Month: February 2025
Amazon is launching Alexa.com and new app for Alexa Plus
Amazon is refreshing the alexa.com website and the Alexa mobile app so that Alexa Plus subscribers will be able to use the revamped, AI-powered voice assistant. We don’t have many details beyond that, but the website and the app could be handy new ways to interact with the revamped Alexa,…
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Alexa Plus explained: 9 things you need to know about Amazon’s new AI-powered assistant
So, it’s finally here – just over 11 years since Amazon‘s Alexa voice assistant sparked a new (and eventually underwhelming) age of voice assistants, it’s just been given a major AI brain transplant. The new Alexa Plus is rolling out soon in the US, with international availability still unknown. But…
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All of the announcements from Amazon’s Alexa Plus event
Amazon has finally taken the wraps off its AI-enhanced version of Alexa, called Alexa Plus. The new version of Alexa is powered by a mixture of LLMs and integrations that reach across news partners and all kinds of apps and ordering services. You’ll be able to use Alexa to add…
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I’m saving the date as Fear Street: Prom Queen gets a confirmed Netflix release
Fear Street: Prom Night will premiere on May 23, with Netflix confirming the news in an intriguing announcement trailer. The first three movies in the Fear Street slasher franchise really surprised me when they arrived on Netflix in 2021. I was very quickly lured into the world-building and seeing three…
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This startup wants to back up your data on the Moon in a ‘data center’ that could probably sit in the palm of your hand
Lonestar plans to offer disaster recovery services from the Moon It successfully tested a lunar software-defined data center in 2024 Its next mission, launching soon, will test a physical data center (kind of) We all know how important it is to back up our personal data in case of a…
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Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, February 27 (game #1130)
Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday,…
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