Category: Tech Made Simple

TSA Issues New Warning about Dangers of Plugging In and Using Public WiFi in Airports

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We are now deep into the Summer travel season, and as we head to airports across the U.S. and overseas, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued new warnings for all smartphone (and PC) users to stay safe and secure at airports while traveling. The Two Biggest Risks, According to TSA As Forbes reports, the first warning […]

“BadBox 2.0” Malware has Infiltrated over 10 Million Android Devices

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Malware known as a “BadBox 2.0” has infiltrated over 10 million Android devices, including TV streaming devices, tablets, and digital projectors, according to Google.  As PCMag reports, last week Google said it filed a lawsuit in New York to try and shut down the “criminal enterprise,” which operates as a botnet or an army of infected devices. “This […]

Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser for stealing iOS secrets

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Apple has sued the well-known leaker Jon Prosser for the alleged theft of trade secrets related to iOS 26. As The Verge reports, Prosser has been accused of tasking another man, Michael Ramacciotti, with secretly accessing an Apple employee’s development iPhone and using that information to report on Apple’s planned changes in the then-unannounced iOS 26. […]

Zuckerberg Eyes More Mega Data Centers to Develop “AI Superintelligence”

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In his pursuit to create “AI superintelligence,” Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is teasing plans to build not one, but several energy-hungry data centers dedicated to AI training.  As PCMag reports, back in January, Zuckerberg mentioned creating a data center so large it would cover large parts of Manhattan island if placed in New York City. On Monday, […]

US Government Announces Contract for Elon Musk’s xAI to Modernize the Defense Department

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A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. As The Verge reports, xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the […]

Google Says They Plan to Merge ChromeOS and Android Op Systems

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Google’s head of Android has said that the company plans to combine its mobile operating system with ChromeOS, the software that currently runs across Google’s Chromebook laptops. Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, told TechRadar that “we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform.” Samat, who’s responsible for Android’s implementation across […]

NVIDIA Breaks Market Value Record with $4 Trillion Valuation

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Last week, shortly after the US stock market opened, Nvidia’s stock price surged to $164.42. This pushed it briefly to a valuation of $4 trillion, a market value greater than the GDP of France, the UK, or India.  The chipmaker extended its winning streak to a seventh consecutive week — and the 11th in the last […]

These simple ChatGPT Cheat Codes can Help You get Better Answers from AI

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The best bit about ChatGPT and other AI chatbots is the tech’s ability to meet your needs based on how you word your responses to it. As TechRadar reports, in the world of AI, prompt engineering is the way that you formulate inputs to explain to the models how you want to receive your response. […]

The Premier League Forms an AI Partnership with Microsoft

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The English Premier League and Microsoft have announced a five-year partnership where the cloud giant will infuse its artificial intelligence Copilot into the league’s digital platforms to provide quick facts and statistics about matches. According to a statement issued by Microsoft, the deal will “leverage Microsoft’s cloud and AI technologies to usher in a new era […]