Category: Tech Made Simple

What is DeepSeek, and Why are Tech Giants Running Scared?

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A Chinese AI company called DeepSeek is grabbing America’s attention — and sending a shock wave through Wall Street — due to its new tech, which some experts say rivals that of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.  As CBS News reports, DeepSeek is also catching investors off guard because of the low development costs for its AI app, […]

Epic is Expanding its Mobile Game Store by helping Cover Developer iOS fees

Epic Games has added nearly 20 third-party games onto its mobile app store worldwide on Android and in the European Union on iOS and launching its free games program on mobile beginning with Bloons TD 6 and Dungeon of the Endless: Apogee. As The Verge reports, it’s also promising to paysome iOS fees for developers that are part of the […]

Galaxy Unpacked 2025: What Was Announced at the January Event

Samsung’s Unpacked 2025 event is a wrap, and this year the company announced its latest Galaxy phones, including the Galaxy S25, the Galaxy S25 Plus, and the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Samsung also teased the Galaxy S25 Edge, the rumored “slim” phone, but didn’t provide any details other than it’s… slim. But as The Verge reports, hardware […]

SpaceX Requests Exemption for Starlink from NY’s Affordable Broadband Law for Low Income Consumers

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SpaceX’s Starlink is trying to exempt itself from a New York law requiring ISPs to offer internet plans starting at $15 per month for low-income residents.  As PCMag reports, New York’s Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) went into effect last week,  forcing broadband providers to offer low-income consumers internet plans at $15 for download speeds no lower than 25Mbps and $20 […]

Samsung Galaxy S25 Unpacked Event – Where to Watch and What to Expect

Samsung typically unveils a new flagship Galaxy smartphone at the start of each year, so in what should be no surprise to anyone, the Korean tech giant is unveiling their S25 Unpacked event this week – January 22, to be exact. And, as PCMag reports, the rumor mill has been abuzz for weeks with speculation […]

The Nintendo Switch 2 is Finally Coming – Here’s a Sneak Peek

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It’s been a long time coming, but the Nintendo Switch’s successor is finally revealed. Nintendo officially confirmed the Nintendo Switch 2 via a teaser trailer that reveals the hybrid console, a plan for a Nintendo Direct in April to give more details, and very little else. But as PCMag reports, that leaves plenty we still don’t know […]

TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law

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TikTok began restoring service to users in the United States following a temporary and voluntary shutdown that lasted less than a day. As CBS News reports, on Sunday the company said that it was in the process of reinstating access after President-elect Donald Trump vowed to try to pause the ban by executive order on […]

The Best of CES 2025

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It’s hard to believe that the first CES started almost 60 years ago and is still going strong. This year, the show attracted roughly 140,000 attendees to Las Vegas to see new products and technologies from more than 4,000 companies. PCMag‘s techxperts were there, searching high and low for the coolest tech they could find, but this […]