From PC Mag: Amazon is making it easier to trigger Alexa routines by increasing the number of phrases you can associate with each one.
As AFTVnews reports, until now each routine has been limited to a single custom phrase. For example, saying "good morning" could trigger a smart light to come on...
From CNET: Many people throughout the US have opted not to get a life-saving COVID-19 vaccine, despite its widespread availability throughout the spring and summer. Now, as we head into the fall, coronavirus cases and deaths are ticking up across the US, raising alarms with health officials and...
A few weeks ago, I was talking to a friend who was moving to Chicago for school. I do not know about you, but when someone mentions Chicago, the first thing that comes to my mind is people getting shot. There is a reason why people call Chicago "Chiraq" -- in reference to Iraq -- for a good part of the last decade. According to an article published by ABC 7 Chicago in 2015, "[the] term 'Chiraq' has become street slang for Chicago, coined to...
When it comes to movies, there is usually an unspoken expectation that long-awaited sequels will have great quality due to the amount of time it took to create them. The Incredibles 2 was a sequel to one of the most renowned Pixar films, so naturally, people expected a lot from it. The sequel itself was fine, but because it was only that, it unfortunately did not live up to the standard set by the first Incredibles film. On the contrary, Blade...
From The Verge: Amazon will investigate allegations of discrimination and harassment within its Amazon Web Services (AWS) unit, following an employee petition that criticized AWS’s culture, The Washington Post reported. More than 550 Amazon workers signed the petition, which calls out AWS for its...
From PC Mag: Corning is best known to most people through its Gorilla Glass brand. Now that same advanced glass tech used to protect displays from scratches and cracks is going to be used to protect smartphone cameras.
As Engadget reports, this week Corning introduced a new category of durable...
From CNET: The number of daily users logging on to Twitter jumped 11% in the second quarter, demonstrating that people are still turning to the short-message service even as some countries start reopening after coronavirus lockdowns.
The company said Thursday that daily users who can see ads...
From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake is delighted to present new members to the all-in-one liquid cooler family with two products: Floe RC Ultra 240/360 CPU & Memory AIO Liquid Cooler and TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 240/360 CPU AIO Liquid Cooler.
New to the Thermaltake AIO series, these two AIO...
From The Verge: After teasing a new version of its miniature PC back at Computex 2021, Intel’s new NUC 11 Extreme is now available to preorder from SimplyNUC, with prices starting at $1,299. The machine, which is codenamed “Beast Canyon,” is listed with a three 11th gen Intel CPU options, and enough...
From PC Mag: While some of us might be sick of living inside Zoom boxes, the video-conferencing service wants you to spend even more time video chatting with your friends and co-workers by opening Zoom Apps and Zoom Events to everyone.
Launching with more than 50 services—including whiteboard...
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