Category: Tech Made Simple

Instrumental Google and YouTube Exec Susan Wojcicki has died at 56

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Susan Wojcicki, Google’s 16th employee who helped jumpstart the company in her garage, ran its advertising business, and then helmed YouTube for most of the past decade, has died at 56, according to posts by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. As The Verge reports, Wojcicki joined Google in 1998 and was CEO of YouTube from […]

Here’s How to Watch the upcoming ‘Made by Google’ Hardware Event – And What to Watch For

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Google is gearing up to unveil its latest hardware lineup at the annual ‘Made by Google’ event. This year’s showcase is scheduled for Tuesday, August 13, kicking off at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. BST. The event will be hosted at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California – and should unveil some of the brand’s most sought-after product arrivals. […]

Federal Judge Rules Google has an Illegal Monopoly on Search Engines. Here’s What that Means for You.

Google has violated US antitrust law with its search business, a federal judge ruled Monday, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat with the potential to reshape how millions of Americans get information online and to upend decades of dominance. “After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following […]

iOS 18.1 update: Every iPhone model that will support Apple’s new AI features

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After two years of silence about its AI developments, Apple finally shared its latest projects with the public at its annual developer conference, WWDC, in June. At the event, Apple unveiled various features that will significantly impact your device experience — but only if you have one of the newest iPhone models.  As ZDNet reports, the new […]

AMD is Benefitting from Intel’s Slump  

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) already has been taking market share from Intel in chips for PCs and servers. And now AMD stands to gain more ground thanks to Intel’s latest misfortunes, analysts say. Intel stock crashed Friday while AMD stock was little changed. As Investors Business Daily reports, late last Thursday, Intel badly missed estimates for the second quarter […]

Google Prepares to Launch 4th Gen Nest Learning Thermostat with Borderless Display

Google appears to be preparing to launch a fourth-generation Nest Learning Thermostat. Details on the thermostat first leaked last week, and now the same leaker has posted more documents on X that show this new model will have a customizable homescreen, a new “Dynamic Farsight” feature, and a “borderless” display. As The Verge reports, the leaks detail a […]

The Google Pixel 9 Leaks continue: the “Add Me” Feature can Put You in a Photo – Even if You Weren’t There

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While there’s been no shortage of Pixel 9 leaks over the past couple of days, a new ad for the device seems to have leaked in full — and it shows off a new feature that makes sure you aren’t left out of a group photo. As The Verge reports, the feature, seemingly called “Add Me,” appears […]

Microsoft Reveals More Details About Windows CrowdStrike Crash: It Comes Down to a Kernel

About a week after millions of Windows machines displayed the blue screen of death around the world, Microsoft has confirmed the root cause of the incident that grounded thousands of flights and disrupted numerous businesses and public services. “Our observations confirm CrowdStrike’s analysis that this was a read-out-of-bounds memory safety error in the CrowdStrike developed CSagent.sys driver,” Microsoft […]

AMD announces the Ryzen 9000 Chips Are Delayed due to Substandard Chips in the Mix

AMD Ryzen Chip

If you were hoping to buy AMD’s new desktop processors on launch day, you’ll need to wait a little longer: The company is delaying the Ryzen 9000 release after uncovering some substandard chips within the launch units.  As PC Mag reports, the next-generation processors were supposed to launch on July 31. But on Wednesday, AMD said it’s […]

Where to preorder Nintendo’s Zelda-themed ‘Hyrule Edition’ Switch Lite

It’s a good time to be a Legend of Zelda fan. As The Verge reports, a live-action film based on the franchise is currently in development, for one, and Nintendo recently announced that the next mainline game in the series, Echoes of Wisdom, will launch on the Nintendo Switch later this year. To mark the occasion, Nintendo plans to launch […]