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 […]
Category: Tech Made Simple
These simple ChatGPT Cheat Codes can Help You get Better Answers from AI
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
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 […]
What to Expect from the 2025 Samsung Unpacked Event This Week
Samsung is getting ready to unfold an updated smartphone portfolio on Wednesday, July 9th, at 10AM ET / 7am PT. As IGN reports, the biggest thing coming, at least if the rumor mill has things nailed down right, will be a smattering of new foldables, and of course, Galaxy AI features. Wouldn’t be a big tech event […]
ICEBlock Soars to the top of the App Store Charts
ICEBlock, an app that lets users anonymously report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, has soared up the App Store charts after receiving criticism from the Trump Administration. As The Verge reports, last week, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded to CNN’s coverage of ICEBlock in a post on X, calling it an “obstruction of […]
Anker is Recalling 5 More Power Banks over Fire Risks – Is Yours One of Them?
If you have an Anker Power Bank that wasn’t recalled earlier this month and thought you were safe, think again. As The Verge reports, Anker has already issued its second product recall so far in June, warning customers that five additional power bank models should stop being used “immediately due to the risk of overheating, melting, smoke, […]
Google gets hit with $314 million Verdict in California Cellular Data Class Action Lawsuit
A jury in San Jose, California has decided that Google misused customers’ cell phone data and must pay more than $314.6 million to Android smartphone users in the state, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs. As Reuters reports, the jury agreed with the plaintiffs that Google was liable for sending and receiving information from […]
Windows Gets Ride of their Blue Screen of Death and replaces it with… a Black Screen of Death
The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that’s about to change. Microsoft revealed earlier this year that it was overhauling its BSOD error message in Windows 11, and the company has now confirmed that it will soon be known as… the Black Screen of Death. Whoop de do. […]
Does Apple Owe you Money? You have 3 More Days to Put in Your Claim in the $95M Siri Settlement
There’s are just three days left to file a claim in Apple’s $95 million lawsuit settlement. As NBC News reports, back in January, Apple agreed to resolve a five-year-old lawsuit involving allegations that it surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through iPhones and other devices equipped with the virtual assistant for more than a decade. Who is eligible […]
Are You Eligible for a Cut of a $177 Million AT&T Breach Settlement?
Current and former AT&T subscribers might soon be eligible for a payout from a $177 million settlement over two recent data breaches at the carrier. As PCMag reports, on Friday, a US district judge in Texas gave preliminary approval to the settlement, with the goal of kicking off the process to distribute the funds before a […]