Category: Tech Made Simple

What is the Steam Machine? Valve unveils new Gaming Console

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A few years after successfully expanding the handheld gaming market with the Steam Deck, Valve is trying its hand at a console-like experience again. As Mashable reports, last week Valve announced several new hardware products, one of which is simply called the Steam Machine. It’s actually Valve’s second attempt at such an idea (the first being about […]

YouTube TV and Disney Finally Reach Deal ending Weeks of Frustrating Blackouts

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On Friday, Google’s YouTube and Walt Disney stated that they had reached an agreement to restore Disney-owned networks that include ABC, ESPN, FX and National Geographic to YouTube TV. As Reuters reports, a fee dispute left millions of subscribers without access to U.S. Election Day programming and major live sports events for weeks. What Was […]

Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Scheme

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Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against China-based hackers who are behind a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Lighthouse that has ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries. As Hacker News reports, the PhaaS kit is used to conduct large-scale SMS […]

SpaceX Swoops In and Buys EchoStar Spectrum away from Verizon

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Two months after announcing a $17 billion deal for spectrum, SpaceX has decided to buy another slice of radio airwaves from Boost Mobile’s parent, EchoStar.  As PCMag reports, last week EchoStar announced that it would sell its unpaired AWS-3 (Advanced Wireless Service) license for approximately $2.6 billion in exchange for SpaceX stock. The AWS-3 license covers the 1695-1710MHz radio […]

Grand Theft Auto VI launch delayed Again, this time for a Whole Year

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Grand Theft Auto VI is being delayed… again. This time the new launch date is over a year away, on November 19th, 2026. “We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you […]

Nintendo is getting ready to Retire the Original Switch

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Nintendo is stepping further away from its original Switch console, with the company now planning to dedicate most of its attention to its successor. As The Verge reports, in a financial results briefing last week, Nintendo said that “going forward, we will shift our primary development focus to Nintendo Switch 2 and expand our business around this […]

Are you Ready for Eyes Off Driving?

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At its GM Forward media event in New York, General Motors showcased how manufacturing scale, software expertise, and AI are converging to transform the car from a mode of transportation into an intelligent assistant. According to the GM press release, Chair and CEO Mary Barra and other senior leaders unveiled advancements across AI, robotics, energy, […]

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are Bickering again, this time over the upcoming Tesla Roadster

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It’s been almost eight years since Tesla first announced the next-gen Roadster, but CEO Elon Musk is once again promising that the electric sports car is nearing release. However, one early buyer (and Musk nemesis) is not convinced it’ll ever see the light of day. As PCMag reports, in a recent episode of The Joe Rogan […]

Bluesky Hits the 40M User Milestone, Will Try Out a New “Dislike” Option

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Open-source X alternative Bluesky hit the 40 million user landmark last week. The site’s user base has more than doubled over the past year, after exploding 519% in the first 10 months of 2024, amid widespread backlash to Elon Musk’s ownership of X and his backing of President Trump. Now as PCMag reports, in an effort to keep […]

Samsung Tri-Fold Phone is Officially Revealed – But Not Available in the U.S. until 2026

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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Trifold will be officially launched soon. Well, as Android Police reports, there is if you live in one of the markets where the phone will likely launch. Before you get excited, that doesn’t include North America. Of course, nothing is official until it’s said out loud and made official, but there doesn’t appear to be […]