Category: Tech Made Simple

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit comes to Netflix Gaming Lineup in June

Spry Fox, the developers behind Cozy Grove, have announced that their first title after joining Netflix Games will be a sequel, Cozy Grove: Spirit Camp! With pre-registration open now, the sequel to Cozy Grove is set to hit storefronts on iOS and Android on June 26th. The original Cozy Grove takes place on an ever-changing […]

T-Mobile to Raise ‘older rate’ Plan Prices in June

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T-Mobile customers holding on to their legacy plans can expect to see higher bills come June. “For the first time in nearly a decade, in response to rising costs and inflation, we’re making small adjustments to some of our oldest rate plan prices,” explained the T-Mobile website. “Beginning June 5, the rate of your voice plan will […]

In going after Open AI, Scarlett Johansson has given Voice to a Huge Hollywood and Business World Fear

Every business owner worth her salt is now thinking about how to utilize AI–from the transformative power of being able to scan and synthesize HR documents and legal filings to simply penning marketing copy, the technology presents ample opportunity for future-looking founders. Except when you’re Scarlett Johansson. As Inc. magazine reports, as the co-founder, alongside Kate Foster, of The Outset, […]

Here’s What went down at the Microsoft Surface Event

Microsoft just wrapped up its special event ahead of Build 2024, and it had a lot of exciting news to share. Along with updates to its Surface lineup, Microsoft made some major announcements related to AI and a new era of PCs in partnership with Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and others. The event wasn’t live streamed, […]

Grand Theft Auto VI is launching in fall 2025

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One of the most eagerly anticipated video game releases of recent times – the sixth edition of the Grand Theft Auto franchise – will take place in autumn 2025, its publisher says. Take-Two Interactive, parent company of developer Rockstar Games, made the announcement during its latest earnings call. As BBC News reports, the interest in […]

The latest iOS update Appears to be Allowing Deleted Photos to Resurface – including those iPhone Users would like to Forget

Apple appears to have a bug that’s dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Gone, but apparently not forgotten, and some iPhone users are not too happy about dredging up the past. As The Verge reports, some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5, their deleted photos — […]

Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities

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Last week, to recognize Global Accessibility Day, Microsoft announced the new Proteus Controller, a $299 modular video game controller kit that lets Xbox gamers with disabilities customize their controllers. As The Verge reports, the wireless controller was created by peripheral company ByoWave as part of the Designed for Xbox program. It consists of small cubes with […]

A Bipartisan group of Senators Finally unveil Legislation “Roadmap” for Navigating AI

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A bipartisan group of senators has taken a critical step forward in regulating artificial intelligence, releasing a long-awaited, Chuck Schumer-endorsed “roadmap” for addressing AI that Congress could take up this term. As POLITICO reports, the bipartisan working group, which consists of Schumer, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), has been developing the report for months, looking to […]

Apple Store Workers in Maryland Vote to Strike

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Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, the first of the tech giant’s retail employees to unionize, made history again by voting late Saturday in favor of authorizing a strike. As CNN reports, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (IAM CORE), the union representing the workers, said in a news release the vote “underscores […]

Google I/O 2024 is Here – What to Expect and Where You Can Watch

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Google’s annual Google I/O developer conference begins today, and since all the tech giant can think about these days is cornering the AI market, it will, of course, be all about AI. The company has made no secret of that. As The Verge reports, since last year’s I/O, it has debuted Gemini, its new, more powerful model […]