Category: Tech Made Simple

Want AI as your DJ? YouTube is Testing AI-Generated Music Remixes

How would you feel about letting AI be your DJ? YouTube is testing a new feature that will let creators use AI to “restyle” licensed songs for their shorts. As The Verge reports, currently a small group of creators with access can enter a prompt to change up different elements in a song, such as its mood […]

People are fleeing X and Threads for Bluesky

Bluesky gained more than 700,000 new users in the last week and now has more than 14.5 million users total, Bluesky COO Rose Wang has confirmed to The Verge. The “majority” of the new users on the decentralized social network are from the US, Wang says. As The Verge reports, people posting on Threads, on the […]

Apple Now Offers Self-Repair Parts for iPhone 16

If you’ve already smashed your iPhone 16 screen or destroyed its battery somehow, repair parts for Apple’s latest smartphone are now available on its self-service website. As MacRumors reports, users can now purchase replacements for the iPhone 16’s displays, battery, back glass, cameras, speakers, primary microphone, and more. Apple already shared repair manuals for all four iPhone 16 […]

Instagram is going to stop Pulling the Rug Out when you Log In

You know that thing where, just after you’ve opened Instagram and become invested in whatever video was already loaded, a new video pops in and seemingly purges the old video into the void, never to be seen again? Well, as The Verge reports, that’s now a thing of the past, according to Instagram boss Adam […]

Apple’s iOS 18.2 Upgrade with more Intelligence Features Expected on December 2

The next Apple Intelligence rollout is likely to happen in early December, according to Bloomberg. “The iOS 18.2 operating system update… is likely to arrive on the earlier side of December, I’m told,” Mark Gurman writes in his PowerOn newsletter. He’s eyeing the week of Dec. 2, which is about a week earlier than is typical for these […]

Apple is working on 4 new AR/VR products, including a $2,000 Vision Headset and competition for Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

Apple is working on four new AR/VR products including two new Vision headsets and a Meta Ray-Ban glasses rival, according to Bloomberg. As PCMag reports, Apple Vision Pro saw relatively low demand when it launched earlier this year—largely because of its hefty $3,500 price tag. Now, Apple’s Vision Products Group is hoping to produce a hit with a slightly […]

Fortnite kicked off its remixed Chapter 2 season with a Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice concert

Fortnite is rewinding the clock once again. After a bit of teasing, Epic is about to kick off a new period in the battle royale game dubbed The Remix: Chapter 2 — and it’s not only looking back in time, it’s integrating music in an ambitious new way. As The Verge reports, the launch of the remixed season was […]

Fortnite Reveals New Remix: The Prelude Live Event

Epic Games has officially confirmed that it will be ending Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 and starting Remix Chapter 2 with a brand-new live event known as Remix: The Prelude. As GameRant reports, after the huge success of Fortnite OG last year, Epic is once again bringing back a classic map as the next season will see players return […]

Apple Offers $1 Million Bug Bounty to Anyone Who Can Hack Its AI Servers

Apple is offering a reward of up to $1 million to anyone who can hack its new fleet of AI-focused servers meant for Apple Intelligence, which launched this week.  As PCMag reports, Apple is asking researchers to test the security of “Private Cloud Compute,” the servers that will receive and process user requests for Apple Intelligence when the […]