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Amazon's Echo Auto puts Alexa in any car

9/20/2018, 7:05:45 PM
The device gives you voice control in vehicles where it isn't built-in. ✔ The lights can come on at home when you're about to pull into the driveway, as an example ✔ It'll normally sell for $50, but you can request an invitation to try the pre-release hardware for $25 later in 2018 ✔ Follow all the latest news from Amazon's Alexa event here!

Amazon Fire TV Recast lets you send live TV recordings to your device

9/20/2018, 6:36:18 PM
It’s a box that can beam shows from an antenna to your home through FireTV ✔ Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon announced a new Fire TV Recast today ✔ A feature in the app will help you determine where to put your antenna for the strongest signal ✔ Recast can also send live TV to your Echo Show as recordings ✔ Preorders are available today, and the box will ship before the holidays

Amazon's big product reveal kicks off

9/20/2018, 5:02:11 PM
CNBC's Todd Haselton is live at Amazon's product event in Seattle. The company is expected to announce new Alexa-enabled hardware, including audio gear, and perhaps an in-car device and microwave oven. ✔ In particular, the sub-woofer is very likely to be announced, as publication Pocket Lint spotted a product listing that Amazon apparently posted by accident on Wednesday ✔ The company is letting reporters in around noon, but the event itself doesn't kick off until 1pm ET

The 14 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise hardware event

9/20/2018, 7:16:47 PM
Amazon just announced a ton of new gadgets ✔ Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Today Amazon held a hardware event that was loaded with new product announcements ✔ AmazonBasics Microwave Amazon’s own AmazonBasics brand is putting out a new microwave that takes advantage of the new Alexa Connect Kit, which will also be made available to third-party device makers

Amazon's Echo devices get redesign on the way to world domination

9/20/2018, 7:22:03 PM
An Alexa-powered microwave and wall clock were just the tip of the Alexa iceberg today. ✔ But they work, are inexpensive and can take a beating ✔ In comparison, Apple designs its sports-car-like devices as artwork -- with a price to match ✔ But the Lenovo Smart Display offers a more elegant shape, complete with a bamboo finish to liken a cutting board ✔ Amazon's big reveal: Everything Amazon announced today

Amazon's New Microwave Automatically Orders Popcorn When You're Getting Low

9/20/2018, 7:27:34 PM
"Alexa, soften this butter please." ✔ If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale ✔ The microwave was just one of several new devices introduced by Amazon, and the only one sitting outside the Echo family ✔ Amazon also announced a new Echo Subwoofer to add rich bass to your Echo music experience

Amazon's smart plugs put Alexa in every power socket

9/20/2018, 5:49:25 PM
With Amazon's Smart Plugs, simply tell your lights to turn off and they will. ✔ At its press conference in Seattle on Thursday, Amazon unveiled its latest connected home product, Smart Plugs ✔ The Smart Plugs are available for pre-order today and cost $24.99; Amazon says it'll ship next month ✔ Follow all the latest news from Amazon's Alexa event here!

Women, including feminists, are attracted to 'benevolently sexist' men

9/20/2018, 5:08:39 PM
Post-doctoral research fellow at Iowa State University Pelin Gul and Tom Kupfer, a Marie Curie research fellow at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam investigate what 'benevolent sexism' is. ✔ Benevolent sexism is not the stereotypical, hostile sexism often seen in society ✔ Psychologists, who originally coined the term, claim this behaviour continues to reinforce beliefs that one gender is intrinsically superior to the other ✔ Evolution, therefore, shaped female psychology to attend to – and prefer – mates whose characteristics and behaviours reveal the willingness to invest

GoPro Hero 2018 review: 7 smoother than previous editions and major upgrade

9/20/2018, 7:19:21 PM
GoPro's Hero 7 footage is way steadier than previous editions and a must for anyone serious about video making. ✔ Who hasn't marveled at watching amazing video footage from a drone soaring through the skies, without hitting any bumps ✔ We got our hands on an early review copy, and brought the Hero7 Black on a roller blading and cycling expedition ✔ About the Hero 7 Black: Pro: Great image stabilization, simple menu, sharper images than before

S&P 500 gets new look as it shuffles some key companies

9/20/2018, 7:20:16 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — It's almost moving day on the stock market. The line-ups of three of the 11 groups that make up the benchmark S&P 500 index are being shuffled as ✔ NEW YORK (AP) It's almost moving day on the stock market ✔ Stovall said the technology, consumer discretionary and communications sectors will be more pure plays after the move, meaning they will each be a bit more straightforward and focused on specific industries

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