27 Jun, 2026
Hello and welcome back to the Friday edition of Take Five, where we analyze and dissect the top tech headlines and share my opinions. Be sure to tune into Pulse:…
Hello everyone and welcome to our first episode of TheTechBoy Take Five, where we break down the top five tech headlines of the day with commentary and analysis. On Saturdays…
Google has officially launched its first new standalone smart speaker in six years: the Google Home Speaker. Priced at just under 100 dollars, this compact fabric wrapped device marks a…
Microsoft is exploring a lower-cost AI model strategy for its Copilot Cowork product as rising usage costs push enterprise customers to their limits. According to a recent report, the company…
I’ll be honest: I had hopes for One UI 8.5. The S24 Ultra’s battery life has always been a weak spot, and I figured Samsung might finally address it with…

Top Features In One UI 8.5

Samsung has released One UI 8.5, and I’ve spent some time with it on my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. Despite being a .5 update, this feels like the most consequential software release I’ve experienced on a Samsung device. We’re getting new AI-enhanced image editing features, a revamped Bixby powered by Perplexity, and improved screenshot tools.While […]

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What Exactly Is LoRA

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, “data” (your cellphone’s network), radio, and over-the-air TV—these are signals we deal with on a day-to-day basis. However, the world and vast as the spectrum is, every day radio signals pass through the atmosphere and we don’t even know what they are. So what exactly is LoRa? LoRa is a wireless communication technology […]

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Lets Not Bring The iPod Back

Across the internet, but most likely not in real life, we see people wanting to ‘bring back the iPod,’ a time when you were not bombarded with notifications and didn’t have a time-sucking smartphone. Let me explain why this is ridiculous. First of all, smartphones had been around since the 1990s, with PDAs springing up […]

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