If an actor doesn’t want to reveal their age, they can now keep it off the internet, too. Under a new California law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday, entertainment database sites such as IMDb would be required to remove the age of an actor if asked. The move was both celebrated by the …
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Early impressions of the Apple wireless AirPods had us worried the little white earbuds wouldn’t work with non-Apple sources, but the new W1 chip is actually device agnostic. In the company’s own words, “AirPods do work with non-Apple devices via Bluetooth. You lose the magic as a result.” That means you can technically pair them to any Bluetooth source, but …
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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 services like Amazon Alexa — …
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Now playing: Watch this: Can the Amazon Echo speak British? 3:05 The Amazon Echo has arrived in Europe, bringing Amazon’s acclaimed voice-activated personal assistant Alexa with it. And both US and European customers can soon choose from black or white models. The Echo is a speaker that also acts as a hub for smart devices and software services, all controlled …
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Now playing: Watch this: Alexa coming to Fire tablets 1:10 Amazon’s Alexa is moving into the mobile world. The voice assistant is coming to some Amazon Fire tablets as a software update — and that includes the newly upgraded Fire HD 8, shipping on September 21 for $89. It’s big news for Alexa’s growth, but voice assistant news won’t get …
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When Amazon’s done, it may very well have shoehorned its digital assistant Alexa into your sink, your sofa and your walls. For now, Amazon will settle for connecting Alexa to as many electronic and Wi-Fi-enabled objects as it can. Amazon’s push toward Alexa dominance took another step forward Thursday, when the online retail giant added Alexa for the first time …
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Want a smarter Alexa, savvier Siri, brainier Google Now or a cleverer Cortana? So do Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft — and each is working to make its voice assistant your personal Einstein of choice. Amazon recently enhanced its efforts by nabbing an AI expert from eBay, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Hassan Sawaf is now Amazon’s director of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Amazon wants to put Alexa on your PC 1:28 Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant may be talking her way into yet another important place: PCs. Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC maker, has held talks with Amazon on potentially using Alexa in its computers and other devices, according to a Lenovo executive with knowledge of the talks. The …
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Sonos is adding compatibility with Amazon’s Alexa voice control next year as well as Spotify Connect compatibility. The company announced the news at an event today in New York City. Right now, no new Sonos hardware has been announced. Instead, the initial addition of Alexa support will require Sonos wireless speakers and an Alexa-compatible Amazon device, such as the Echo …
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Walmart is ponying up $3.3 billion to buy Jet.com so it can strengthen its online shopping muscle. This means we’ll all be racing to Walmart.com, right? Eh, maybe. The world’s largest retailer has been getting a lot more aggressive in e-commerce over the past year, introducing an Amazon Prime-like unlimited shipping service called ShippingPass, expanding its online inventory and setting …
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