Category: Tech Made Simple

Russia blames Software Glitch for Misfired Engines that shoved ISS

Russia’s space agency blamed a “short-term software failure” for last Thursday’s engine mishap with its new science module, The Verge reports. The module’s thrusters unexpectedly fired hours after docking, shifting the International Space Station off its normal position. The software glitch caused the Nauka module to think it was supposed to back away from the station. The […]

Annapurna’s first Showcase promises lots of cool Games to come

Annapurna Interactive has steadily become one of the most exciting indie game publishers around. At its first showcase event held last week, the publisher showed that there’s plenty more in the works. In less than 30 minutes, Annapurna revealed some exciting new partnerships and showed off upcoming games that involve everything from being a cat […]

Apple CFO warns Supply Constraints may affect iPhones and iPads come September

Last week’s earnings call sent shivers down the spines of multitudes of iPhone and iPad devotees. As reported by Macrumors, Apple CFO Luca Maesteri said that Apple is expecting supply constraints to affect the iPhone and iPad availability this Fall. “The supply constraints that we’ve seen in the June quarter will be higher in the […]

Elon Musk sides with Epic, calling Apple’s App Store Fees a “De Facto Global Tax on the Internet”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk blasted Apple’s App Store fees on Twitter Friday, in a tweet that sides with Epic in the ongoing Epic v. Apple dispute. “Epic is right,” wrote Musk, before going on to call Apple’s ‌App Store‌ fees a “de facto global tax on the Internet.” Musk has clashed with Apple over the years due to employee […]

TikTok announces lots of new Live Video Features

TikTok has announced a multitude of new live video features coming to the popular video app platform for both creators and viewers, including scheduled “events,” picture-in-picture support for iOS and Android, and group livestreams with two users. It’s part of the company’s increased efforts to push users to create and watch live videos. A lot […]

Facebook brings cloud gaming to Apple devices with a Web App

The Verge reports that Facebook is bringing its new cloud gaming service to iPhones and iPads through a web app that, like a native app, can be added to people’s home screens. The site will let you play simple web games like Solitaire and match-threes and stream more graphically intensive titles, like racing games. Unfortunately, due […]

Google Drive will let you block other users to stop potential harassment

Google Drive is adding the ability for users to block other accounts from sharing files with them, in a move that’s designed to prevent potential harassment and spam on the platform. The feature, which is rolling out over the next two weeks, also stops accounts from accessing any files you’ve shared with them in the past, […]

EA announces New Projects, talks the Future of Game Development in a Post-Pandemic Era

The Verge reports that on July 22nd, Electronic Arts announced a handful of new projects, including a remake of Dead Space and a story-driven racer complete with Hollywood talent. And this comes on the heels of what was a very busy pandemic year, because in 2020, EA says it launched 13 new games and more than 400 updates for […]

Apple delays Employees return to In-Person amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Apple will delay the return of its employees to office by at least a month to October at the earliest, as COVID-19 cases surge back in the United States and abroad, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.The tech giant will inform its employees at least a month before their expected return to offices, the report said, […]

Jeff Bezos launches Blue Origin’s first human flight into Space

Nine days after billionaire Richard Branson made history by becoming the first person to launch himself into space on his own Virgin Galactic plane, fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos did the same on a rocket from his company Blue Origin. “Best day ever,” Bezos said from the autonomous capsule after it landed. The 57-year-old Amazon founder […]