Amazon announced a Prime Early Access Sale earlier this week (aka Prime Day 2.0), but today, the company took the wraps off of some new hardware it’s been cooking up over the past year. That includes new Echo speakers, as usual, but there are some surprises too, such as the Kindle Scribe—the first Kindle you… Continue reading Everything Amazon Announced at Its Annual Hardware Event
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Amazon Wants to Cocoon You With ‘Ambient Intelligence’
That project is now personified by today’s announcement of Halo Rise, the $140 “no-contact bedside sleep tracker, smart alarm and wake-up light” that picks up signals from your bedroom that even the partner sleeping beside you won’t notice. (To get the best use of that data to improve sleep, users must subscribe to the premium… Continue reading Amazon Wants to Cocoon You With ‘Ambient Intelligence’
Ubisoft once again delays ‘Skull and Bones,’ a game which will surely come out eventually
Ubisoft has once again delayed its long, long-awaited pirate sim Skull and Bones. Last we heard, the game was scheduled to hit Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, Steam, Epic Games Store, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna and Ubisoft Connect on November 8th . That’s no longer the case, as the publisher has pushed back… Continue reading Ubisoft once again delays ‘Skull and Bones,’ a game which will surely come out eventually
Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forums
Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forum sites. The search engine is adding a new module that will surface discussions happening on forums across the web for queries that may benefit from crowd-sourced answers. The “discussions and forums” module will surface relevant posts from sites like Reddit and… Continue reading Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forums
Amazon’s first QLED Fire TVs offer better picture quality and an ambient mode
When Amazon introduced its Fire TV Omni line last year, it mostly offered affordable sets oriented toward budget-conscious consumers. At its fall hardware event today, the company announced two new models with QLED panels. Priced at $800 and $1,100 for 65- and 75-inch 4K models, the Omni QLED TVs feature “up to” 96 local dimming… Continue reading Amazon’s first QLED Fire TVs offer better picture quality and an ambient mode
DALL-E’s AI art generator is now (sort of) available to everyone
You no longer need to join a queue to try OpenAI’s well-known image generator. The company has dropped the waiting list for the DALL-E beta, making the technology available to everyone. If you want to create art, you just have to sign up (if you can get past the authentication glitch that exists as we… Continue reading DALL-E’s AI art generator is now (sort of) available to everyone
How Google is working to help you find food and local businesses
At its Search On event today, Google unveiled several new ways to help people more easily find what they’re looking for. Some things can be trickier to locate than most, like a particular style of clothing or a certain fragrance. But when it comes to food that makes your mouth and eyes water, Google thinks… Continue reading How Google is working to help you find food and local businesses
Blink’s new Mini Pan Tilt adds robotics to its compact home security camera
/ The literally named panning and tilting accessory can upgrade your current Mini for $30, or you can buy a camera / mount bundle for $60. Oh, and Blink has a new wired floodlight camera as well. The Blink Mini camera attached to the new Pan Tilt mount.Image: Amazon Blink’s giving its blocky Mini security… Continue reading Blink’s new Mini Pan Tilt adds robotics to its compact home security camera
BMW is building a new custom voice assistant for its cars based on Amazon’s Alexa
/ The German automaker signed on to use Amazon’s Alexa Custom Assistant program that lets third-party companies and device manufacturers build their own digital assistants using the company’s Alexa technology Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge BMW owners have been able to use Amazon’s Alexa as their in-car voice assistant since 2018. But the… Continue reading BMW is building a new custom voice assistant for its cars based on Amazon’s Alexa
Amazon’s new Echo Auto is smaller and easier to mount in your car
/ Amazon is taking another stab at getting Alexa into your car without requiring you to buy a whole new vehicle. It’s nicer looking and has some new features. But it still remains an open question on why you’d want this at all. The new Echo Auto is smaller and easier to mount in your… Continue reading Amazon’s new Echo Auto is smaller and easier to mount in your car