Author: The Tech Guy

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that the majority of US adults think that artificial intelligence will “worsen people’s ability to think creatively,” while half say the tech will deteriorate our ability to form meaningful relationships. And now, according to the center’s latest poll, it turns out that it’s not just Americans quickly becoming distrustful and disillusioned with the tech — much of the rest of the world is growing deeply concerned about AI as well. According to the poll, which was conducted in the spring of this year, a significant proportion of people across 25 countries…

Pet owners know that having the best vacuum for pet hair can mean the difference between a truly clean home and one that’s riddled with unwanted fur. Well, fear not because the Shark anti hair wrap plus upright corded pet vacuum, has just dropped to its lowest price yet, making this an ideal buy for homes filled with pets, as well as allergy sufferers. At its original price of £279.99, it would have taken quite a hefty bite out of your cleaning budget, but when you can now get it for just £170, it’s far easier to recommend. Cut the…

Spotify has been spotted developing a “SongDNA” feature that would allow users to discover music through the credits — the writers, collaborators, vocalists, engineers, lyricists, producers, composers, and others who worked on a given track or album. The feature was discovered in the app’s code by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who was able to generate screenshots of how SongDNA would appear in the app. Based on her findings, SongDNA would introduce a visual experience where you could essentially navigate through the credits, see how people were connected to each other, and explore their various works. For instance, Wong showed…

No, your eyes don’t deceive you – Harlan Coben’s Lazarus is coming to Prime Video on October 22. Why is this unusual? The bestselling author’s name has become synonymous with Netflix, so much so that there’s an entire Harlan Coben Collection you can browse at your leisure.Past hits like Missing You, The Stranger and Fool Me Once all make up the roster, which came under a five-year adaptation deal Coben had with the streamer. As of 2025, that’s come to an end, and Coben’s first big project after has gone to its rival. So, is this the end of the…

In his annual letter, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dubbed AI one of the company’s four “big bets” for 2025. The executive pointed to the company’s investments in AI tools for creators, including ones for video ideas, thumbnails, and language translation. The latter feature will roll out to all creators in YouTube’s Partner Program this month, the company said, while another AI feature will identify users’ ages to customize appropriate content and recommendations. Over the past year or so, YouTube has rolled out creator features for generating images and video backgrounds, as well as adding music to short videos. Introducing AI…

Ford year-to-date has around 115–117 recalls as of October 15, 2025. The total vehicles affected year-to-date now exceeds 10 million, with Q3 2025 alone accounting for over 5 million vehicles impacted across Ford’s campaigns—the highest quarterly figure for any manufacturer and representing nearly 60% of all U.S. vehicle recalls in that period. This surge continues a trend where Ford’s recalls outpace the next 10 automakers combined, with projections still holding at 160+ for the full year. Ford Q3 earnings will be on Oct 23, 2025. If Q3 reveals Free cash flow less than $3B then the Z-Score (risk of bankrupcy)…

The Epson Home Cinema 5050UB is a serious home theater projector for serious home theater enthusiasts. It features a motorized lens with horizontal and vertical lens shift, plus ample zoom. Its 4K enhancement technology offers lots of detail. Its biggest benefit over less expensive 4K projectors, however, is an excellent contrast ratio for deep, dark shadows and bright, popping highlights. Like Superb overall picture quality Excellent contrast ratio Motorized lens Ample lens shift and motorized zoom Don’t like Could be quieter Chonkers There are only a few disappointments, and they’re minor. It doesn’t quite have the color or razor-sharp detail…

Compute, power and network resources — once treated as cheap commodities — are now critical bottlenecks in AI pipelines. While latency and high throughput are paramount, they’re constrained; systems complexity is challenging and compute is extremely expensive. Enterprises face a sharp, unsustainable spike in token usage as AI workloads scale, with infrastructure bills showing no sign of dropping. To balance this out, experts tell VentureBeat that enterprises should architect systems that are open, observable, adaptable and reversible; balance performance and cost; contextualize AI; and optimize for what matters most for their business. “The requirements of these workloads are changing everything,”…

Honor made the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro official today, and during the same event the brand also teased an upcoming device which it’s calling the Robot Phone. This will be fully unveiled at MWC in Barcelona in early March next year. Until then, we get the teaser video below, and if you’ve been wondering what makes this a “robot phone”, it’s a gimbal camera that heavily resembles that of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 – only this one is integrated into a phone, of course. Take a look for yourself: So, it’s a robot phone – or, better put, the…

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5 on Wednesday, a smaller and significantly cheaper artificial intelligence model that matches the coding capabilities of systems that were considered cutting-edge just months ago, marking the latest salvo in an intensifying competition to dominate enterprise AI.The model costs $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens — roughly one-third the price of Anthropic's mid-sized Sonnet 4 model released in May, while operating more than twice as fast. In certain tasks, particularly operating computers autonomously, Haiku 4.5 actually surpasses its more expensive predecessor."Haiku 4.5 is a clear leap in performance and is now…