Category: Tech Made Simple

Here are the Biggest Announcements from this year’s DC FanDome

DC Comics and Warner Bros. held their second annual Fandome on Saturday, revealing new trailers for movies and shows coming up, including The Batman, The Flash, and Black Adam. They also gave fans a peek at the story trailer for the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game. Here’s a look at some of the […]

Google and YouTube will cut off ad money for Climate Change Deniers

Google YouTube sign outside of HQ building

Google will no longer allow advertisers, publishers, and YouTube creators to monetize content that denies the existence of climate change. The company detailed the changes in a support document on October 7th. “Today, we’re announcing a new monetization policy for Google advertisers, publishers and YouTube creators that will prohibit ads for, and monetization of, content […]

Google SVP of Android offers open invitation to help Apple put RCS Texting on the iPhone

Google SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer called on Apple to support RCS, the next-generation texting standard that’s supposed to supplant SMS. In a tweet, Lockheimer offered an “open invitation to the folks who can make this right” and said, “we are here to help.” Translation: the “folks” are Apple and “we are here to help” is Google’s […]

The Grand Theft Auto trilogy is getting an HD remaster for PC and consoles, including Nintendo Switch

Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas are each getting HD remasters. They’ll be released in a package called Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. The collection is coming to PC (via the Rockstar Games Launcher), PlayStation, Xbox, and, more surprisingly, the Nintendo Switch will […]

Ground Control to Captain Kirk: William Shatner set to become the oldest person in Space on next Blue Origin flight

The rumors are true: Captain Kirk is going to space. William Shatner, the 90-year-old Star Trek alum, will join a civilian flight on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin on October 12. The actor will become the oldest person to fly into outer space. Shatner will board the New Shepard rocket with Blue Origin’s VP of mission […]

According to Facebook, it’s Outage on Monday was caused by “A Cascade of Errors”

So, let’s face it, Facebook is having a really bad week. Three major players – Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – in the Social Media’sphere all had major outages that lasted for about 6 hours on Monday, which felt like an eternity to devotees. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and […]

On the heels of their September “California Streaming” Event, Apple has another major one planned for this month

Apple Campus HQ with sun setting behind

After the monster success of Apple’s “California Streaming” special event in September, where the tech giant announced the mega launches for its new iPad mini, Apple Watch Series 7, and iPhone 13 lineup, there are reliable rumors that Apple will host another event in October, where it could reveal a number of long-awaited products and key pieces of information. According to […]

Office 2021 for Mac will be available October 5 with New Features

On October 1st, Microsoft announced that Office 2021 for Mac will be released on the 5th of this month with many new features. The suite of Office 2021 apps available on Mac includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, with the option for Outlook. Office 2021 includes many of the collaboration features already available to Microsoft 365 subscribers, […]

YouTube Bans All Content That Spreads Vaccine Misinformation

YouTube is cracking down on the spread of misinformation by banning misleading and inaccurate content about vaccines. The platform announced the change in a blog post Wednesday, explaining that its current community guidelines, which already prohibit the sharing of medical misinformation, have been extended to cover “currently administered” vaccines that have been proven safe by […]