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New Tech from Amazon Promises to Read Human Emotions

Amazon is said to be working on a wrist-worn, voice-activated device that’s supposed to be able to read human emotions. This would be a rather novel health gadget, of the sort we’re more used to seeing in tenuous crowdfunding campaigns instead of from one of the world’s biggest tech companies.   Bloomberg has spoken to a source and reviewed internal Amazon documents, which reportedly show the Alexa voice software team […]

todayMay 30, 2019

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How To Keep Your “Hey Google” History Off The Record

Home assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant are becoming ubiquitous, and as that happens, more and more users are discovering how much of their data is actually being collected by these handy items. The Washington Post’s Geoffrey A. Fowler was so taken aback by the amount of audio material that Amazon collected that he actually made a song out of his clips.   If all this makes you uneasy, […]

todayMay 14, 2019

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Amazon’s Echo Dot for Kids is Not So Worry-Free

Children’s data privacy advocates filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday morning, calling for the federal agency to investigate the “Kids Edition” of Amazon’s Echo Dot smart speaker.  The 96 page complaint was co-authored by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), and co-signed by 17 other digital privacy and children’s rights organizations.   “Amazon markets Echo Dot Kids as […]

todayMay 13, 2019

Food & Drink

What do the World’s Wealthiest People Eat for Breakfast?

People sometimes forget that billionaires are human just like us. Just because they make a substantial amount of money doesn’t change the fact that they need to eat, you know,  just like the rest of us. However, with the world at their fingertips, what do these billionaires choose to eat on a daily basis? Do they go through a drive-thru or hire a personal chef?  Here’s the scoop on what […]

todayApril 4, 2019

Home Improvement

Make Your Home Smarter With These

Smart Home Technology can save you time, energy, and money, and it’s something the entire family can use, and do, together. But the deluge of new products and devices can be a tad overwhelming. If you’d like to make your home smarter, check out these gizmos to get you going. Go Hands-Free with a Voice Assistant If you want to listen to music, dim lights, turn up the temperature or […]

todayMarch 26, 2019

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Amazon Puts Its Electric Auto Eggs in Rivian’s Basket

Last week Amazon.com Inc stated it would lead a $700 million investment in U.S. electric pickup truck startup Rivian Automotive LLC, in the e-commerce giant’s biggest bet on technologies with potential to reshape the automotive sector.   According to reports from Reuters news agency, the deal represents a major endorsement of Rivian’s electric vehicle technology by the world’s largest online retailer. Amazon is hoping Rivian will assist it in its […]

todayFebruary 20, 2019

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Best Tech Deals for President’s Day Shoppers

Presidents’ Day is on Monday, February 18th. Across the Nation, banks will be closed as will some other stores and institutions, so check before you make the trek out if you have the day off. The biggest retailers, like Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, and Target, are all on the clock, though, and some of the best deals of the year are happening Monday or even Tuesday in some cases, but […]

todayFebruary 18, 2019

Tech Made Simple

Somebody’s Watching You

The latest gadgets want even greater access to your lives. Last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES)  in Las Vegas was a showcase for cameras that can livestream the living room, a doorbell that can share videos with Amazon, and a gizmo that tracks the heartbeat of an unborn child. These features can be useful — or at least fun — but they all open the door for companies and people […]

todayJanuary 18, 2019

Food & Drink

Top 5 Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life

Do you have a Foodie friend or family member in your life?  If you do, chances are, they hate being called that.  After all, everyone loves food, right?  Yeah, but their love of food goes above and beyond the average human’s love of food. They live to eat, rather than eat to live. And when you think of that person, you probably think of a specific food, rather than trait, […]

todayDecember 21, 2018

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