Words can evolve. Here on this forum and in large parts of culture, 'technology' is any relatively recent innovation. Of which software is one of the more prominent examples.
Few would debate that the printing press is one of the most important pieces of tech humanity ever produced. At first it was used to print Bibles, but it was eventually used to print all sorts of other things. The philosophical texts that were later printed on the printing press were not a new "tech", but we pretend new apps for a iPhone are for some reason.
When we increase the surface area of a definition like you are here it makes words meaningless.
FWIW, I'm only stating what seems obvious to me. You can disagree though I suspect trying to narrow the definition at this point will be pushing a rock up hill or swimming up stream.
My view of words like technology is they are more like sliding windows, covering what the zeitgeist is classifying. Somewhat like the word 'fashion' or 'fad' aren't limited to any one specific kind of dress or style.
The word 'technology' would be less useful if it always had to be qualified to exclude everything from fire and the wheel up to the transistor?
When we increase the surface area of a definition like you are here it makes words meaningless.