Author: The Tech Guy

There are legitimate reasons to want to buy a new iPad, but let’s be honest here — a major draw is owning the latest and flashiest Apple gear. It’s more exciting to pull out of the box, and for some of you, it’s a status symbol. An iPad may not be as sexy as a new iPhone or Apple Watch, perhaps, but it feels like a piece of the future, especially for those of us who grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and wondered why we didn’t have handheld computers yet. Practically speaking, you probably don’t need one…

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms. Reddish-brown clumps and filaments of dust partially obscure the galaxy’s full face, while red, blue, and orange light from distant galaxies shines through its diffuse outer regions and dots the inky-black background. NGC 1266 is a lenticular galaxy located some 100 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus (the Celestial River). Astronomers classify lenticulars as transitional galaxies that represent an evolutionary bridge between spirals and ellipticals. Lenticulars are “lens-shaped” and have…

Modern gaming has somehow normalized the idea that publishers can permanently shut down games people already paid for. Thankfully, California is now trying to push back against that with its proposed “Protect Our Games Act,” which has officially cleared another key legislative hurdle with strong backing from the Stop Killing Games movement. California’s new bill could force publishers to preserve online games If passed in its current form, the legislation would require publishers to either keep games playable after official support ends, provide an offline patch, release a standalone playable version, or issue refunds to players. The bill would reportedly…

It wasn’t before I switched to Obsidian as my note-taking app that I began using Markdown. I’d heard of it before because one of my favorite hacktivists, Aaron Swartz, significantly contributed to its creation in 2004. But Markdown gained significant mainstream adoption after GitHub launched in 2008 and used it for README files. Chances are you’ve already used it without realizing it . However, it’s become even more important now, thanks to the proliferation of LLMs and AI agents. While using less tokens There has always been a clear differentiation between machine-readable content and human-readable content. Take HTML for instance:…

Minisforum SSD-only NAS systems deliver faster and quieter storage performance overallThe S5 model includes five M.2 slots while the S7 offers seven NVME slotsMinisOpenClaw AI adds local semantic search functionality featuresMinisforum has expanded its network-attached storage lineup with two SSD-only systems called the All-Flash S5 and All-Flash S7.These devices do not accommodate traditional hard drives, which makes them faster and quieter than conventional NAS boxes.The trade-off involves significantly higher costs when purchasing solid-state storage for all available bays.Latest Videos From You may like SSD-only NAS lineupEntry-level buyers can consider the compact All-Flash S5 powered by an Intel Core Series 3…

RoboticsUnitree Will Sell You a Massive ‘Transformable Mecha’ for $650,000Jess Weatherbed | The Verge”Unitree is already one of the most recognizable names in the humanoid robot industry, but now it’s pursuing even nicher sci-fi tech: giant mech suits. The Chinese robotics company has debuted the GD01, which it describes as ‘the world’s first production-ready manned mecha,’ and it can be yours for a paltry $650,000.”BiotechnologyHow an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer BreakthroughGina Kolata and Rebecca Robbins | The New York Times ($)”A drug nearing regulatory approval, daraxonrasib, is the first to substantially extend the lives of patients with…

This week’s deals feature a mix of familiar phones and a few new arrivals. At this point, it would be more surprising if Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series and Google’s Pixel 10 lineup weren’t on sale. We’ve also got a couple of Xiaomi phones, the Motorola Edge 70, and Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge on sale. Just like last week, the Samsung Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26 Ultra are available at a discount. While the savings are relatively modest, £100 off at checkout is pretty neat for smartphones that have only been on the market for a few months. …

If special characters are not displaying correctly in Microsoft Outlook on your Windows 11/10 PC, this post will help you fix the issue. Special characters, such as accented letters, currency symbols, trademarks, etc., are commonly used in Outlook emails for professional communication and multilingual content. However, for some users, Outlook fails to interpret these characters […] This article Special characters not displaying correctly in Outlook first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityTL;DR OnePlus has paused the rollout of OxygenOS version 16.0.7.XXX and 16.0.5.XXX. The rollout was paused due to devices experiencing abnormal restart and boot issues. The rollout will resume after the issue is fixed and the builds are validated for stability and reliability. OnePlus recently began rolling out an OxygenOS update. If you’re wondering why it’s still not available for your OnePlus device, it’s because the rollout was paused. However, it shouldn’t be long before the rollout resumes. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? Over on the company’s community forum, OnePlus announced that…

Cisco on Thursday announced the availability of patches for yet another critical SD-WAN zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in attacks. It is the sixth SD-WAN flaw whose exploitation came to light in 2026.  The new SD-WAN zero-day is tracked as CVE-2026-20182, and it has been described by Cisco as an authentication bypass vulnerability that can allow a remote attacker to gain admin privileges on the targeted system via specially crafted packets.  The vulnerability affects the peering authentication mechanism in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly SD-WAN vSmart) and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage). Cisco said it became aware…