Category: Tech Made Simple

In going after Open AI, Scarlett Johansson has given Voice to a Huge Hollywood and Business World Fear

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Every business owner worth her salt is now thinking about how to utilize AI–from the transformative power of being able to scan and synthesize HR documents and legal filings to simply penning marketing copy, the technology presents ample opportunity for future-looking founders. Except when you’re Scarlett Johansson. As Inc. magazine reports, as the co-founder, alongside Kate Foster, of The Outset, […]

Here’s What went down at the Microsoft Surface Event

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Microsoft just wrapped up its special event ahead of Build 2024, and it had a lot of exciting news to share. Along with updates to its Surface lineup, Microsoft made some major announcements related to AI and a new era of PCs in partnership with Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and others. The event wasn’t live streamed, […]

Grand Theft Auto VI is launching in fall 2025

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One of the most eagerly anticipated video game releases of recent times – the sixth edition of the Grand Theft Auto franchise – will take place in autumn 2025, its publisher says. Take-Two Interactive, parent company of developer Rockstar Games, made the announcement during its latest earnings call. As BBC News reports, the interest in […]

The latest iOS update Appears to be Allowing Deleted Photos to Resurface – including those iPhone Users would like to Forget

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Apple appears to have a bug that’s dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Gone, but apparently not forgotten, and some iPhone users are not too happy about dredging up the past. As The Verge reports, some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5, their deleted photos — […]

Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities

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Last week, to recognize Global Accessibility Day, Microsoft announced the new Proteus Controller, a $299 modular video game controller kit that lets Xbox gamers with disabilities customize their controllers. As The Verge reports, the wireless controller was created by peripheral company ByoWave as part of the Designed for Xbox program. It consists of small cubes with […]

A Bipartisan group of Senators Finally unveil Legislation “Roadmap” for Navigating AI

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A bipartisan group of senators has taken a critical step forward in regulating artificial intelligence, releasing a long-awaited, Chuck Schumer-endorsed “roadmap” for addressing AI that Congress could take up this term. As POLITICO reports, the bipartisan working group, which consists of Schumer, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), has been developing the report for months, looking to […]

Apple Store Workers in Maryland Vote to Strike

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Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, the first of the tech giant’s retail employees to unionize, made history again by voting late Saturday in favor of authorizing a strike. As CNN reports, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (IAM CORE), the union representing the workers, said in a news release the vote “underscores […]

Google I/O 2024 is Here – What to Expect and Where You Can Watch

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Google’s annual Google I/O developer conference begins today, and since all the tech giant can think about these days is cornering the AI market, it will, of course, be all about AI. The company has made no secret of that. As The Verge reports, since last year’s I/O, it has debuted Gemini, its new, more powerful model […]

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile to Pay over $10M to settle misleading “Unlimited” Plans and “Free” Phone Offers

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Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile will pay a combined $10.22 million to a group of states to settle claims that the carriers lied to customers about their “unlimited” plans and “free” phone offers. The settlement, which follows an investigation from a coalition of 50 attorneys general, requires the three companies to make their advertisements more transparent. As The […]

Microsoft just made the Largest Renewable Energy Agreement Ever 

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Microsoft has agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive amount of electricity to fuel its AI ambitions and climate goals. As The Verge reports, to put that number into perspective, 10.5 GW of renewable energy amounts to nearly half the amount of solar and wind […]