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Amazon Adds an Alexa Photo Frame and a Bedside Clock to Its Echo Family

The new Echo Studio also gets a camera, and the Echo Show 16 debuts an AI-generated Alexa interface.

Pairing industrial AI autonomy and human control

Voters in Texas agree: They hate data centers

Ask Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe what it's been like to see data center developers descend upon Austin and its surrounding suburbs and he can rattle off project after project facing opposition from locals. There's the fight in Taylor over plans to build a data center at a site that's supposed...

Amazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos

Amazon's screen-equipped smart speakers have long been able to display your family's photos, but its new Alexa Photo Frame is purpose-built for that task. It's designed to compete with other digital picture frames from companies like Aura, and Amazon's incorporates a smart speaker with access to Ale...

How a grocery merger could expand a surveillance network

Kroger's $1.65 billion proposed acquisition of Giant Eagle might not only consolidate the grocery market, but also a vast surveillance network that includes Flock cameras, a new report warns. Beyond standard concerns that a merger could decrease competition and increase prices, the American Economic...

Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera

Amazon is giving its premium smart speaker a camera. The new Echo Studio with Home Camera, announced today as part of Amazon's big blast of announcements, has a built-in camera for monitoring a room while you're away, showing things to Alexa, and, soon, to use with video calls on Fire TV devices. It...

Spending time with the Echo Time — a smart clock that senses you sleeping

Amazon just announced its newest smart alarm clock - the Echo Time. The baseball-sized smart speaker with a screen, the Time looks like an Echo Dot with Clock and an Echo Spot had a much bigger baby. It features a 3.2-inch touchscreen that prominently displays your choice of a huge selection of cloc...

Amazon’s Alexa Home Map is getting a smarter 3D redesign

Amazon's smart home map interface that shows you where all your connected devices are has been overhauled with new graphics, features, and dynamic effects. The new Alexa Home Map is now an interactive 3D view of not just everything that's inside your property, but outside of it too - using compatibl...

Our first look at Amazon’s big new Echo Show 16

Amazon's latest Echo Show smart display is big, gorgeous, and eye-wateringly expensive. Announced today, the Echo Show 16 costs $499.99 (wall mount included) and is available to preorder now. There's a Nanomatte display option for $569.99, plus a $100 preorder discount ahead of its release later thi...

'We analyzed 119 million ear data points' — how Samsung builtGalaxy Buds Open, its first open-type earbuds

Samsung Galaxy Buds Open are the tech giant's first clip-on open earbuds, promising noise-cancellation technology that actually addresses noise leakage.

Amazon’s new Echo Time has a surprisingly good reason to exist

The Time is an intriguing smart display

The new Amazon Echo Show 16 looks like an iMac and puts Alexa+ front and center in a major smart display redesign

Amazon’s redesigned Echo Show 16 pairs a slimmer, more premium build with a smarter Alexa+ experience, offering a glimpse at the future of its smart displays.

Why 'never trust, always verify - repeatably' security strategy for AI Agents, starts after login

With the rise of autonomous AI agents, the real security risk is not centralized at the login screen. It starts after access has been granted.

Amazon adds handwriting support to the Kindle app for Android

You can now use a stylus to annotate Kindle books on select Android devices, with the iPad and iPhone Duo app possibly set to get this feature too.

Meta considered a ‘whisper strategy’ to turn academics against Jonathan Haidt

As Meta was feeling public pressure over teen mental health, and facing an impending onslaught of kids safety trials, the company considered a campaign to discredit a key critic: social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Newly filed court documents show that in March 2023, Meta discussed a "Whisper strate...

Meta quietly launched an ‘AI pet journal’ app

Meta has launched a "tamagotchi-style" pet game called Waddle World, with virtual creatures that chat with users and create doodles to illustrate conversations. According to its Apple and Play Store listings, the "16-bit pet care game" is not really a game, but "a daily journal disguised as a pet."...

Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark review: Nvidia’s next-gen SoC yields stellar gaming, creative and AI power

With its innovative Nvidia SoC, the Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark is perfect for vibecoding, Photoshopping or gaming on the go — but that price might give you pause.

How to watch Richard Hammond’s Workshop season 6 online — stream the classic car restoration show from anywhere

The former Top Gear host is back to fix up more classic cars. Here's how to watch Richard Hammond’s Workshop season 6 online, from anywhere.

UK considering forcing data centers to invest in local communities as part of AI “covenant” — and it shows getting angry at developers can massively benefit working people

The British public aren't happy about data centers, but the government thinks more investment could change that.

China’s snooping around Pacific undersea cables raises risks for Big Tech

US-owned trans-Pacific cables face growing risks from sabotage and China.

Sauerkraut at Every Meal? These Fermentation Fanatics Tried That Long Before MAHA

The annual Portland Fermentation Festival took place last week in Oregon, at a time when sauerkraut, kimchi, and other funky foods are in the social and political spotlight.

Pornhub Stars Want to Teach You How to Make Dinner

Faced with censorship and anti-porn laws, the adult site is encouraging creators to embrace cooking, gaming, podcasting, and other safe-for-work content.

Nitro PDF (2026) review

I checked out Nitro PDF, a budget-friendly online Acrobat alternative that handles PDFs, lets you tweak them, sign them, and track e-signatures.

Apple AirPods Max 2 Are $100 Off Ahead of Black Friday

If Apple headphones have been sitting on your wish list, now might be the time to buy ahead of the holiday rush.

Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed

Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.

Why UK marketers need mobile-grade measurement before AI can deliver on ROI

How AI is leading to weak measurement practices that impact the bottom line.

Please Let the Internet Die

Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

Why less data means improved security for businesses

How data minimization and zero-knowledge proofs can strengthen business security

The Men Spending $50,000 Just to Reserve a Tesla Roadster

The base model—without thrusters or the flight system—will likely cost several times that amount to buy. “I’m going to do everything in my power to get the flying one,” says one customer.

Legora is building the agentic operating system for legal work

See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.