Month: February 2025
Everything announced at Amazon’s Alexa+ AI event
Amazon held its first major product event of the year on Wednesday and, as expected, it was largely (okay, entirely) about Alexa. The company first announced its next-gen, AI-powered voice assistant back in 2023, but technical issues forced Amazon to delay its formal unveiling and rollout. Amazon's hardware chief, Panos…
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Slack is down for thousands – we’ve got live updates on the outage and what’s happening
Refresh 2025-02-26T18:01:31.976Z My colleagues are reporting they have access to Slack on desktop on both Windows and macOS. But I had to restart my MacBook and Slack fully logged me out and seems to be struggling to authenticate me via my Google Workspaces account. Mildly frustrating, I have to say.…
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Alexa+ is a smarter, more conversational AI version of Amazon’s digital assistant
Following years of development, Amazon's next-generation digital assistant is nearly ready for public use. Panos Panay, senior vice president of devices and services, demoed Alexa+ at the company's 2025 devices event, and it gave a glimpse of how generative AI could supercharge a product millions of people use. The model…
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Live updates from Amazon’s 2025 AI Alexa event
It seems like a good time for the company to announce new products with Alexa, too. That means we could see new Echos, Fire TV products, or other things like updated smart glasses. Sometimes Amazon announces lots of products in quick succession, while other years are more muted. We’ll keep…
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Lucid’s CEO steps down, as EV maker aims to double production
Rawlinson won’t be leaving the company. Instead, he’ll be assuming the role of “Strategic Technical Advisor to the Chairman of the Board,” the company said. Chief operating officer Marc Winterhoff will serve as interim CEO while the board initiates a search for a new chief executive. “Now that we have…
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iPhones are replacing ‘Trump’ with ‘racist’ during dictation – but Apple is fixing the problem
iOS is changing “Trump” to “racist” when transcribing Apple says the bug is now being fixed The official explanation is “phonetic overlap” iPhone owners have noticed a peculiar bug in recent days: “Trump” autocorrects to “racist” when using speech-to-text dictation mode. According to Apple, it’s a problem with “phonetic overlap”,…
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