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First look: Amazon Echo Auto brings Alexa on your next road trip

9/21/2018, 6:15:56 AM
Alexa, let's hit the road! ✔ Amazon has long been known for putting good things in small packages ✔ What you get, exactly, is a portable Echo that uses a Bluetooth connection to your phone and an eight-microphone array to take requests via Alexa and can spit out songs, directions, your to-do list, a book from Audible and more

Amazon's new Echo lineup targets Google, Apple and Sonos

9/21/2018, 1:16:56 AM
So many Echos. So many. ✔ Another useful feature that I didn't get to try out is local voice control, so you can control your Echo even if the internet is down ✔ The Auto will be available for $50 when it comes to market at a yet-to-be-determined date, but you can get it for $25 via invite right now

Intriguing collection of mainly Italian cars and bikes up for auction

9/21/2018, 6:16:36 AM
Curiosity, coupled with enthusiasm and wine, is chiefly to blame for the Andrew Bremner Collection of predominantly obscure cars and motorcycles, which is coming up for auction next week. ✔ These were joined by two Monet-Goyons from France and a 1950 New Hudson autocycle, produced after the company had been bought by BSA ✔ For tips and advice, visit our Advice section, or sign up to our newsletter here A-Z Car Finder More classic car stories at Telegraph Cars

Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi sign multi-year contract | Drive.com.au

9/21/2018, 1:29:40 AM
Google and automotive alliance sign multi-year contract.

Ferrari 812 Superfast 2018 review

9/21/2018, 1:29:42 AM
Superfast in name and Superfast in nature, for a price CarReview - drive.com.au

Renault reveals EZ-Pro robo vans | Drive.com.au

9/21/2018, 5:04:09 AM
Renault has revealed its vision for the future of autonomous delivery vans with the EZ-Pro concept of robotic delivery vans

Amazon's Alexa knows what you forgot and can guess what you're thinking

9/21/2018, 2:45:41 AM
AI voice assistant will soon give users with connected smart home devices reminders to lock doors and turn off lights ✔ Limp did not say how many Amazon Echo devices it had sold since introducing them in 2014, but he did say that Alexa now has tens of millions of users worldwide ✔ Alexa Hunches will be turned on by default, although anyone creeped out by a disembodied voice recommending that they lock all their doors will be able to turn the feature off with a simple voice command

Amazon’s Alexa is coming for your microwave, wall clock and more

9/21/2018, 1:59:32 AM
Amazon.com unveiled some 70 new devices and capabilities for its Alexa product line at its Seattle headquarters Thursday. Like a rebooted Sharper Image catalogue, Amazon is adding its talking artificial intelligence to a microwave, a wall clock, a wall plug, cars and more. ✔ Amazon’s efforts to simplify complex things with voice commands haven’t always panned out ✔ The Fire TV Cube, a TV streaming box it began selling earlier this year, promised to, in part, replace a complicated remote control with Alexa ✔ But in my tests, Alexa wasn’t totally up to the task ✔ Google is expected to unveil its new offerings at an event on Oct. 9

How Venom's Biggest Stunt Sequence Was Made

9/21/2018, 2:25:55 AM
"There’ll be a four-minute sequence, and we spend months doing it.” ✔ The VFX team then used visual effects to show Venom pulling Eddie back on to the bike, as has been shown in Venom's trailers ✔ I’m gonna take a break and go surfing for a while or something ✔ It’s like, there’ll be a four-minute sequence, and we spend months doing it

Do Google and Alexa ignore small languages?

9/21/2018, 6:37:45 AM
Kazakhstan is battling to be included in translation tech ✔ Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced last year that Kazakh would switch to the Roman alphabet ✔ What's different is the way words are being converted into numbers, explains Vlad ✔ TechRadar's Next Up series is brought to you in association with Honor

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Travel - SERIES 194 {27 articles}

Delta Airlines grounds all US flights as IT systems crash causing travel chaos 9/26/2018, 8:12:00 AM DELTA Airlines was forced to ground all of its flights in the USA due to a “technology issue” yesterday, leaving customers stranded at airports across the country. ✔ Delta Airlines: Passengers left stranded by the crash took to social media to share frustration (Image: Getty Images) The request to ground the flights was originally made by the airline to the Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates civilian air travel Travelodge has a sale on – with rooms for under £30 9/26/2018, 9:43:55 AM TRAVELODGE is having a sale with rooms at rock-bottom prices. The brand’s autumn sale has room prices for as low as £30 per room or less. There are 180,000 rooms in the promotion on dates between O… ✔ 2 Rooms are available in cities such as Manchester, Leeds, Brighton, Edinburgh and Glasgow Earlier this year the brand launched budget chic Travelodge Plus rooms with king-s...

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Datong welcomes autumn scenery - Travel 9/26/2018, 2:41:10 AM undefined ✔ [Photo by Qingfengyingke and Li Yi/For chinadaily.com.cn] With autumn underway, Datong in North China's Shanxi province has welcomed its most beautiful season, in which a palette of colors can be seen everywhere ✔ The forests, canyons and plantations are all painted in varied colors, presenting picturesque scenes to visitors Countryside, culture popular with tourists - Travel 9/26/2018, 3:33:15 AM undefined ✔ A woman is a winner on Sunday in a paddy where people caught fish barehanded in Wuyi county, Zhejiang province, for the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival ✔ Celebratory events were also held overseas, the report said ✔ Holiday safety was emphasized, with Beijing carrying out checks on 1,934 travel service outlets and 213 tour guide providers Austria in major push to attract visitors from China - Travel 9/26/2018, 7:42:45 AM undefined ✔ And The story of the musical play and film Th...

Apple Inc - SERIES 242 {32 articles}

Apple shares drop on iPhone suppliers' warnings 11/12/2018, 6:19:35 PM Apple Inc shares fell to their lowest in more than three months on Monday as thr... ✔ Shares in Lumentum fell nearly 30 percent, dragging down shares of other suppliers and chipmakers ✔ JP Morgan analysts weighed in by cutting their price target for Apple by $4 to $270 pointing to poor orders for the new iPhone XR ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles Apple Shares Drop On iPhone Suppliers' Warnings 11/12/2018, 7:40:34 PM Apple Inc. shares drop as suppliers issue warnings on results that pointed to weakness in iPhone sales. ✔ Shares in Lumentum fell nearly 30 percent, dragging down shares of other suppliers and chipmakers ✔ JP Morgan analysts weighed in by cutting their price target for Apple by $4 to $270 pointing to poor orders for the new iPhone XR ✔ Reuters Reporting by Vibhuti Sharma and Shanti S Nair in Bengaluru Apple admits touchscreens are failing on its year old $1...

Disasters - SERIES 105 {18 articles}

Hurricane Florence map: Will storm re-strengthen into hurricane? Will East Coast be hit? 9/8/2018, 3:36:12 PM PEOPLE in US state North Carolina are being warned to prepare for Tropical Storm Florence’s destruction. But will the storm re-strengthen into a hurricane and will Florence hit the US East Coast next week? ✔ Florence was declared this season’s first major hurricane on Wednesday, after it quickly developed into Category 3 strength ✔ Swells created by Florence are currently affecting Bermuda ✔ Since 1851, at least 67 named storms have passed within 200 nautical miles of where Florence is located ✔ However, none of these storms have ever hit the US Tropical Storm Helene FORMS as it is poised to hit Caribbean next WEEK before moving to US 9/8/2018, 2:22:32 PM TROPICAL Storm Helene has formed in the eastern Atlantic and another huge storm may follow suit, threatening some of the islands of the Caribbean next week. ✔ Tropical Depression Eight strengthened to Tropical Sto...

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Rio de Janeiro landslide kills 14 - World 11/12/2018, 7:07:34 AM At least 14 people have died in Brazil after a landslide struck their homes in the southeastern city of Niteroi in Rio de Janeiro state, officials said Sunday. Southern California wildfire slows; 177 homes destroyed 11/12/2018, 5:32:49 AM MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Relief and heartache await those starting to return home to a Southern California wildlife zone. Eager to know the status of his house, 69-year-old Roger Kelly defied evacuation orders Sunday and hiked back into Seminole Springs, his lakeside mobile home community in the Santa Monica Mountains north of Malibu. His got the thrill of finding his house intact. But some a half-block away were laid to waste, as were dozens more, and virtually everything on the landscape around the community had been turned to ash. California latest: Hundreds MISSING as death toll rises from DEADLIEST wildfire on record 11/12/2018, 4:20:44 AM HUNDREDS of people are stil...

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