Author: The Tech Guy

I don’t typically use a laptop to work, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to try out the Dell XPS 14. Dell’s new flagship pushes the envelope of what I thought a laptop could do. Admittedly, I’m not a huge fan of laptops since I use a desktop for both work and play, and no, Dell’s latest offering isn’t going to change that for me. However, it’s easy to see why the XPS 14 would appeal to a wide range of people. This is a very speedy laptop packed with high-end specs. Due to that, it’s also a very…

Google has analyzed AI indirect prompt injection attempts involving sites on the public web and noticed an increase in malicious attacks over the past months, but the tech giant’s researchers say their sophistication is relatively low. Direct prompt injection is a ‘jailbreak’ where a user interacts with the AI to bypass its rules, whereas indirect prompt injection is a ‘hidden trap’ where the AI is tricked by malicious instructions found in external data. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered many indirect prompt injection methods in recent years, using specially crafted prompts planted on websites, in emails, and developer resources to trick Gemini,…

Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s supercomputers, working together for 10,000 years, could not crack it.But last month, Google and others released results suggesting a new kind of computer—a quantum computer—might be able to open the vault with significantly fewer resources than previously thought.The changes are coming on two fronts. On one, tech giants such as IBM and Google are racing to build ever-larger quantum computers: IBM hopes to achieve a genuine advantage…

There are many white whales the TV world has tried to conquer over the years. With some, it’s managed to win the battle and bring those concepts to the mainstream market. Others have slowly but surely disappeared. MicroLED finds itself somewhere in the middle of those two realities. Brands like to show it off as a concept of what the future of TVs in the home could look like. But often it’s a concept piece, as it was when Samsung showed off another MicroLED screen at CES 2026. But could it move from concept to actual reality? I was invited…

Detective shows are police procedurals are a dime a dozen, and many of them are extremely good. You may think that you’ve seen all there is to see when it comes to cops, robbers, and the sometimes blurry line between the two. But that’s when you have to broaden your horizons a little bit. There are crime dramas from around the world that rival anything Hollywood has ever put out, and one of the best is available to watch for the low price of zero dollars on the free streaming service Plex. Spiral is the best crime drama you’ve never…

Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, April 27 (game #785).Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today…

OpenSSH versions released over the past 15 years are affected by a vulnerability leading to full root shell access, and attacks cannot be spotted via log-based detection, data security firm Cyera says. Tracked as CVE-2026-35414 (CVSS score of 8.1), the flaw is described as a mishandling of the authorized_keys principals option in certain scenarios involving certificate authorities (CA) that use comma characters. According to Cyera, because of the bug, a comma in an SSH certificate principal name leads to OpenSSH access control bypass, allowing users to authenticate as root on a vulnerable server, as long as they have a valid…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A news website with apparent links to OpenAI is using AI agents that pose as flesh-and-blood reporters to get quotes from human experts — and many of its articles discuss the AI industry, pushing pro-AI arguments and attacking the tech’s critics. At least, that’s according to a provocative new investigative piece from The Midas Project’s Model Republic. The links to OpenAI are circumstantial yet eyebrow-raising; we reached out to the Sam Altman-helmed firm to ask about them, but didn’t hear back by press…

Nothing has quietly fixed one of the most annoying aspects of Essential Space. The company has enabled cloud backup for content stored in the feature, meaning it is no longer tied to a single device.  It will now travel with you, should you choose to switch from one Nothing or CMF device to another, synced via your Nothing account.  Essential Space now stays with you. Cloud storage keeps your notes, screenshots, voice captures, images, tasks and summaries backed up and synced through your Nothing account. So when you move to a new phone or reset your device, your Space comes…

Skye, an iPhone app still in private testing, wants to change how people interact with AI on their smartphones. And even before it’s launched, it’s already attracted interest online and from investors and “tens of thousands” of users, according to its creator — a sign that consumers might want a more AI-aware iPhone. Instead of launching an app or speaking to an AI chatbot, the startup is working to design an “agentic homescreen” for the iPhone, using iOS widgets as its interface. Through those widgets, Skye would bring a sort of ambient intelligence to your device, offering personalized insights about your…