Author: The Tech Guy

Google claims that the Pixel Watch 5 delivers its most “proactive help and health experience yet” – but it’s only designed for Android phones. That means if you’re sporting one of the best iPhones then you simply won’t be able to pair your handset with a Pixel Watch 5. This is undoubtedly a shame, especially as the recently launched Fitbit Air and many of the best Fitbits can pair with either an Android or an iPhone. We explain more about why the Pixel Watch 5 is still Android-only, the minimum compatibility requirements and whether or not you should pair the…

Summary Microsoft is testing a faster, customizable right-click menu with Windows Insiders, but hasn’t announced a public release date. Third-party app extensions can clutter the context menu and cause it to load more slowly. Nilesoft Shell already offers deeper customization, including removable entries, custom commands, scripts, and organized submenus. In an official post on the Windows Insider blog, Microsoft acknowledged that the Windows 11’s right-click menu has become “cluttered and sluggish.” The company is now rolling out a redesigned version to Windows Insiders that should open faster and give users some control over what appears inside of it. Microsoft first…

I love escapist entertainment and sci-fi movies are my favorite genre because they provide glimpses of possible futures or transport me to different worlds. They come in different flavors. I can try movies like Terminator 2 when I want to see all-out action, or watch Children of Men if I want something more tense and thought-provoking. Blade Runner is a sci-fi classic that questions what it is to be human and whether artificial intelligence can be alive. It was a box office disappointment on release, but has since become a cult classic. It has subtle performances for a blockbuster and…

“I don’t think I ever chose a career in cybersecurity. It chose me.” Well, we’ll see… Nico Waisman was born and still lives in Argentina. If what he says is accurate, it suggests he was born in 1982; one year before a seven-year period of military dictatorship in Argentina came to an end. Argentine youngsters in the 1980s lived in a time of youthful rebelliousness against the law and the establishment, lingering after the dictatorships. For Waisman, this youthful rebelliousness turned toward emerging technology. He became fascinated by the idea of being able to subvert this tech into doing something…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A journalist says that his Tesla running Full Self-Driving nearly drove his car off the highway and straight into a ditch. Fred Lambert, the editor-in-chief of the electric vehicle blog Electrek, described this close call in a harrowing new piece. Had he not intervened, he said, the software’s blunder could’ve been disastrous. “I was ready to take control, and I did, but it was scary,” Lambert wrote. “My girlfriend, sitting in the passenger seat, screamed in fear.” The incident took place on Sunday…

Picture this. Meta flies parenting influencers to a waterfront venue overlooking Sydney Harbour, hands out personalized scout badges and gourmet s’mores, then asks them to tell their followers that blanket bans on teen social media use are a bad idea. That’s what happened, according to a new Tech Transparency Project investigation, which found Meta staged the Sydney event in July 2025, five months before Australia’s landmark under-16 ban took effect. TTP’s report shows that this exact playbook has now spread to more than a dozen countries where governments have started weighing similar restrictions. How Meta’s influencer playbook works Meta The…

US Marines have been training to handle drone attacks, using rifles, shotguns, and grenade launchersThe simulated threats used small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), consumer drones typically equipped with explosives, or used for reconThe exercise aimed to build confidence in US Marines with their standard-issue weaponsWhen troops are in the field and facing drones without electronic countermeasures, there is only one response possible. To ensure confidence and decisiveness in combat with sUAS attacks (small Unmanned Aerial Systems), US Marines have been training in the skill of taking out a consumer-sized drone with small arms and light weapons.A three-day event held in…

Rethinking Cyber Defense for AI-Speed Attacks | August 18, 2026 at 1PM ET- Register to Attend Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing cybersecurity. As patch-to-exploit timelines shrink and attackers move at machine speed, long-standing security models are being put to the test. Can detection-first security operations keep pace, or is it time to rethink prevention as the strongest default? Join Jason Kikta, Chief Technology Officer at Automox, Dmitri Alperovitch, Co-Founder and Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, and Kat Traxler, Principal Security Researcher at Vectra AI. Together, they’ll have an in-depth discussion on how AI is accelerating exploitation, transforming both attacker and…

Everything about SpaceX are the AI releases coming out every week. Grok Bot released and it is huge. Easier and more useful than OpenClaw.Productivity will mean super users at companies will use it. You can also get Grok Bot for less than $100 per month.Cursor teams. Grok Bot will become part of Macrohard aka digital optimus. Digital optimus in Q4 will be HUGE for Tesla and SpaceX. It will also unlock another gigawatt of compute in Tesla cars. It will be money for Tesla car owners. Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1…

Earlier this month, Poco launched the M8 Power in India with an 8,000mAh battery. The company then began teasing the M8x 5G in the country late last week. Now, Poco has revealed the battery capacity of the upcoming M8-series smartphone. The Poco M8x 5G will pack a 7,900mAh battery, the company confirmed via an official X post. It will also support 45W wired charging and 22.5W reverse wired charging. Poco confirmed yesterday that the M8x 5G will launch in India on August 21, while also revealing several key specifications. The smartphone will be powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5…