June 22, 2022 Amazon’s new pitch: let Alexa speak as your relatives from beyond the grave At Amazon’s Re:Mars conference, Alexa’s senior vice-president Rohit Prasad exhibited a startling new voice assistant capability: the supposed ability to mimic voices. So far,…
June 22, 2022 These Indiana Jones Replicas Belong in a Museum, But You Can Own Them One of the best parts of the Indiana Jones films is that Indy is always after something tangible. In particular, the fertility idol, the…
June 22, 2022 The Author of Marvel’s Problematic Miles Morales What If…? Comic Has Apologized Beloved Spider-Man Miles Morales is set for some highs with the upcoming release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One), a sequel to the…
June 22, 2022 How The Umbrella Academy’s Creator and Star Elliot Page Collaborated on Viktor’s Introduction Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy hit the streamer today with its third season, unfurling more time-travel troubles and (in a new twist!) inter-dimensional shenanigans for…
June 22, 2022 World’s highest-capacity microSD card can store more than one million floppy disks Micron has unveiled the world’s highest-capacity microSD card, the i400, with storage space of up to 1.5TB, 50% more than the former champion, the…
June 22, 2022 Former Piracy Hub Megaupload’s Cofounders Unsurprisingly in Spat Over Crimes (and Security Flaws) Remember Mega, the encrypted cloud storage company? No? Well, maybe you remember its predecessor, Megaupload, the file hosting provider that was accused of acting…
June 22, 2022 Apple’s iOS 16 will let you report spam SMS messages If you’re an iOS user, you’re likely used to tapping “Report Junk” any time you receive a spam iMessage, which sends the information directly…
June 22, 2022 Montblanc leads the next wave of Wear OS 3 watches with the $1,290 Summit 3 As teased at I/O, you no longer need to get Wear OS 3 smartwatches from Samsung — though you will pay for the privilege….
June 22, 2022 30 years later, Linus Torvalds is still delighted by Linux It’s been more than three decades since the Linux operating system first saw the light of day, yet creator Linus Torvalds is still continually…
June 22, 2022 Amazon’s Latest Trick: Pipe In a Dead Person’s Voice Through Alexa’s Speakers Those weird “loved ones come back from the dead to visit you” stunts pulled by celebrities like Kanye West may soon become a reality through…