Amazon’s Alexa is boldly going where no voice assistant has gone before. Now you can wear the voice assistant on you at all times, as Orion Labs announces Alexa’s compatibility with Onyx — a smart walkie-talkie that works like the communicators in Star Trek. “Onyx makes communicating — with people and with exciting new voice …
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For refugees on Hungary’s border, razor wire trumps tech
Editor’s note: Hungarians voted October 2 on whether to allow the European Union to set the number of refugees the country must accept. The EU wanted Hungary to take in 1,294 people, and said it would fine the country about $280,000 for each refugee it refuses. More than 98 percent of Hungarians who voted Sunday sided with the Hungarian government …
Read More »Twitter app aims live
Looking to expand its flock of followers, Twitter is launching an app for live-streaming video on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Microsoft’s Xbox One. The new app will feature all the live-streaming available on the social network, including content from Periscope and Vine. Wednesday’s move comes just as the social network begins its live-stream of 10 NFL Thursday night …
Read More »5D Mark IV sensor earns best Canon score on DxOMark. But…
You’ve read the headline — before I jump in, I’ll launch into the cautionary comments. DxO’s camera sensor test scores require lots of caveats, mostly due to how the individual tests are factored into the overall DxOMark score, the assumptions behind it, and how the differences translate into what’s visible. But over time the measurements have jibed reasonably well with …
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An internet-connected vibrator is rubbing at least one consumer the wrong way. A lawsuit, filed earlier this month in a Chicago federal court, alleges Standard Innovation’s We-Vibe secretly collects “highly intimate and sensitive” data and transmits it back to the company’s servers in real time. The lawsuit, filed by an Illinois woman identified only by the initials N.P., alleges the …
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It’s no secret that ” Spider-Man: Homecoming” actor Tom Holland is an accomplished dancer. After all, he played the lead in the stage version of “Billy Elliot.” Now thanks to an Instagram video posted by director Jon Watts on Monday, we also now know that Holland is one heck of a b-boy. In the video, Holland breakdances in his motion-capture …
Read More »iOS 10 has arrived
Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 On Tuesday Apple released iOS 10, the company’s newest mobile operating system for iOS devices. The update includes a wide range of new features, improving upon iMessage by adding apps, a revamped Music app, new Control Center panels, Siri apps and plenty more hidden features. You have two …
Read More »Confession: I’m addicted to the goofily charming Jackson Hole webcam
This weekend, things got pretty exciting in Jackson, Wyoming (population 9,577). There was an arts festival, a bride-to-be twerked in an intersection, and a horse pooped in the middle of the street. Very few people outside the town itself would’ve known of those happenings, but for the fact that a simple webcam live-streaming footage of a Jackson intersection became a …
Read More »How to leave the iOS public beta program
Last year, Apple introduced a public beta program for iOS users who were willing to help the company test iOS 9. The program continued throughout the rest of the year, allowing users to test iOS 9.2 and eventually iOS 10. Participating in the program meant users were able to check out features before the official release — something only those …
Read More »How to unlock your Mac with the Apple Watch
Today, alongside the rocky iOS 10 rollout, Watch OS 3 was released. This new version of software brings a laundry list of new features to the Apple Watch, such as the new Application dock, Control Center replacing Glances, an SOS mode and much more. Another standout feature found in Watch OS 3 is Auto Unlock, which unlocks your Mac when …
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