Month: September 2023
Blink’s new Outdoor 4 camera accessories include battery and range extenders
It’s been less than a month since Blink, Amazon’s other security camera company, released the Outdoor 4. Now, as part of Amazon’s annual fall showcase, we’re getting a trio of accessories to help the camera travel further and do more when it gets there. First on the list is the…
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AWS upgrades its Apple Mac stack for extra cloud power
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of its fleet of new Mac Minis, powered by the Cupertino giant’s high-performance M2 Pro chips. With the addition of Apple’s latest models on its platform, AWS EC2 customers can now choose between Intel Core i7 x86 CPUs or two of…
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Amazon’s Echo Show 8 offers spatial audio and a dynamic, proximity-based UI
Amazon debuted an updated Echo Show 8 during its annual fall event on Wednesday, highlighting the device’s new display, camera, microphones and spatial-audio capabilities. Generative AI helps the Echo Show 8 respond dynamically to the user’s position in the physical world, offering different displays depending on how far away someone…
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George R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
More authors sued OpenAI for copyright infringement, joining other writers in pursuing legal action against generative AI companies for using their books to train AI models. The Authors Guild and 17 well-known authors like Jonathan Franzen, John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, and Jodi Picoult filed the lawsuit in the Southern…
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Meta’s paid verification for businesses will cost almost double what it does for individuals
Meta’s paid verification service is no longer just for individuals. The social network is expanding its subscription service to businesses on Facebook, Instagram and, eventually, WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s “Conversations” event. Meta Verified first launched for Facebook and Instagram earlier this year, but wasn't available for those…
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Amazon’s big device event 2023 live recap: Alexa goes all ChatGPT, new Echo Show and Hub, Fire TV TV, and more
Refresh 2023-09-20T14:47:58.772Z (Image credit: Future) This is where the magic will happen, starting in 10 minutes. This event isn’t available to stream publicly, so you’ll need to follow along here for all the hot gossip from our man on the ground. 2023-09-20T14:56:05.778Z (Image credit: Future) Speaking of our man, here…
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