Author: The Tech Guy

To achieve any level of competency, large language models (LLMs) need ample data for sufficient training. AI companies have looked to various sources to mine this information, including content publicly available on the internet, synthetic data generated from other AI models, and printed literature. “Unlicensed, unrestricted AI training could destroy the ecosystem for books in the long run, and copyright exceptions do not extend to undermining the very purpose of copyright law.” — The Authors Guild, November 2025 Reading difficultiesPrompted by news that AI companies were allegedly using books from pirate ebook sites to build their LLMs, writers, authors, and…

Cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has confirmed being targeted by hackers affiliated with the notorious ShinyHunters group, but claims the impact of the attack was limited. ReliaQuest revealed on August 17 in a post on X that it had been tracking a widespread ShinyHunters phishing campaign involving domains with the ‘company.claims’ URL pattern.  The company also warned that the hacker gang has been expanding its social engineering tactics to include legal team impersonation alongside IT and help desk impersonation.  In response to that now-deleted post, someone shared several screenshots that appeared to show access to a ReliaQuest Okta dashboard. The same screenshots…

An AI data center needs enormous amounts of electricity. Building power plants is expensive, but it gets cheaper per unit as you build bigger. A developer could deliberately build more generation than the data center needs, then sell the surplus at lower cost into the surrounding city. If the surplus is cheap enough, residents’ bills go down, the community stops fighting the project, and the developer gets to expand. Everybody wins. Increase the cost of going business. The cost of going AI Data Centers is already high. Adding 1-2% in costs to pay households in the area is affordable. Pay…

Samsung’s Galaxy Event August 2026 is this Thursday and will bring the new Galaxy S26 FE. Additionally, we think that Samsung will update its flagship Galaxy Tab S series with two new models. Here is what we know (and think we know) so far. New phone, new Exynos Well, new for the series – the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE will use the Exynos 2500. The S24 FE used a cut-down Exynos 2400e, while the S25 FE used the regular Exynos 2400. We’ve seen the new chipset confirmed by the Google Play Console. We’ve also seen what it can do in…

AI agents can perform multiple tasks, making our work easier. These tasks include answering questions, writing code, getting information from the web, creating images, and more. ChatGPT and Gemini are the most popular AI agents. These AI assistants process most requests using cloud-hosted models rather than running entirely on your local computer. But several open-source […] This article 15 Best Local AI Agents for Windows 11 (Free & Open Source): Features, Download Links first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

The next foldable smartphone from Xiaomi is not going to be called Xiaomi Mix Fold 5, but Xiaomi 18 Fold. The company has officially confirmed this. The device is going to be unveiled in September. It will be the first to use Xiaomi’s new Xring O3 chipset, the successor to the Xring O1 from last year. The Xring O3 managed to score 5,228,014 points in the AnTuTu V11 benchmark. That’s more than any other smartphone SoC today. The SoC features a deca-core CPU with two C1-Ultra cores clocked at up to 4.35GHz, four C1-Premium cores clocked at up to 3.68GHz,…

Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review to check for mistakes. The Dutch Data Protection Authority said Friday it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros ($964 million) because Uber violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. The EU’s data privacy rules prohibit fully automated decision-making. The authority also said Uber failed inform drivers about its automatic decision-making. The violations took place from 2018 to 2022, the agency said. Uber said it disagreed with the decision and the fine…

At its peak, ancient Lake Bonneville would have been a sight to behold. Nearly as large as Lake Michigan, the Ice Age lake spread across much of western Utah and parts of Nevada and Idaho. When it eventually receded, it left behind flat, bright playas and salt flats rich with minerals—a landscape that would later serve as the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as epic tales of exploration and desperation. Lake Bonneville began forming about 55,000 years ago during a cool, wet period, when volcanic eruptions in what’s now southeastern Idaho diverted the Bear River,…

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. Razer Soma Chroma: One-minute reviewI’ve reviewed a lot of gaming chairs, sat my butt on plenty of seats promising the best of the best comfort, or ergonomic longevity (I’m convinced noblechairs wants my posture to last me until I’m 126 years old), and I’ve got to say, aside from possibly the AndaSeat Novis, this might be the most comfortable chair I’ve ever sat in.At least, part of it is.…

I have a couple of budget laptops from the past decade. Some I’ve given away, others I’ve kept as backup. However, laptops are often reliable hardware, so they can easily last a decade and only stop being relevant if they stop receiving the latest software updates. Case in point being Windows 11. While these Windows laptops with 8GB of RAM and slower HDDs are not enough for my current workflow, they can be surprisingly useful for dedicated single-use projects. Whether you are looking to self-host your password manager or create a network-wide adblocker, these five free apps make an old…