Author: Zach_Wilson
I tried Amazon and Google’s new smart home gadgets, ask me anything!
Hi! I’m Jennifer Pattison Tuohy (aka Jen), The Verge’s smart home reviewer. I just spent the last week in New York City getting hands-on with the new smart displays, smart speakers, smart voice assistants, and smart security cameras launched by Amazon and Google. I’m hosting a subscriber-only AMA on the…
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“Gravely disappointed” – UK hit Apple with encryption backdoor order, again
The UK hit Apple with a new encryption backdoor request, targeting only British user data this time Authorities made a U-turn on the previous demand back in August, after mounting pressure from the US Apple killed iCloud’s end-to-end encryption feature in the UK in February, after receiving the first Technical…
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HP wants to solve some of your biggest printing woes – and make scanning less painful too
HP’s AI will enhance the quality of scans while naming and sorting Users can also print from web pages and emails without any awkward formatting Two new HP Envy Photo printers launch to showcase new HP AI features HP has announced a range of new AI enhancements to its printing…
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The Morning After: Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorsoft fuses two types of ereader
If I covered everything announced at Amazon’s fall hardware event, it would take a while, and I would be repeating the hard work of my colleague Kris Holt. Check out his report for all the new Echo speakers, new Alexa tricks, more Nest Cameras and, yes, more Kindles — AKA…
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Japan’s most popular beer is running low after cyberattack
Japan is facing a potential shortage of Asahi beer after a cyberattack against the beverage maker forced its systems offline. Asahi Group issued a statement on Monday announcing that order, shipment, and call center operations at the company had been suspended due to the systems outage, and that the disruption…
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Why Are Car Software Updates Still So Bad?
Over-the-air upgrades can not only transform your ride, they can help carmakers slash costs. Here’s why they’re still miles away from being seamless. Source
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