Category: Tech Made Simple

Shh…LG’s New V50 ThinQ Just Leaked!

Mobile World Congress convention center

Hot on the heels of learning practically everything Samsung could possibly announce at its Galaxy S10 press conference later this month, including up to five phones an entire wearables lineup, the news just leaked that LG’s new super secret superphone — the LG V50 ThinQ — has just broken cover. It turns an entire trail […]

No Love Between Bezos and the Enquirer

Last week, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos posted on Medium that AMI, which publishes the National Enquirer, told him it would publish embarrassing photos of him if he did not publicly state that the Enquirer’s coverage was not politically motivated. Gavin de Becker, Bezos’ powerful private security consultant believes leak of the images was politically motivated, […]

Canon Throws Its Hat into the Mirrorless Camera Ring with EOS R

The launch of the EOS R is a very big deal for Canon, which came pretty late to the Mirrorless Camera party, and expectations were pretty high. So what’s the verdict? Well, according to most “expert” reviews, the EOS R is a mixed bag. Pros: Silent mode, easy to use with existing Canon lenses, Great […]

Energizer just keeps on Going… and Going… with their Smartphones

Energizer is a name everyone associates with batteries, not smartphones, so it may surprise you to learn they’ve been quietly dipping its toes into the Android smartphone waters for awhile. But now it looks like they’re ready to make a splash, because this year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019, Energizer is set to debut […]

At Home DNA Takes a Bite Out of Crime

FamilyTreeDNA, a popular at-home DNA test, is working with the FBI to help the agency solve violent crimes, the company acknowledged in a statement. The policy appears to go beyond the privacy rules generally laid out by other major DNA testing companies.   In its statement, the company said the laboratory that performs DNA tests […]

Snopes Breaks Up with Facebook

Snopes, a fact-checking organization, announced on Friday its decision to end its partnership with Facebook, which has been ramping its efforts to curb misinformation on its services since the 2016 U.S. election.   Facebook and Snopes had been working together since December 2016 to fact check content on the social network, reportedly paying the debunking […]

Apple Puts the Smackdown on Facebook Apps

Things are getting more heated between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook.   According to TechCrunch, Facebook had long been paying people $20 a month to download an app called Facebook Research that essentially gave the company full access to collect data from their phones, including which websites they visited, the messages […]