Alexa now lets you play music with smart home Routines
Amazon has a new music feature for Alexa Routines: the automated sets of linked smart home actions that you can start from Echo speakers with timers or voice commands. …
OnePlus will let users hide the notch on the OnePlus 6
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has flocked to the company's forums to offer fans some confidence in the upcoming OnePlus 6 and its controversial notched display. In response to a …
Google will no longer accept Chrome extensions that mine cryptocurrency
As of today, Google's Chrome Web Store will no longer accept extensions that extract cryptocurrencies. The company says there has been an increase in "malicious extensions" in recent months …
OnePlus CEO confirms key OnePlus 6 specs
In a forum post melodramatically titled "Our search for no-load speed," OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has confirmed some key specifications for the company's next flagship phone. The OnePlus 6 …
Apple hires Google’s former AI boss to help improve Siri
John Giannandrea, Google's former head of search and artificial intelligence, joins Apple. The contract, first reported by The New York Times comes a day after the executive announced he …
Facebook suspends 273 accounts and pages linked to Russian misinformation agency
Facebook says it has suspended 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook pages and 65 Instagram accounts controlled by the Internet Research Agency. The head of security, Alex Stamos, announced the …
Facebook says it will not extend GDPR privacy protections beyond EU
Facebook has no plans to extend the user privacy protections established by the General Data Protection Regulation Act, or GDPR, to users of its social network worldwide, according to …
Why we need emoji representing people with disabilities
When Carrie Wade first heard the news that Apple was proposing emoji to represent people with disabilities, she was happy, and then curious to know what kind of emojis …
South Korean millennials are reeling from the Bitcoin bust
For months, Ye-won Oh, a resident of Seoul, oversaw the cryptocurrency markets voraciously, refreshing his phone virtually every minute of every day. In early 2017, he invested $ 40,000 …
These are all the new gaming laptops using Intel’s latest 6-core processors
Intel introduced its first Core i9 chip for laptops today and updated Core i5 and i7 processors that include 6 power cores instead of the usual quad-core processors. All …