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Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware event

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Amazon swapped its usual big fall hardware showcase this year for a series of smaller launches throughout October. So far this month, it has announced new Fire TV devices, new Kindles, the Alexa Tablet Pro 12, Ring’s first smart lock, new hardware from AI-wearable startup Bee, and new Blink 4K cameras. Then this week, it […]

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Almost all of Amazon’s new Echo gear is available now

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Amazon used to blast out dozens of products onstage at annual hardware events. If this October is any indication, the company has wisely changed its strategy to put more focus on each new product with its own launch. The latest round of launches focuses on Echo products, including speakers, smart displays, as well as a […]

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Everything announced at Amazon’s October 2026 hardware launch

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Amazon had plenty of new gadgets to share at its Echo hardware event this year, along with updates to the AI-powered Alexa Plus after it became available to everyone in the US in February. But the big news this year is screens: devices with big, beautiful ones, and those that lack them entirely. There’s the […]

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Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera

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Amazon is giving its premium smart speaker a camera. The new Echo Studio with Home Camera, announced today as part of Amazon’s big blast of announcements, has a built-in camera for monitoring a room while you’re away, showing things to Alexa, and, soon, to use with video calls on Fire TV devices. It’s an iteration […]

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How a grocery merger could expand a surveillance network

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Kroger’s $1.65 billion proposed acquisition of Giant Eagle might not only consolidate the grocery market, but also a vast surveillance network that includes Flock cameras, a new report warns. Beyond standard concerns that a merger could decrease competition and increase prices, the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP), which advocates for competition policy reforms, says that […]

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Amazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos

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Amazon’s screen-equipped smart speakers have long been able to display your family’s photos, but its new Alexa Photo Frame is purpose-built for that task. It’s designed to compete with other digital picture frames from companies like Aura, and Amazon’s incorporates a smart speaker with access to Alexa Plus’ capabilities through voice commands. However, unlike the […]

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Meta considered a ‘whisper strategy’ to turn academics against Jonathan Haidt

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As Meta was feeling public pressure over teen mental health, and facing an impending onslaught of kids safety trials, the company considered a campaign to discredit a key critic: social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Newly filed court documents show that in March 2023, Meta discussed a “Whisper strategy” to “turn academics against Haidt,” a thought leader […]

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Meta quietly launched an ‘AI pet journal’ app

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Meta has launched a “tamagotchi-style” pet game called Waddle World, with virtual creatures that chat with users and create doodles to illustrate conversations. According to its Apple and Play Store listings, the “16-bit pet care game” is not really a game, but “a daily journal disguised as a pet.” Users should talk, not type, with […]

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Volkswagen to take China-developed car technology to global markets

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Volkswagen plans to use technology developed in China in cars sold in other markets, starting with South America, Reuters reported from Hefei on Wednesday. Until now, the carmaker kept the technology it built in China for cars sold in China. The plan centres on VW’s Compact Main Platform and its China Electronic Architecture. Both were built […]

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Researchers are getting tired of OpenAI gatekeeping its breakthroughs

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On Monday, OpenAI announced impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, computer science, and physics, along with what the company says is an evolving approach to communicating its findings. But despite its apparent course correction, researchers who spoke to The Verge are growing increasingly tired of the company’s antics. It has been a turbulent few months between OpenAI […]

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