Author: Zach_Wilson
Kids will soon be able to have natural conversations with Alexa
Amazon has used today’s hardware event to go all-in on Alexa’s new LLM-infused capabilities, touting how easy it’ll soon be to have a natural sounding conversation with the bot. This also extends to kids, as the company just announced Explore With Alexa. This is a pared-down and kid-friendly version of…
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Amazon Eero Max 7 Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Router: Specs, Features, Price
This mesh system adds Wi-Fi 7 support and can theoretically download a 4K movie in 10 seconds, but it’ll be a few years before you can truly take advantage of those speeds. Source
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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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