Author: The Tech Guy

Four in five execs say they were less likely to value human employees after using AIAI still requires human oversight, and many struggle to fully trust itPoor and even negative ROI continues to plague manyA new study by Globalization Partners has revealed more than four in five (82%) company execs say they are less likely to value human employees after using AI tools, positioning human workers as secondary assets after more capable systems.This sentiment differs from the current state of affairs, whereby 60% of the 2,850 surveyed senior execs agreed humans still lead work operations with AI merely serving as…

Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks have separately reported this week that they have seen significant results after turning AI on their own code to find vulnerabilities. Advanced AI models such as Claude Mythos have sparked debate in the cybersecurity industry about what the vulnerability discovery landscape will look like going forward. While some organizations have confirmed that these AI models are a game-changer, others are skeptical of their actual performance. Microsoft said on Tuesday that more than a dozen of the 137 vulnerabilities fixed with its latest Patch Tuesday updates were found by a new AI system called MDASH (multi-model…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The two key ingredients to Mark Zuckerberg’s all-in AI push? Money, and a heaping serving of misanthropy.  As part of his AI-first regime, Meta has fired thousands of employees while forcing the ones that remain to use the tech as much as possible, speeding them towards burnout. The expectation now is that they run a whole posse of AI agents that work in the background so a single employee can tackle multiple projects at the same time. If an employee doesn’t use AI…

Spring travel season is also peak portable charger season. Weekend trips, outdoor events, airport layovers, long commutes, and café work sessions all push people toward lighter everyday carry setups where bulky accessories start feeling unnecessary. That shift is changing what buyers now expect from power banks. Capacity still matters, though portability, charging speed, and design have become equally important. This year’s best spring deals reflect that change clearly. Compact chargers with faster charging support and cleaner designs are replacing oversized utility-focused power banks that were built purely around battery size. Several major brands are also pushing aggressive seasonal discounts right…

Yesterday, Samsung announced that the first One UI 9 beta will start rolling out in several regions later this week, but the English-language press release was murky on the timeline. Today, the company posted just about the same press release in Korean and, buried in the footnotes, are the actual details. One UI 9 beta will arrive first in Samsung’s usual testing grounds: South Korea, the US, the UK, Germany, Poland and India. However, the new press release clarifies that Poland and India will be part of the second wave of countries and there the beta program will start on…

One of the 137 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft with its Patch Tuesday updates is a critical Outlook flaw that could pose a serious threat to enterprises. The Outlook vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-40361 and it has been described by Microsoft as a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Word.  Haifei Li, developer of the zero-day detection system Expmon, has been credited by the tech giant for reporting the vulnerability.In a post on X, Li explained that the vulnerability affects a DLL used heavily by both Word and Outlook, and he demonstrated its potential impact in an Outlook and Exchange Server environment.…

DUBAI, UAE, May 11th, 2026, TechnologyWire OTT Cybersecurity LLC, the company behind Lyrie.ai, today announced several milestones that together position the company as foundational security infrastructure for the agentic AI era: the deployment of a real-time zero-day tracking and disclosure system designed to notify affected organizations of active exploit activity; acceptance into Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program (CVP); and the public release of the Agent Trust Protocol (ATP), an open cryptographic standard for securing AI agents operating autonomously on the internet. Real-Time Zero-Day Tracking: Finding Threats Before They Become BreachesThe cybersecurity industry has long struggled with a dangerous gap: vulnerabilities can…

Lenovo recently confirmed that it is returning to the smartphone market with the launch of an updated Legion Y70 on May 19. Last week, the company teased several key specifications of the 2026 phone, and more details about the device have now surfaced. The Lenovo Legion Y70 (2026) will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset and feature a 5,500mm² vapor chamber. The processor will be paired with LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. On the front, the phone will sport a Q10 AMOLED LTPO display with a 144Hz refresh rate and 2K resolution. The panel will…

Summary Lenovo has updated its ThinkPad X13 and L-Series laptops. The X13 features Intel Core Ultra or AMD Ryzen AI PRO processors and weighs in at just 2.05 lbs. The ThinkStation P4 is built for creative pros and engineers and packs a Ryzen PRO 9000, an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU, and a liquid cooling system. Lenovo’s ThinkPad lineup is legendary, and on May 12, the company announced the latest updates, including a new X13 and new L-Series models. The company also announced the powerful ThinkStation P4 workstation. Related Why people are still buying this 2018 laptop in 2025 It’s…

Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityTL;DR Gemini Intelligence could debut with One UI 9 on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8, bringing deeper AI-powered automation to foldable devices. Gemini will handle complete workflows across apps and Chrome. Gemini Intelligence is currently missing from the One UI 9 beta for Galaxy S26 testers, suggesting Samsung may roll out the feature directly with the stable version later this year. Google Gemini is slowly turning into something far bigger than just a chatbot on Android phones. Instead of only answering questions or generating text, Gemini Intelligence is evolving into a…