Category: Tech Made Simple

Musk Quickly Tries to Rebuild amidst Twitter Chaos

Since Elon Musk took control of Twitter, the overriding theme has been job cuts. Thousands were fired directly, while others were let go after declining to sign up for Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter 2.0. Now it seems the social media company is changing its tune, and staffing back up to replace at least some of the […]

Here’s How to do your own Due Diligence on FCC’s Long-Awaited New Broadband Maps

If you feel like you’re paying more for less and having to deal with a lot of hassles and headaches when it comes to your internet (or lack of) service, you’re not wrong… and you’re not alone. As The Verge reports, one huge reason for the mess is that the wolves guard the henhouse. The FCC […]

Taylor Swift and the DOJ are coming down hard on Ticketmaster after the Eras Tour Ticket debacle

Taylor Swift in metallic dress at 2018 AMA's

In case you missed it, the millions of people trying to get tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming The Eras Tour basically put Ticketmaster into meltdown mode earlier this week. As The Verge reports, fans lucky enough to get presale codes encountered continuously crashing queues, massive wait times, and systems that wouldn’t accept their information (such as […]

Google’s Health Connect App Aims to Integrate all your Fitness Data in One Place

Google has announced that its Health Connect app is now available in beta on the Play Store. As TechCrunch reports, the Health Connect app is designed to centralize access to health and fitness data from various eligible apps. Currently, more than 10 health and fitness apps are launching integrations with Health Connect, including MyFitnessPal, Oura and Peloton, and more […]

It’s a GO for Launch! Artemis I finally Rockets to the Moon 50 Years after NASA’s Apollo Program

Artist's rendering of NASA's Artemis SLS on launchpad

NASA launched its massive Artemis I moon rocket early Wednesday, bringing the United States a step closer to landing on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years since the end of the Apollo program. According Florida Today, NASA teams fueled the 322-foot Space Launch System rocket with liquid hydrogen and oxygen at 3:50 p.m. […]

The Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane has returned to Earth after over Two Years in Space

The Verge reports that the Space Force’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane landed back on Earth after spending a record-breaking two and a half years (908 days) in orbit. It landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, November 12th at 5:22AM ET, marking its sixth successful mission so far. While the agency is pretty tight-lipped as to what […]

Google’s Nest Wifi Pro Update will Fix Slow Internet Speeds

Google Nest Hub on kitchen counter

The Verge reports that Google is rolling out a new software update for the new Nest Wifi Pro to address the slow internet speeds experienced by some users. The company’s “currently investigating reports of a small number of users experiencing reduced internet speeds on Nest Wifi Pro routers,” said Sanjay Noronha, Google Nest Wifi’s product […]

Celebrate Atari’s 50th Anniversary by Playing this New Collection

One of the biggest challenges in video game preservation is figuring out how to actually present old games. As The Verge reports, there is an expansive new release, made by Digital Eclipse to celebrate Atari’s 50th anniversary, which experts say is simply the best way to experience a retro collection. Available on just about every […]

Meta Announces Massive Job Cuts

Hand holding smartphone with Meta and logo, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp logos in background

Meta has announced it will lay off 11,000 employees or around 13 percent of the company’s total staff. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the news in a blog post, saying he was at fault for being overoptimistic about the company’s future growth based on a pandemic surge. “At the start of Covid, the world rapidly moved online and the […]