September 24, 2020 Ousted Cambridge Analytica CEO can’t run another company for seven years Cambridge Analytica’s former CEO has been banned from running another company in the United Kingdom for seven years. “Effective from 5 October 2020, Alexander Nix…
September 24, 2020 Here’s All the Weird **** Amazon Announced Today, Including a Drone for Your House Amazon’s hardware event today was unsurprisingly filled with new Echo devices that let you talk to Alexa without looking at an ugly puck. The…
September 24, 2020 The most dangerous conspiracy theory in 2020 isn’t about blood-sucking pedophiles Tara Jacoby for Vox QAnon is scary, but misinformation about voter fraud poses a bigger and more immediate threat to democracy. As the 2020…
September 24, 2020 Amazon Upgrades Eero Router With Wifi 6 and the Ability to Talk Directly to Smart Home Gear Given the advantages the systems already offer in terms of speed and reliability, companies making mesh wireless networking hardware have been slow to jump…
September 24, 2020 Apple will no longer make you return your whole Apple Watch if the Solo Loop doesn’t fit Image: Apple Apple announced a new Solo Loop band with no clasps or buckles last week, but some customers found that if the watch…
September 24, 2020 Hulu’s Monsterland Serves Up Bleak Fairy Tales for Our Dystopian Reality As advertised, each episode in Hulu’s new horror anthology Monsterland contains a supernatural creature. But Monsterland’s real interest lies with its human characters: lonely,…
September 24, 2020 Amazon’s Next-Gen Fire TV Streaming Stick Should Be Faster, But Use Less Power Amazon’s annual products and services event is always a dizzying carousel of shiny new Alexa-enabled gadgets. But with services becoming a bigger focus for…
September 24, 2020 Soon You Can Ask Alexa to Forget Everything You Ever Said Privacy is the big thing that gives people the heebie-jeebies when it comes to digital assistants like Alexa. But at Amazon’s devices and services…
September 24, 2020 Alexa can bark at intruders from your Echo for $49 per year Amazon has announced Guard Plus, a premium version of its Guard service that turns Echo speakers and smart displays into home security devices. Guard…
September 24, 2020 Amazon launches Care Hub for family to monitor senior citizens Amazon’s Care Hub gives families a way to monitor loved ones and calls an emergency contact when a smart speaker hears “Alexa, help!”Read More…