Category: Technology


  • Stop Trying to Make ‘Cobot’ Happenโ€”Itโ€™s Not a Thing!

    Hey there, tech enthusiasts and skeptical consumers! Letโ€™s talk about the recent rebranding trend thatโ€™s taken over the robot scene: โ€˜cobot.โ€™ Sounds like a character from *Transformers*, right? Well, spoiler alert: itโ€™s just a corporate attempt to make robots sound friendly, like a puppy with a chainsaw. General Motors has decided that calling their robots…

  • Apple Powers Up with Homegrown Servers

    Tim Cook just dropped some big news: Apple is shipping its brand-spanking-new, American-made advanced servers straight to its data centers. Talk about a tech powerhouse with some serious local love! These servers, hailing from Apple’s Houston facilityโ€”itโ€™s like the tech version of a barbecue jointโ€”are designed to supercharge “Private Cloud Compute” and, wait for it……

  • When DNS Goes Boom: The AWS Outage Explained

    So, you thought Monday was just another day, huh? Well, not for AWS, which decided to play a game of ‘dodge the internet’ and managed to take large swaths of it offline for a solid 15 hours. AWSโ€™s DynamoDB had a DNS hiccup that made everyone wonder if they were living in the 90s when…

  • Google Meet’s New Waiting Rooms: Because Who Doesnโ€™t Love More Time to Stare at the Ceiling?

    Good news for all the procrastinators and time-wasters out thereโ€”Google Meet is rolling out waiting rooms! Yes, you heard that rightโ€”apparently, Zoom fatigue wasnโ€™t quite enough, and now we need to polish our patience skills too. Now, before your meeting even starts, you can twiddle your thumbs, check your email for the umpteenth time, or…

  • Clippy’s Easter Egg Strikes Again: Meet Mico, Your New AI Sidekick

    Hold onto your keyboards, folks! Clippyโ€™s back, and this time heโ€™s sneaking around as an Easter egg in Microsoftโ€™s Copilot under the guise of a new buddy named Mico. Yes, you heard that rightโ€”Microsoft just dropped a nostalgia bomb on us, and itโ€™s got 21st-century sparkle! So, how does this work? If you give Mico…

  • SwitchBot Switches Up Your Lighting Game

    SwitchBot is here to brighten your dayโ€”or should I say, *light up* your lifeโ€”because theyโ€™ve just launched a snazzy new collection of Matter-enabled lighting products. Imagine floor lamps that donโ€™t just stand there looking pretty; they can actually integrate into your smart home routines! From stylish standing floor lamps to colorful RGB rope lights that…

  • OpenAI Goes All-In on Productivity: Acquiring the Wizards of Appleโ€™s Shortcuts

    Hold onto your keyboards, folks! OpenAI is shaking up the tech world again, this time by snagging the brainiacs behind Appleโ€™s Shortcuts app. Yes, you heard it rightโ€”Software Applications Incorporated, the masterminds who brought us the Workflow app (which Apple later transformed into Shortcuts), are officially joining the OpenAI family. Whatโ€™s the big idea, you…

  • Time to Get Your Game On: Amazon’s New Luna is Here!

    Buckle up, gamers! Amazon just rolled out a shiny new version of its cloud gaming service, Lunaโ€”think of it as a party in your living room that doesn’t require awkward small talk. And hereโ€™s the kicker: with a Prime subscription, you can unlock access to over 50 games, including one where you can hang out…

  • When Fonts Attack: The Pixel Camera App Wreaks Havoc on De-Googled Androids

    Imagine this: you’re armed with your trusty de-Googled Android, ready to capture that candid moment of your cat contemplating existential dread, and BAM! The Pixel Camera app crashes faster than a tech conference WiFi. Whatโ€™s the culprit? A new font in the latest app update (version 10.x) that seems to have it out for phones…

  • Apple Cuts Tea from the App Store: A Cautionary Tale of Privacy

    Put down your teacup, folks! Apple has officially booted the dating app “Tea” from its App Store, claiming it failed to meet some pretty serious terms of use. Apparently, having multiple data breaches and a sidekick app called TeaOnHer wasnโ€™t a winning strategy. According to 404 Media, Apple cited a whopping number of complaints, including…