Author: Zach_Wilson
Alien: Earth’s showrunner wanted it to be a dark reflection of our world
In Alien: Earth, a techbro wunderkind controls 20 percent of the world’s continental land mass, and he likes to play God in a secret lab located on a remote island. That’s where the trillionaire has engineered a new pathway to human immortality, and given a group of dying children a…
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Amazon just announced a totally redesigned Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11
During its invite-only and not live-streamed Devices and Services event today out of New York City, Amazon announced its upcoming Ring and Blink devices, new Fire TVs and streaming sticks, Kindle Scribes and, finally, a whole new Echo device lineup — including new Echo Show smart displays. The latest smart-home…
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Everything announced at Amazon’s fall hardware event
It's not technically Techtober yet since we’re one day shy, but we've already had a bunch of fall hardware events from some of the bigger companies in the tech space. Today, it was Amazon's turn to step up to the plate. Going into its event, the company teased new Echo…
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Alexa+ at Amazon’s 2025 event: Home Greetings, Fire TV recommendations and more
Before it began slowly trickling out Alexa+ to users at the start of February, Amazon promised a smarter, more conversational assistant. It turned out the reality was more complicated, and, more than anything, Alexa+ in its current state is a showcase of the limitations of generative AI. Of course, that's…
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Hands-on with Amazon’s new Kindle Scribes, including one with a color screen
Amazon announced three new Kindle Scribes this morning with a much nicer design. There’s even one with a color screen. I had a chance to check them out ahead of Amazon’s press event, and I have some thoughts. This marks the third generation of the company’s larger 11-inch eReaders aimed…
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Asahi stops pouring after cyberattack stops production
Asahi’s Japanese distributions centers and customer services are offline No ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet Recent cyberattacks have cost high-profile businesses millions Japan’s largest brewery, Asahi Group Holdings, has become the latest company in an alarmingly fast growing list of victims to have experienced a cyberattack…
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