Author: The Tech Guy

I’m a big physical media lover. I built out a Dolby Atmos sound system for it, and I add to my 4K Blu-ray collection as much as my wallet can handle. I also have a 4K Blu-ray player for my collection as it ensures the best picture quality that I can get. While your PlayStation 5 is a fine player, it doesn’t have Dolby Vision, and that’s what led me toward a dedicated player. Getting a 4K Blu-ray player is just the first step. You need an HDMI cable to pair with it as well, and the good news there…

FortiBleed, the large-scale credential-harvesting operation targeting organizations in 150 countries, has led to the deployment of INC Ransom and Lynx ransomware families, SOCRadar reports. Uncovered in mid-June, FortiBleed has been targeting over 430,000 FortiGate firewalls for the deployment of a network sniffer dubbed FortigateSniffer to capture the traffic passing through them and extract cleartext credentials and password hashes for future compromise. The campaign is likely mounted by a Russian initial access broker aiming to gain access to Active Directory domains, steal sensitive information, and establish persistent access. FortiBleed has been ongoing since at least February, and the attackers are estimated…

Duke “Rethinking Load Growth” reports that having a flexible energy demand during 3 peak hours unlocks 20% more overall power. Curtailing just ~0.5–1% of annual energy could unlock on the order of 76–100 GW of new load on today’s US grid. This is how Tesla, SpaceX and XAI can use virtual power plants, batteries to get to over10 GW and then multiply it with the grid utilities to 100GWs. The 100 GWs with matching chips and AI data centers are worth over $50 trillion per year. At the unit level just adding one 35MW unit is worth $1.8 billion (like…

Samsung’s next smartwatches may still be a few weeks away. However, another leak has already revealed one of the more personal parts of the experience: the bands you’ll be able to pair them with. A fresh leak claims Samsung is preparing a wide selection of straps for both the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Galaxy Watch 9. This includes refreshed versions of existing favourites and a handful of new colour options ahead of the company’s expected Galaxy Unpacked event later this month. The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 is reportedly sticking with the rugged design language introduced by last year’s model. Its bands even…

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. Garmin Forerunner 70: One minute reviewThe Garmin Forerunner 70 is a Garmin watch that we’ve waited a long time for. This is the natural successor to the Forerunner 55, the watch that was pitched at beginner runners or runners who like to stick to the basics (and can even run a marathon in under two hours, as it was worn by record-breaker Sebastian Sawe).With such a large time gap…

Frontier AI is a popular topic of late. Indeed, the impact of Frontier AI to the way we identify, mitigate, and patch vulnerabilities is far reaching. It is nearly certain that the security profession will need to evolve as a result. That evolution already appears to be underway in many enterprises. In my experience, enterprises have two high-level concerns around Frontier AI: Regarding their own applications, they are concerned that they will not be able to keep up with the increased pace of identifying, mitigating, and patching vulnerabilities Regarding their vendors, they want to understand how Frontier AI affects product…

A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings at a new angle. July 7: Last Quarter Moon July 11 + 12: Dawn alignment of the Moon, Mars, Saturn, and Uranus July 14: New Moon; best dark-sky window for Comet 10P/Tempel 2 and the Milky Way Later in July: Saturn’s unusually thin rings are a rewarding telescope target July 21: First Quarter Moon July 29: Full Moon An early morning hangout with the Moon and planets, a comet swings by, prime time for the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings shine at…

Apple’s next iPad Pro may not look dramatically different, but it could get one upgrade that makes a lot of sense for an ultra-thin tablet. Better cooling. According to Bloomberg, Apple is testing four new iPad Pro models planned for spring 2027. The tablets are expected to keep the current 11-inch and 13-inch display sizes, while focusing mostly on internal improvements, including faster chips. Apple has also reportedly tested a vapor chamber cooling system for the iPad Pro, which could help improve sustained performance and reduce overheating. Apple is catching up on cooling The iPad Pro won’t be the first…

I own three art TVs, and only one of them genuinely passes for a painting when I walk into the room. There’s a 32-inch Samsung Frame above a desk in our basement guest room, a 55-inch Frame over my office desk, and a 65-inch Hisense CanvasTV on the main wall of that same guest room. Most guests read all three as real artwork at a glance. I look at every one of them daily, though, which makes me a far tougher audience. After picking the Hisense over Samsung, I worked out why it fools me when the others only fool…

OnePlus’ slow transformation from independent brand to an Oppo sub-brand continues unabated. The latest example comes from Germany, where the official OnePlus website is now advertising Oppo products. Scroll down a bit once you land on the site, and you will see this – an ad pointing you to “a curated selection of Oppo accessories and IoT products”. If you click on that you’re taken to this page, where OnePlus says it’s “put together a selection of Oppo products equipped with the latest hardware and powerful software you know and are familiar with”, “all designed to give you seamless compatibility…