Category: Tech Made Simple

Lightyear says its $263,000 Solar-Powered car will go into Production Later This Year

V startup Lightyear revealed its first solar-powered electric vehicle, dubbed Lightyear 0, at an event earlier this month in the Netherlands. The vehicle, which Lightyear describes as production-ready, has 388 miles of range, 44 miles of which are derived from solar power alone. The company was founded in 2016 by a team of engineers who […]

Did you accidentally get Extra Sonos Speakers you didn’t order? You can Keep them, Free of Charge.

Sonos has confirmed that customers who received extra, unordered devices as a result of a recent software glitch don’t need to return the speakers. “Sonos does not require the return of extra equipment and respects the decision of each impacted customer,” said spokesperson Madeline Krebs. “We have and will continue to be in full compliance with FTC […]

The original Pokémon Snap for N64 is coming to Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo is bringing the original Pokémon Snap for Nintendo 64 to Nintendo Switch Online on June 24th. If you’ve had a hankering to return to the original game after playing last year’s New Pokémon Snap or want to check it out for the first time, you’ll be able to visit Pokémon Island for a photography adventure very soon. According to The Verge, as with […]

The Best Free Interior Design Apps

Sprucing up your home, or even building a new addition, is best done with some planning. Fortunately, plenty of apps are available for Android and Apple smartphone or tablet users to help with the design, planning, professional consultation and even buying stages of freshening up a space – whether that means a full room renovation […]

SpaceX Fires Employees who wrote Open Letter complaining about Elon Musk

SpaceX has fired a number of employees who wrote and shared a letter criticizing the behavior of CEO Elon Musk, with the company’s president criticizing the letter as “overreaching activism.” The open letter, first reported by The Verge, described Musk’s behavior as “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks.” It cites […]

It’s the End of an Era: Microsoft Retires Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer’s day in the sun has set, permanently.  As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate — and a few still claim to adore. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history. IE’s […]

Netflix shows off Sonic Prime and an impressive lineup of Indie Games at Geeked Week 2022

Last week, Netflix unleashed a battery of announcements as a part of its Geeked Week. Contained within the flurry of reveals of The Sandman, The Umbrella Academy season 3, One Piece, and more was a handful of announcements about the platform’s slowly growing game and game-adjacent offerings. Netflix showed off a brief teaser for Cuphead season 2 ahead of its August premiere, featuring […]

Oracle thinks it can fix Healthcare’s biggest Tech Issue: Patient Records

Just after closing a $28 billion deal to acquire electronic health records company Cerner, tech giant Oracle said it thinks it can solve one of the biggest tech problems in healthcare: patient records. The combined companies will create a national health records database that pulls in data from thousands of hospitals, stated Larry Ellison, Oracle board […]

All the Breaking News from Summer Game Fest 2022

This year, Summer Game Fest didn’t have a lot of huge reveals — especially because one of its biggest announcements, a PlayStation 5 remake of The Last of Us, leaked just before the show (scroll down for details). But the event did manage to introduce a couple of surprises and new gameplay for the coming year’s big […]

Using Your Pet’s Name as a Password? You Might Want to Rethink That.

No matter how much you love your pet’s name, never use it as a password, cautions Kelly Merryman, president and chief operating officer of the Digital Security Company Aura. For starters, it’s easy for hackers to learn your dog’s name through social media posts. “You just don’t think about the fact that when you tell stories […]