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‘Kill your foster parents’ Alexa urges user in creepy manner
When you are used to getting your work done through voice commands to the very dependable Alexa, it is a shock to hear when it suddenly blabs, “Kill your foster parents.” According to a…
Amazon Alexa suffers Christmas outage in Europe
It seems Amazon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on Amazon Echos were both a blessing and a curse. The smart speakers were obviously a popular gift, so popular in fact that the surge in …
Fitbit OS 3.0 is giving the Ionic and Versa smartwatches new powers
New features are coming to the Fitbit Versa and Fitbit Ionic, including expanded on-device views of your daily stats, female health tracking, and 10 new third-party apps. Fitbit OS 3.0 is officiall…
Sphero is done making licensed Disney bots like BB-8 and R2-D2
Say goodbye to Sphero’s cute BB-8 robot. In fact, say goodbye to all the company’s licensed products, including R2-D2, BB-9E and Cars’ Lighting McQueen. According to The Verge, Sp…
Fitbit’s updated smartwatch OS provides more fitness info at a glance
You clearly buy a Fitbit smartwatch for its fitness tracking, and the company wants to be sure you wring the most out of that tentpole feature. It just released a Fitbit OS 3.0 update for the Ionic…
Apple HomePod deal is $250 cheaper, its all-time low price this year
Update: Surprisingly, today’s Apple HomePod deal has lasted all day at $250, which is $100 cheaper than the normal price in the US. Both the Space Gray and White colors are in stock, though t…
Amazon brings Alexa’s Follow-Up Mode to Fire TV Cube
Last week, Amazon updated Fire TV Cube with the Alexa Announcements feature (which lets you dictate a message that the other Echo devices in your home will broadcast) and notifications from your sm…
Acer Predator Helios 500 review: A beast of a gaming laptop
If you’re looking to buy a new smart speaker this Christmas, why not have Google’s media streaming device thrown in as a freebie? The Google Home Mini is a more-than-worthy rival to the…
Amazon adds location-specific reminders and routines to Alexa
Alexa isn’t just for at home anymore. Thanks to an update from Amazon, Alexa devices can perform time- and location-based routines and reminders, triggered at a given time or when you enter f…