It's not just technology either, the character back stories get updated too. There's an episode from the 90s where Homer feels old because he doesn't understand grunge rock. Then, more than a decade later, they made a flashback episode where his backstory was updated to show that he basically started grunge, and Kurt Cobain ripped him off.
Boy, I hope somebody was fired for that blunder.
There's no blunder. That's how The Simpsons handles ageless characters on a show that's almost old enough to run for president.