May 22
Boy Says Teacher Told Him It Will Be His Fault When Police Shoot Him At Age 16
Posted in: Today's ChiliHis story resonated with people of color on Twitter, who shared their own heartbreaking experiences of racism at school.
May 22
One person wondered if the hole was Melania’s escape tunnel.
May 22
The name showed up in Social Security Administration data for the first time in 2017.
May 22
As digital assistants improve, we’re learning new things to expect from them, but the tasks that a real-life assistant may have handled before can still be a bit of a challenge to home assistants.
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is gaining functionality to help it get smarter about working with your calendar. The new abilities will let users move appointments around and schedule meetings based on other people’s availability.
If you’ve been shared on someone’s calendar availability, Alexa will be able to suggest times that work for both of you. Just say, “Alexa schedule a meeting with [name]” and Amazon’s assistant will search through your schedule for a good time, suggesting up to two time slots that could work.
On a more basic feature level, Alexa won’t make you cancel appointments and reschedule them if a meeting time changes. You’ll be able to just ask Alexa to move an existing meeting, something that should have probably been supported from the beginning, but hey, better late than never.
Both of these features are available to U.S. users today.
May 22
The aux cable is getting a 21st century update, with Belkin revealing its newest cord to hook your headphone-jackless iPhone up to your car’s dashboard or just about anything else. Apple’s decision to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack on its more recent iPhone models prompted no shortage of teeth-gnashing, but little more so than in the car. There, the old … Continue reading
May 22
Amazon has rolled out new calendar features to Alexa, its AI personal assistant. Users in the United States now have access to two new features, one that suggests free time in the user’s schedule for new events, another that enables users to move a meeting to a new time or date using voice commands. Amazon calls these features “Move Meeting” … Continue reading
May 22
Researchers with Disney Research have been exploring the possibility of creating robots that can perform acrobatics, the company has revealed. During the 2018 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, the team introduced Stickman, a robot shaped like a “z” that can perform select acrobatic tricks. Joining that is a newly published video showing the robot in action. Thanks to Disney … Continue reading
May 22
Mercedes-AMG has taken the wraps off its latest performance four-door, the 2019 AMG E 53 Sedan, delivering more speed and smarter tech than the outgoing model. Replacing the old AMG E 43 Sedan, the new car packs a 3.0-liter in-line six cylinder turbocharged engine, using Mercedes’ EQ Boost technology, for 429 horsepower. Torque, meanwhile, hits 384 lb-ft. between 1,800 and … Continue reading
May 22
A week before I took delivery of the Ford Fusion Energi (starting at $31,400), the automaker announced it would be ending the US production of all but one of its cars (the Mustang) in the next few years. The Fusion’s days are numbered and no single r…
May 22
At a hearing in the European Parliament today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a barrage of questions ranging from privacy concerns to the rise of fake news. But much of Zuckerberg’s replies were similar to what we’ve heard before, and did not add…
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