Amazon announces a new line of Alexa-enabled wearables equipped with mics and speakers, including the $180 Echo Frames eye glasses and $130 Echo Loop ring
Amazon is rolling out a new line of wearables that work with Alexa today including the Echo Frames eyeglasses and the Echo Loop smart ring.
Amazon unveils Echo Buds, $129.99 Alexa-enabled wireless earbuds that track steps, with claimed battery life of five hours and 20 hours with the charging case
say the “Alexa” wake word, and you'll be able to ask any questions, just like a regular Echo. The big difference here, of course, is that they'll work outside of your house.” #VoiceFirst @verge https:...
Amazon announces high-end Echo Studio, available for pre-order today for $200, with five speaker drivers and 3D audio support
and lends Samuel L. Jackson's voice to Alexa Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Amazon announces high-end Echo Studio smart speaker Nicole Lee / Engadget : Echo Studio hands-on: Amazon's biggest speaker sounds...
Rohit Prasad, VP and head scientist for Alexa, explains Alexa's new “Why did you do that?” feature which gives users the reason for why it took a certain action
In an interview with OneZero, Amazon's chief Alexa scientist explains the voice assistant's complicated new feature
Microsoft and Google announce Google Assistant support in English for the Xbox One in beta, with the ability to launch games, take screenshots, and more
Expanding Xbox Voice Capabilities with Google Assistant — This Week's Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale Plus Publisher Sale
Report: Number of countries using political disinformation campaigns more than doubled to 70 since 2017; Facebook remains #1 social network for disinformation
In Vietnam, citizens were enlisted to post pro-government messages on their personal Facebook pages.
Oculus Quest will be updated in Nov. to be able to wire up directly to PCs, like the Rift, and in 2020 will get support for hand tracking, no controllers needed
Just before the annual VR/AR conference Oculus Connect 6, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a teaser video hinting …
Amazon unveils the $25 Echo Flex, an Echo smart plug with modular accessories that cost $15, like a motion sensor and night light, available for pre-order today
Echo Buds, Echo Frames, Echo Studio, and more Katie Conner / CNET : Amazon Echo Studio vs. Show 8 vs. Flex vs. Dot with Clock: Your questions answered CNBC : Amazon just released a bunch of new produc...
Amazon announces updates to Alexa: a new multilingual mode, celebrity voices for $0.99 each, starting with Samuel L. Jackson, frustration detection, and more
er, do you speak it? Max Read / @max_read : the predicted future: deepfake audio will be used to destroy public trust and empower authoritarians the actual future: deepfake audio will be used to make ...
Amazon Echo Buds first impressions: comfortable, sound good, and are great at noise reduction, but their case is significantly larger than AirPods'
The Verge :
Amazon debuts new privacy settings for Alexa, including the ability to easily delete specific recordings and automatically delete them after three or 18 months
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on cracking social in VR, updates to the Quest headset, and how the future of Oculus' AR ambitions are grounded in its VR efforts
for better and worse Sean Endicott / Windows Central : Every Oculus Quest game announced at Oculus Connect 6 Yessi Bello Perez / The Next Web : Facebook needs to delay Libra's launch — if it really wa...
Dropbox starts rolling out Dropbox Spaces, shared team workspaces that connect things like files, tasks, and meetings, and other new features in its desktop app
Dropbox held its Work in Progress user conference on Wednesday where the company announced a host of new product experiences and features.
Facebook unveils Horizon, a VR massive multiplayer world coming in 2020, and will shut down existing VR platforms Facebook Spaces and Oculus Rooms on Oct. 25
it's almost compelling, if you let yourself forget it's run by Facebook https://twitter.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Facebook is building the Ready Player One Oasis as users tire of compari...
Source: DOJ intends to investigate Facebook after prodding from AG William Barr; DOJ's case will focus on conduct that's separate from what the FTC is examining
- Facebook now target of two federal cases simultaneously — FTC already has separate Facebook investigation underway
OnePlus 7T unveiled with a 6.55" 90Hz display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, in-screen fingerprint sensor, and a new super macro photo mode, available Oct. 18 for $599
Honestly, it's a better phone than the OnePlus 7 Pro — Video by Vjeran Pavic and Becca Farsace
Amazon launches the “Certified for Humans” program for simple-to-use devices that are able to be set up and controlled within the Alexa app
Andrew Gebhart / CNET :
GM says it will add Alexa to the infotainment systems on its Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles from 2018 onwards, rolling out in first half of 2020
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Microsoft challenges a secrecy order preventing it from telling an enterprise customer that the US government issued a warrant for data belonging to it
- Company says it's challenging ‘secrecy order’ on data demand — Enterprise customer targeted in warrant isn't identified
YouTube says it will remove content that violates its guidelines regardless of who said it, including politicians, but will make exceptions depending on context
Context of videos is important, CEO says — YouTube will remove content from politicians using its platform if their content violates …
Attackers are mass-exploiting a vBulletin 5 vulnerability, now patched, allowing remote code execution, after an exploit was anonymously published Monday
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Google unveils app distribution support, extensions, and expanded Google Analytics integration for Firebase, its mobile development suite for developers
If you're an Android app developer, then you've probably looked into or are already using Firebase, Google's mobile development suite.
FTC sues Match Group, alleging Match.com connected daters with accounts known to be fake to get them to subscribe, leading to 499,691 new subscriptions
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
SoftBank-backed real estate tech startup Compass loses its COO, after departures of CFO, CTO, CMO, HR head, general counsel, and head of product over 18 months
Startup fueled by $1.5 billion from Japanese tech fund faces scrutiny following wave of executive departures
Mercury, which offers banking services to startups, raises 20M Series A led by CRV, source says at a valuation of $100M
Online-only banks have become a viable option for many people who would have traditionally used a brick-and-mortar bank but are now looking for more flexible …
Peloton prices its IPO at $29/share, at the top of the range, raising $1.16B at ~$8.1B valuation; Peloton was reportedly valued at ~$4.15B in its latest round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Interactive Inc PTON.O, the U.S. fitness startup known for on-demand workout programs on its exercise bikes …
Google refuses to pay publishers in France, first to apply EU's copyright law, will only show headlines and thumbnails, unless publisher asks to add previews
Laura Kayali / Politico :
San Francisco grants permits to Lime, JUMP, Scoot, and Spin to deploy up to 2,500 electric scooters each, starting from October 15
Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez / The San Francisco Examiner :
Hyderabad-based Darwinbox, which operates a cloud-based HR management platform, raises $15M Series B led by Sequoia India to expand in Southeast Asia
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Indonesian ride-hailing service Gojek, valued at $10B in its last fundraising round in July, launches GoPlay, a mobile-only streaming platform for ~$6 per month
GoPlay costs upwards of $6 per month and is initially in Indonesia only https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/... Fanny Potkin / @f_potkin : Gojek launched a video streaming service featurin...
Indianapolis-based SaaS management startup Zylo raises $22.5M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, says it now manages over $10B in corporate SaaS spending
One of the attractive aspects of software that's sold on a service model (rather than, say, a one-time purchase of a cardboard box) …
eBay announces CEO Devin Wenig is leaving the company and appoints CFO Scott Schenkel as interim CEO
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
A look at Deep Learning Indaba, an AI conference founded in 2017 that brings together researchers from across Africa, who often can't attend Western conferences
for better or worse. http://read.medium.com/8hGkBha Morgan Jerkins / @morganjerkins : My colleague @davegershgorn reports on the growing A.I industry on the African continent, the polarizing views of ...
Amazon unveils Sidewalk, a low-bandwidth, long-range wireless protocol, tested at 700 access points in LA, and says its first Sidewalk product will be a dog tag
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Cloudflare launches Warp VPN for iOS and Android for optimizing and securing traffic, with a faster tier for $5/mo., after its bug-ridden limited debut in April
Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog :
Google says Android 10 (Go edition), aimed at low-end devices with less than 1.5GB RAM, will launch this fall with speed and security improvements
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Teampay, which helps companies manage employee expenses, raises $12M Series A led by Tribe Capital, bringing its total raised to $16M
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch :
Netdata, makers of an open-source computer hardware monitoring tool, raises $17M Series A led by Bain Capital, bringing total raised to $20.5M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch : Tweets: @panosjee , @ron_miller , and @chuhnk Tweets: Panos Papadopoulos / @panosjee : Super excited to finally announced our biggest investment to date. ✅ Great founder @C...
Eko raises $20M Series B for its AI powered in-clinic and at-home cardiac monitoring platform which includes devices that combine digital stethoscope and ECG
Jasmine Pennic / hitconsultant.net :
Beijing-based Deepexi, which uses large data sets and AI to provide supply chain, manufacturing, and marketing services, announces $35M Series A
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia :
Divvy, which buys and rents homes while setting aside ~25% of monthly payments toward the renter's future down payment for the house, raises $43M Series B
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
AI-powered law for startups
Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.