Category: Tech Made Simple

Netflix is rolling out an External Subscription Button for iOS users

As 9to5Mac reports, earlier this year, Apple began allowing “reader” apps to provide external links for customers so they can log in and pay for a subscription from outside the App Store. Now Netflix is rolling out an option in its iOS app that takes users to its website in order to finish a new […]

Google partners with Northwestern, using AI to Help Make Ultrasounds more Accessible for Pregnant Women

As part of its goal to bring artificial intelligence into the health community and showcase its feasibility, Google has developed three new projects in a partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital.  One of the most promising is using AI to make ultrasounds more accessible—a development Google claims would cut maternal mortality rate in half. In the […]

The Marvel Universe is Entering Phase 5: Here’s What to Expect

As The Verge reports, although the titles for a number of Marvel Studios’ upcoming films like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania are a little cumbersome, fairly soon, we’re all going to know them as the projects that marked the ending the the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4 and the beginning […]

Alaska Airlines is Rolling Out Support for Digital Bag Tags Later This Year

Alaska Airlines says it’s becoming the first US-based airline to roll out support for electronic bag tags, small programmable devices with e-paper displays that are designed to replace the paper tags currently in use. As The Verge reports, the airline plans to launch the new program in phases, and it’ll initially be focused on San […]

Amazon Prime Video is Launching a Huge New Redesign

As The Verge reports, Prime Video has never been the most elegant or user friendly app, especially when ompared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services. Its user experience lacks the polish of those competitors and feels more cobbled together. There are good aspects to what’s there — like the long-standing X-Ray feature […]

Amazon’s Smart Shopping Carts Are Coming to Whole Foods Markets

Amazon may be one of America’s largest retailers, but technology has been the driving force behind the brand, whether online, where Amazon built its business, or at its brick-and-mortar stores, where things like their “Just Walk Out” technology has revolutionized the shopping experience. Similarly, in September 2020, the brand began introducing “Amazon Dash Carts” at […]

This New Smart Ring can Track Your Metabolism

As Wareable reports, Indiana-based startup Ultrahuman is getting into the smart ring game with the promise to help wearers better understand their metabolic health. Having already launched its wearable M1 glucose monitoring patch, the Ultrahuman Ring can work in conjunction with the M1 patch or on its own to help draw links between your lifestyle […]

Apple’s New Lockdown Mode is a Feature whose Time has Come

As CNet reports, Apple has been ramping up its commitments to privacy and security with a string of new features that cybersecurity experts say are amounting to more than a bullet-point feature to differentiate its products from Samsung gadgets and other devices powered by Google’s Android OS. Instead, Apple’s moves have sent ripples through the […]

10+ Best Prime Day Tech Deals

Amazon Prime Day 2022 is finally here, with sitewide savings for Prime members on popular categories ranging from skin care and pet products to small kitchen appliances and fitness equipment. And whether you need some new wireless headphones or a laptop, Amazon is offering notable discounts on various gadgets — from Amazon brands and national […]

Twitter sues Elon Musk for Bailing on $44 billion Acquisition Deal

As The Verge reports, Twitter vs. Elon Musk is moving to the courts. The social media company filed a lawsuit against the world’s richest man on Tuesday, saying that he is refusing to “honor his obligations” under their agreement and seeking to make him complete the deal. Musk is trying to exit the $44 billion […]