You can now control Alexa’s iOS app with your voice, three months after its release. If you’ve got an iPhone or iPad you can now use spoken commands to ask Alexa questions, play music and communicate with your Echo and other devices. But since Apple has its own assistant, Siri, you’ll still have to physically …
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How to stereo pair two Apple HomePod speakers
If you happen to own a couple of HomePod speakers, you can now place them in the same room and create a stereo pair. While it’s a simple process, it’s not quite as intuitive as you might think if you don’t know where to look. With that in mind, here’s a short step-by-step setup guide. For starters, you’ll need an …
Read More »Lucid wants your next dual
Cameras have become one of the most important features on our phones. In phones’ early days, cameras were an afterthought — the original iPhone didn’t even record video. But now phone cameras can record 4K video, slow-mo and shoot beautiful portrait photos with artistically blurred backgrounds (bokeh). Phone makers have largely improved phone photography in two ways. The first was …
Read More »Face unlock is coming to new Nokia 6 and 7 Plus in ‘coming months’
Nokia says you’ll soon be able to unlock a handful of its phones with your face. Nokia confirmed in a tweet, spotted by Android Headlines, that face unlock technology is coming to at least four of its devices in an over-the-air update in “the coming months.” The company said the Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6 and Nokia …
Read More »This smart desk has a built
I know what you’re going to say: $4,000 (around £3,000 or AU$5,400 converted) is a lot for a desk that isn’t made of mahogany and didn’t bear witness to the signing of a historic document. But this isn’t a desk like any you’ve ever seen. The CemTrex SmartDesk is a glass-topped Intel Core i7 computer. A computer with three 24-inch …
Read More »BBC Sounds app unites its radio, music and podcasts
The BBC will release its new audio app, BBC Sounds, on Tuesday, to bring together its podcast, music and radio output. The free app will be available from the Apple, Google and Amazon stores. It will tailor itself to each listener’s tastes by providing quick access to the latest episodes of their favourite BBC podcasts and radio shows — both …
Read More »MacOS Mojave beta: Hands
The public beta has arrived for MacOS Mojave, the latest update to Apple’s desktop operating system, aka 10.14. Do you want to install it? Let’s talk about that. Many of the updates are cosmetic or just reworking of already existing capabilities to make them faster and easier to use. That’s not to say they’re unimportant — turning something that’s a real …
Read More »How to install MacOS Mojave
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2018 earlier this month, Apple unveiled its next Mac operating system, MacOS Mojave 10.14. If you’re ready to use dark mode, Stacks and the Home app on your Mac, along with the enhanced security features that Mojave will introduce, then you need …
Read More »Find out if your MacBook qualifies for Apple’s keyboard repair program
I have a strict no-everything-bagel-near-my-MacBook policy, and even then my MacBook’s butterfly switch keyboard cuts out from time to time. It’s usually the spacebar or another key along the bottom row that starts sticking and stops working. I’ve been able to return my MacBook’s keyboard to full working order by holding it up so the keyboard is nearly vertical and …
Read More »The MacBook shopper’s dilemma: Buy last year’s models, or wait?
It’s the tech shopper’s eternal dilemma: Buy now or wait? With the better, faster model inevitably and perpetually on deck, you always hesitate before pulling the trigger. For products with regular upgrade cycles, it’s easier: We can reasonably expect a new Galaxy Note every August, a new iPhone every September and a new Pixel phone every October. And new HP, …
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