has built iPads to require a lot less maintenance than a Windows PC, or even a Mac. Part of this stems from their DNA, what with their software being based on the iPhone. But Apple has also been focused on keeping iPads simple, making them something even a young kid can use without much effort. This has generated other issues — such as justifying the absurd amount of power in an M5 iPad Pro — yet no one can argue that their iPad is constantly crashing. There are still ways of improving an iPad’s performance however, since it is…