Author: The Tech Guy

Delayed Red Sea subsea cables are tightening global bandwidth in already strained regionsOperators face dangerous conditions that stop vital installation crews from working safelyHigh-risk waters are forcing telecoms to abandon long-planned deployment timelinesOngoing instability in the Red Sea has created severe obstacles for tech giants and subsea cable operators, who now face prolonged pauses in construction as security threats complicate every stage of deployment.Cable-laying vessels require predictable access, stable waters, and political clearance, yet these conditions are no longer present in a zone where conflicts have disrupted routine maritime activity.Companies involved in major systems expected to link Europe, Asia, and…

ScaleOps has expanded its cloud resource management platform with a new product aimed at enterprises operating self-hosted large language models (LLMs) and GPU-based AI applications. The AI Infra Product announced today, extends the company’s existing automation capabilities to address a growing need for efficient GPU utilization, predictable performance, and reduced operational burden in large-scale AI deployments. The company said the system is already running in enterprise production environments and delivering major efficiency gains for early adopters, reducing GPU costs by between 50% and 70%, according to the company. The company does not publicly list enterprise pricing for this solution and…

Multi-billionaire fund manager Gavin Baker gives the overview of the state of AI. Nextbigfuture identified the AI data center scaling of google and XAI over a year ago. AI Scaling Laws are Intact.Four leaders in AI – Google, xAI, OpenAI and Anthropic.BUT Google and XAI will pull away with faster and more compute scaling.Nvidia is still dominant.Best models are still coming mid-2026 using B300 chips. AI Scaling Laws are Intact Gemini 3 is the strongest evidence since o1 that pre-training scaling laws still hold. Expect large jumps from Blackwell-trained models in Q2 2026. GPT-5 was intentionally a smaller, cheaper-to-infer model…

Black Friday is upon us – a whole week of it, in fact. Here are the best smartphone deals that we found in the US. Note that we will cover tablets, smartwatches, laptops and other devices in a separate post. All Pixel phones are on sale, but not all offers make sense. So, let’s start with the base Google Pixel 10 – it’s the first generation where the vanilla model has a tele camera, though the 5x/112mm 10.8MP unit is pretty basic. For that and other reasons, you may want to consider the Pro. Here’s a detailed comparison between the…

Sometimes, you just want your mind to be taken to a place it has never been before. The most obvious genre to do this is science fiction. The premises are generally rooted in scientific fact, helping them seem more plausible. But the fiction side is where audiences and directors can have some fun. You can be whisked off to a different planet or plunged below the sea and all of it will fall under the sci-fi genre. Sci-fi movies and shows have a certain feel to them; like something is off, but you can’t quite put your finger on it.…

Earlier today, a tipster shared the complete specifications of the Poco F8 Ultra. Now, the same source has also revealed the specs of the smaller Poco F8 Pro. While Poco has already confirmed certain details of the F8 Pro, such as its chipset, battery capacity, and display size, the new leak reveals the camera details and other specs. The Poco F8 Pro will get a 6.59-inch flat AMOLED display of the LTPS variety with Full-HD+ resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz. It will offer LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. The handset will be available in three color options.…

Premiering November 19VentureBeat is proud to announce the launch of its new flagship podcast, Beyond the Pilot: Enterprise AI in Action, premiering November 19 and brought to you by our anchor sponsor, Outshift by Cisco.Enterprise AI has reached a new inflection point: workloads are going live, and the constraints are getting real. The challenge for enterprise technical leaders isn’t understanding AI’s potential — it’s navigating the messy, complex work of making it run reliably at scale. Beyond the Pilot goes inside that reality with candid conversations from executives who’ve moved past experiments and into production — scaling AI and agentic…

In 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since November 2, 2000, more than 290 people from 26 countries have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting thousands of experiments that have advanced science and technology on Earth and paved the way for Artemis missions to the Moon and future journeys to Mars.  Beyond its role as a science platform, the station has been a bridge—connecting cultures, sparking creativity, and inspiring generations. The memories of Johnson Space Center employees reflect how the orbiting laboratory is not only an…

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. Sony Xperia 1 VII: Two-minute reviewThe Xperia 1 VII is Sony’s top Android phone. It’s simultaneously refreshing among its peers and too conservative to be considered all that interesting or dynamic.It’s very similar to its predecessor, the Sony Xperia 1 VI, but stands out as one of the few higher-end phones with a headphone jack and microSD expandable storage. These are not expensive features, but do partially come to…

After primarily focusing on private conversations since its founding, Snapchat is embracing public conversations with a new “Topic Chats” feature. The social network says the feature lets users chat about what’s happening in the world and across various communities, from Formula 1 to the reality TV show “Below Deck.” Profiles will remain private to anyone you’re not friends with, helping prevent unwanted friend requests or direct messages, Snapchat says. While a user’s display name will be visible next to their message, others won’t be able to tap through to their profile from a Topic Chat, the company told TechCrunch in…