Author: The Tech Guy
The TV industry is at a unique threshold. The top end is transitioning to technologies like RGB mini-LED and MicroLED, and could soon knock OLED off its throne. That and the rise of mini-LED is putting a lot of pressure on OLED prices, making it plausible to think about buying one as a “budget” option that nevertheless offers excellent picture quality. I use quotes because that is, of course, a relative term — you’ll be hard-pressed to find anything recent for less than $700. If you’re considering buying one of the cheaper OLED TVs out there, be cautious. You can…
At the heart of the trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a moment when they found common cause on an ever more pressing question: how to protect humanity from the risks of artificial intelligence. It turned sour, and the jury is charged with settling the ensuing legal dispute between the two Silicon Valley titans. But the unresolved questions about the dangers of AI have been looming over the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, since the trial began last week. The technology itself is not on trial – the judge has warned lawyers not to get “sidetracked”…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A deadly hantavirus outbreak tearing through a Dutch cruise ship has put health officials on alert, raising questions of virus preparedness as exposed travelers branch out all over the globe. It’s also brought attention to an eyebrow-raising decision by the Trump administration made almost exactly a year ago. Targeted by sweeping cuts like other agencies as part of Elon Musk’s crusade to gut federal spending, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cleared out almost its entire Vessel Sanitation Program, a key group…
Snapchat’s planned Perplexity integration is no longer happening. Snap revealed in its Q1 2026 investor letter that both companies “amicably ended the relationship in Q1,” ending a $400 million cash-and-equity deal announced last November. The deal would have brought Perplexity’s AI answering engine directly into Snapchat’s Chat interface. Users would have been able to ask questions and get conversational, source-backed answers without leaving the app. Snap had earlier said the partnership would begin contributing to revenue in 2026, but its latest sales guidance now assumes no contribution from Perplexity. Bastian Riccardi / Pexels Do users need AI search inside every…
Micromotors actively navigate water to capture uranium instead of relying on passive diffusionLight exposure significantly boosts speed and uranium capture efficiencyLaboratory tests show a high uranium binding capacity per gramChinese researchers at the Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes have engineered minuscule robotic vacuum cleaners that propel themselves through water to capture uranium ions from vast seawater reserves.These sponge-like structures measure about 2µm across, far slimmer than a human hair, and rely on a metal-organic framework for their core structural integrity.The internal chemical composition of these devices ensures they remain stable in various aquatic settings over extended periods while maintaining operational…
Palo Alto Networks has shared some information on the exploitation of the recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability affecting some of its firewalls. The cybersecurity firm has not directly attributed the attack to a specific threat actor or country, but the evidence seems to point to China. In an advisory published on May 6, Palo Alto Networks informed customers about CVE-2026-0300, a vulnerability affecting the User-ID Authentication Portal of PA and VM series firewalls. The company said the flaw, which allows unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges, had been exploited as a zero-day. Patches are expected to be released on May…
XAI gets to about breakeven by renting half of their AI Data center and Anthropic can serve its models and more money and can get to a better IPO. Both get to IPO before OpenAI. Both stronger against OpenAI. OpenAI IPO is hurt. Anthropic is already at pre-IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion. SpaceX XAI will IPO first with a public S-1 maybe next week. Anthropic will be the second IPO. How viable will the OpenAI IPO be? We will not know until after the lawsuit. SpaceX/xAI has signed an agreement with Anthropic to provide access to its Colossus 1 supercomputer.…
Alongside the Nord CE6, which was unveiled in India today, OnePlus also introduced the Nord CE6 Lite. The more affordable Lite variant comes with a Dimensity 7400 Apex chipset and offers a 7,000mAh battery. The OnePlus Nord CE6 Lite sports a 6.72-inch LCD display that supports a resolution of FHD+ and a refresh rate of 144Hz. It is claimed to offer 1000 nits in high brightness mode (HBM) and a 240Hz touch sampling rate. Under the hood, the phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Apex SoC, which is coupled with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up…
I own a good dozen portable power banks that I have acquired over the years. Shockingly, they all still work, even if the ones I bought a decade or more ago are slow to charge and have smaller than ideal battery capacities. Some have multiple ports; the newer ones add niceties like MagSafe capability, built-in screens to show charging status (and more), and other important features your next power bank needs to have. But almost all of them have one thing in common that I find crucial to a portable power bank: a built-in cable. Before you argue that built-in…
While Honor is busy rolling out the Honor 600 and 600 Pro internationally, the European branch of the company has created an Early Bird offer for both phones that combines discounts with several freebies. Let’s have a closer look. Honor 600 and Honor 600 Pro In the UK, the Honor 600 Pro has a £200 discount voucher, which drops its price to £700 (this is for a 12/512GB unit). For a gift, you have a choice between the Honor Choice Projector Air Pro (a 550g, 1080p projector with streaming services built-in) and a combo of the Honor…