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Amazon unveils new AI features in quest to make Alexa ‘superhuman’

GeekWire

Alexa maintains the context of the conversation over time, until the user ends the session, and takes into account preferences such as a favorite sports team. A feature called Eye Gaze for the Fire Max 11 tablet, for people with mobility or speech disabilities to use Alexa with their eyes. a month or $59 a year.

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Huawei’s P40 Pro Plus is the smartphone zoom king

The Verge

I could see the Plus being extremely useful in a world where attending live sporting events was a thing, for example, or for taking photos in nature. Here’s how they look with night mode off: (Huawei P40 Pro Plus top, iPhone 11 bottom left, Pixel 4A bottom right, or in that order on mobile. It’s a tradeoff. Click to view fullscreen.).

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Hey Siri, what happened?

The Verge

One called it “a powerful harbinger of the future use of mobile devices,” while another said it was “the beginning of a new user experience [for] all of Apple’s mobile and Mac products.”. Its “humble personal assistant” remains humble indeed: inferior to Google Assistant on mobile and outmaneuvered by Amazon’s Alexa in the home.

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Travel Like a Boss - Road Warrior Tips

Doctor Chaos

I’ve included an Amazon link here just to give you a starting point, but I usually pick them up at my local sporting goods store. I usually take that option so I can do a side-by-side comparison. GoogleFi can replace your cell phone service and has no roaming fees for voice, text, data, and hotspot service on your mobile device.

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Unboxing Microsoft’s new Xbox consoles: A low-key look for a heavyweight performance

GeekWire

The Series X and S are all function, no style, even by comparison to most standard models of the similarly low-key Xbox One. The Series X/S, by comparison, is packed tight in corrugated cardboard, with a few small plastic ties around the cords and a couple of recyclable foam sheets surrounding the controller and console.

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Steam’s biggest new hit is a Viking survival game that struck like a bolt from the blue

The Verge

Valheim , by comparison, is slow and methodical. It’s been all downhill for Among Us on PC , which currently only attracts one-tenth of its peak player count of 438,000 last September (though it could still be wildly popular on mobile). Technically, ‘Valheim’ released a 2018 alpha build on itch.io.

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Xgimi Horizon Pro 4K all-in-one projector review: more for less

The Verge

As such, contrast and HDR content suffer by comparison. Football mode is designed for fast-paced sports. I noticed very little difference between Movie and Sports modes, so I left the projector in Movie mode for most of my testing. The audio from the Horizon Pro sounded fuller by comparison.

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