Category: Tech Made Simple

Ebay Employees involved in Criminal Harassment, and the Company Pays the Price

Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed last week. As AP News reports, the Justice Department charged eBay with stalking, witness tampering and obstruction […]

Dexcom’s new Continuous Glucose Monitor is a Health Tech Gadget with Purpose

Year in and year out, most of the blood glucose tech you see at CES are devices that may not come out for years, if ever. That’s why it was refreshing to see Dexcom roll up to CES 2024 to talk about something a bit more tangible: its forthcoming Stelo continuous glucose monitor (CGM), a wearable […]

Take a Gander at the GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker

CES logo sculpture in front of convention center

CES 2024 is over, which means it’s time for tech pundits to announce their annual Best of CES award winners. CES is often described as a TV show or car show, but sometimes it’s more niche products that capture the imagination.  Everyone has an opinion, but Endgadget had feet on the ground and when it […]

SpaceX accused of illegally firing employees who criticized Elon Musk

Elon Musk in front of Tesla X backdrop

SpaceX is facing a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that alleges the company illegally fired employees for writing an open letter that criticized CEO Elon Musk. As The Verge reports, lastyear, a group of SpaceX employees drafted an open letter to express concerns about how Musk’s behavior “is a frequent source of distraction and […]

Check out the Acer 57-inch Predator Z57, coming soon to a Gamer’s Basement Near You

The star of Acer’s new lineup – officially launched at CES 2024 – is clearly its Predator Z57 — a 57-inch, 120Hz curved display that spans 7680×2160 pixels. It uses MiniLED backlighting for better contrast than a typical LCD monitor, and Acer says it will be out in the second quarter for $2,499.99 in the US and […]

Apple is Finally Paying all those ‘batterygate’ Class Action Claims

Apple iPhone with Apple logo on screen

Checks are apparently hitting the bank accounts of people affected by Apple’s decision to slow down iPhones with older batteries back in 2017.  As MacRumors reports, readers of its site said they’d seen checks deposited to their accounts amounting to $92.17, later updating the story with an embedded post from one of the readers. Indeed, the website set up for […]

Apple CarPlay’s Whole-Car takeover Integration Set to Debut in 2024

At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in 2022, the tech company teased a version of Apple CarPlay that would take over every screen in a vehicle — infotainment, digital gauge cluster, passenger display, you name it. A carmaker would work with Apple to create a brand-appropriate skin, a vehicle’s gauge cluster showing a series of gauges built […]

A look inside LG’s newest 32-inch 4K “MyView” Computer Monitor / TV Hybrid

LG will show off a new series of 32-inch 4K computer monitor / TV hybrids called the ‘MyView’ at CES this year. The company announced they’ll come “in a variety of colors, including essence white, mild beige, cotton pink and cotton green.” They’ll be offered in three variants at two price levels — $599.99 and $499.99, and […]

Apple Vision Pro Could Arrive in Stores Later this Month

woman wearing Apple Vision Pro headset

It’s now been seven months since Apple unveiled its ambitious but pricey Vision Pro headset with a vague release date of early 2024. What that means specifically is still very much up in the air — after all, with the original Apple Watch, the company’s definition of “early 2015” stretched to the end of April. But according […]