Apple released iOS 16.0.3 last week — about a month after the release of iOS 16 and three days after the launch of the iPhone 14 Plus. The latest update addresses bugs on some iPhone 14 models, including delayed or undelivered incoming calls and notifications and low microphone volume during CarPlay phone calls. It also fixes camera issues some iPhone 14 […]
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This is what Microsoft Announced at its Surface Event
The big fall tech events just keep rolling in. First there was Apple, then Google and Meta, and now Microsoft held their own event to show off the latest updates to its Surface line of PC products. As CNET reports, starting in 2012 with the original Surface tablet, the line has grown to include the Surface Pro tablet, Surface Laptop, Surface Studio desktop […]
Riding a Roller Coast apparently Triggers the new iPhone 14 Crash Detection Feature
A new iPhone 14 feature is causing some issues for emergency personnel near amusement parks, including Kings Island, according to CNET.com and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to CNET, the iPhone 14’s new Crash Detection feature, which is intended to automatically alert emergency personnel when it calculates that it’s been in a car accident, is reportedly experiencing its […]
U.S. issues Sweeping Restrictions on Chip Sales to China 
The Biden Administration announced sweeping new restrictions on the sale of semiconductor chips and manufacturing equipment to China on Friday in a major effort to impair Beijing’s military and technological capabilities, according to The Wall Street Journal. The new rules require manufacturers, like Intel and Micron, to receive a license from the Commerce Department in order to export […]
Google Takes a Page From Apple for New Pixel Watch – and that’s a Good Thing 
As The Verge reports, the new Google Pixel Watch feels a lot like they took a page from the circular Apple Watch customers been clamoring for. It’s got the curved glass display, a minimalist and techy feel, a digital crown, and a flat side button. Those elements aren’t unique to Apple Watches, but they serve similar functions […]
Meta warns as many as one million Facebook Users that their Logins may have been Compromised
Facebook’s owner Meta is warning users that as many as one million users may have had their login information stolen. As CBS News reports, Meta has warned that as many as 1 million Facebook users might have had their login information stolen. The warning comes as Meta discovered over 400 malicious Android and Apple apps […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Unveils Prototype Humanoid “Optimus” Robot
Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid “Optimus” robot that shares some AI software and sensors with its cars’ Autopilot driver assistance features. As The Verge reports, at the start of Tesla’s 2022 AI Day presentation, Musk acknowledged that they had “a guy in a suit” last year but promised something much more impressive this time around. […]
Google to Shut Down Stadia in 2023
As CNET reports, Google’s cloud gaming service Stadia will shut down on January 18, 2023, the search giant said in blog post. Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchased through the Google Store, along with all the games and add-on content purchased from the Stadia store. The company aims to have all the refunds completed by mid-January. People using […]
It’s a new Tech Age: People around the World Rally to Subvert Iran’s Internet Shutdown
As WIRED reports, Iran’s restrictive government imposed severe and extensive internet blackouts and blocked numerous digital services around the country in an attempt to shut down country-wide protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in “morality police” custody in September, impacting most of Iran’s 80 million citizens. However, in a show of global solidarity, […]
It’s a First: Both the Webb and Hubble Telescopes Spied NASA’s DART Asteroid Crash Maneuver at the Same Time
NASA wasn’t about to miss the chance to capture its historic ambush of an asteroid through the eyes of its most powerful space observatories. As CNET reports, last week, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) released new images taken by the Hubble and James Webb telescopes showing the moment the DART spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos. […]