Category: Tech Made Simple

How to Use the New AI-Powered Features on Google Maps

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Google Maps, the popular web mapping service from Google that provides directions to users, as well as a wide range of business information, traffic updates, and route planning, is getting an AI upgrade. In a blog post this week, Google announced a wide range of new AI-powered features that will make the service that much more impactful […]

YouTube has a new built-in screenshot feature

Google has a new feature — currently in beta — that helps users take screenshots on YouTube. According to MSPoweruser, the feature, which apparently will soon make its way to all Chrome users, is super simple and helpful. Here’s how it works: Pause a YouTube video while watching it in Chrome Right-click the video A drop-down menu […]

It’s been a Year since Musk acquired Twitter (X), and the News Isn’t Good

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It’s been just one year after Elon Musk took over Twitter. My, how time flies. Much has changed. For one, the platform isn’t even called Twitter anymore, since Musk changed the name to the ominous “X.” But if we’re focusing strictly on numbers and the astounding effects of Musk’s decisions, as Mashable reports, it’s just not looking too […]

Is Apple about to Drop a New Macbook?

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If you’ve been jonesing for brand new MacBooks and an iMac, you may be in luck. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, a well-respected Apple analyst, recently predicted that Apple is planning to launch new Macs, including a new iMac, on October 30 or 31. As Mashable reports, it’s an update that’s waaay overdue. The iMac hasn’t been updated since […]

Google Meet’s new Portrait Touch-Up feature Helps You Get Ready for your Virtual Close Up

If you’ve ever hopped into a video call for work while getting over a cold, or after a sleepless night or a quick run, you know what it’s like to see yourself on camera and think, “I’m not looking my best.” Google Meet will soon smooth your skin and brighten your eyes virtually with a […]

FCC Approves WiFi on School Buses to Help Level Playing Field for Rural Students

More school buses across the country could be fitted with Wi-Fi after a vote Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As USA Today reports, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, commissioners adopted a declaratory ruling allowing districts to use money from the E-Rate program, which helps schools and libraries buy affordable broadband, toward Wi-Fi and […]

Apple Delivers an Affordable Tech Pencil

Apple is helping out the business-oriented boss babes with smaller pockets, releasing an entry-level Apple Pencil at a more accessible price point. As Hypebae reports, the latest accessory arrives with a matte white finish and flat side that magnetically attaches to the side of the Apple device for easy access and storage. Additionally, it goes to sleep once […]

Analogue is making a 4K Nintendo 64

Analogue, the company best known for modern takes on retro hardware, is turning its attention to the 64-bit era with the Analogue 3D, a reimagining of the Nintendo 64. As The Verge reports, the company says the new console will have “100 percent compatibility” with N64 cartridges in every region and will even support 4K output. […]

The Bipartisan “No Fakes Act” Wants to Reign in AI to Protect Performers

A bipartisan bill seeks to create a federal law to protect actors, musicians, and other performers from unauthorized digital replicas of their faces or voices.  As The Verge reports, the Nurture Originals Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2023 — or the No Fakes Act — standardizes rules around using a person’s faces, names, […]

The Stream Deck and Wave Link Now have a Marketplace for Paid Apps

As promised, Elgato has opened a new “Marketplace,” which serves as an app store platform for devices like the button-laden Stream Deck and Wave Link. Now, people can sell the plug-ins, graphics, digital overlays, emotes, and digital audio effects they create directly to people who own the devices. As The Verge reports, Elgato, which was acquired by Corsair in […]