Category: Tech Made Simple

What Apple Announced at their May iPad Event

Apple’s iPads have always been the tech giant’s kind of red headed step child – neglected and often overlooked. Although there have been plenty of iPhones and Macs released since 2022, heck even a mixed-reality headset, in all that time – and let’s face it, two years in tech years feels like forever – we haven’t seen a new tablet. […]

Apple is Working Quickly to fix Alarming iPhone Issue

Apple says it is working quickly to fix an issue that caused some iPhone alarms not to play a sound, giving their slumbering users some unexpected sleep-in time. As BBC News reports, for many people, their phone is an indispensable alarm clock and some over-sleepers turned to social media to vent. One TikTokker complained that […]

Autodesk Launches New Droid Design Contest with Disney and Lucasfilm

There’s a new droid in the galaxy, and Autodesk is celebrating. To celebrate Star Wars Day, the tech leader has announced its May the Fourth campaign, a month-long contest for superfans to design their own droid using Maya, 3ds Max, or Fusion. The contest celebrates the designers and makers of Star Wars – as well as Star Wars fan-enthusiasts – while […]

What to Expect and How to Watch Apple’s May 2024 iPad launch event

The next Apple event is taking place on May 7, where we’re expecting to see a new suite of iPads get revealed, with pre-orders sure to follow.  As TechRadar reports, titled “Let Loose” Apple will be livestreaming the launch, which suggests it’ll be a significant one, with the Cupertino crew having plenty to show off; we’re not expecting […]

Ring to Pay Out $5.6m in Refunds After Customer Privacy Breach

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access. As The Associated Press (AP) reports, in a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and home security provider of allowing its […]

What are Medical Alert Systems, and Do You (or Does a Loved One) Need One?

A Medical Alert System, also known as a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) or a medical emergency response system, enables a person to connect to medical help quickly in the event of a health emergency. As Forbes Health reports, most systems include a transmitter device, an emergency call center and a console that uses landline […]

YouTube TV is Rolling Out Multiview on Android Devices

Last month, YouTube TV brought Multiview to the iOS app and now it’s about to roll out for Android devices.  As 9to5Google reports, YouTube TV introduced Multiview as a preview in March of 2023 for smart TVs and streaming devices. Availability slowly expanded, especially for NFL Sunday Ticket, in subsequent months. This grid view officially came to […]

UnitedHealth confirms Ransomware Attack on Subsidiary Change Healthcare resulted in Huge Theft of Americans’ Private Data

Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year resulted in a huge theft of Americans’ private healthcare data. As TechCrunch reports, UnitedHealth said in a statement on April 22 that a ransomware gang took files containing personal data and protected health information that it […]

Meta is Determined to Win the AI Chatbot Race

ChatGPT kicked off the AI chatbot race. Meta is determined to win it. According to a report by The Verge, the Meta AI assistant, introduced last September, is now being integrated into the search box of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. It’s also going to start appearing directly in the main Facebook feed. You can still […]

Google is Reinventing itself Around AI

AI is taking over at Google, and the company is changing in big ways to try to make it happen even faster. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced substantial internal reorganizations last week, including the creation of a new team called “Platforms and Devices” that will oversee all of Google’s Pixel products, all of Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, […]