From The Verge: Amazon is finally launching the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa that, if all goes well, will take away much of the friction that comes with talking to a speaker to control your smart home or getting info on the fly.
Some of the new abilities coming to Alexa Plus include...
From PC Mag: DoorDash has agreed to pay $16.75 million to settle a tip-withholding case brought by the New York attorney general.
The settlement will be distributed among 63,000 delivery workers who received unfair pay under DoorDash’s guaranteed pay model that ran from May 2017 to September 2019....
From PC World: A Framework…desktop? Yes, and it’s coming soon: the Framework Desktop harnesses Framework’s talent for building modular PCs and applies it to desktops — and AMD’s killer Ryzen AI Max processor (also known as Strix Halo).
Framework will begin shipping the first Framework Desktops in...
From PC Mag: Apple and Indonesia have reportedly reached a deal to allow the company to sell the iPhone 16 in the country.
As Bloomberg reports, Apple has pledged to invest $1 billion in Indonesia and will give locals research and development training. There are no plans to build iPhones in the...
From PC World: If you’ve messed around with Microsoft’s “free” Office web app, you’ve quickly discovered that it stinks, for one important reason: You can’t actually create documents. A new, free, ad-supported local version of Office changes all that, according to a report.
(Update: The ad...
From CNET: If you were one of the few artificial intelligence enthusiasts who bought a Humane AI pin, the time has come to say goodbye. The wearable device, which CNET principal writer Scott Stein said was like having "an AI-powered Star Trek communicator pinned to your shirt," is being killed off...
From The Verge: Sigma has announced a new compact 24.6-megapixel full-frame camera called the BF with a clean, minimalist design featuring just four button controls and a dial. The BF’s body is milled from a single block of aluminum, its user interface has been redesigned with a “completely new...
From PC Mag: Apple is reportedly preparing to release 13- and 15-inch M4 MacBook Airs next month.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is readying its marketing, sales, and retail teams for the launch while clearing out inventory of its existing MacBook Air models. Both these developments...
From PC World: On Friday, Microsoft released a pair of new builds to test new Windows 11 features, offering improved cloud search to Copilot+ PC owners, alongside a nifty new sharing and Start menu interface for Windows users in general.
Sometimes, Windows builds are a bit like a railyard, with...
What is power? When it comes to cars, there is absolute power, and there is relative power. The way I see it, absolute power is the amount of horsepower your engine generates, while relative power is how your car performs against another model. These two factors are often directly related, but in the real world, things are more nuanced. My winter car is a 2008 Acura TL Type-S, which I have mentioned in a number of review introductions here at APH...
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