Category: Tech

The BBC’s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC

[ad_1] Last year the BBC announced it was working on its own voice assistant, called “Beeb,” designed to help customers take advantage of voice assistant technology regardless of their accent. Existing assistants still have issues understanding accents, and nowhere is this truer than Britain, which has a broad range of accents despite its small geographic […]

Amazon reportedly preps June 22nd sale to counter the pandemic slump

[ad_1] If the report is accurate, this wouldn’t be an all-encompassing sale that covers every category. However, it would be a direct response to the hardships sellers have gone through since the pandemic. In the US, Amazon has prioritized essential products like food, personal care and certain technology during the viral outbreak. While crucial, that […]

Zoom usage peaked at 300 million daily participants in April

[ad_1] As the response to the coronavirus pandemic pushed people out of offices and back into their homes, videoconferencing has taken center stage and one of the biggest beneficiaries of the switch is Zoom. Today the company reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2020 and revealed that compared to the same period last […]

Lawsuit claims Trump’s social media order violates free speech rights

[ad_1] In a statement, CDT chief Alexandra Givens added that Trump’s move was a “direct attack” on free speech. “The government cannot and should not force online intermediaries into moderating speech according to the President’s whims,” she said. Twitter unsurprisingly supports the lawsuit. It pointed Engadget to a statement calling the order a “reactionary and […]

France releases a voluntary contact tracing app

[ad_1] The French government has released a contract tracing app, called StopCovid, to notify people when they’ve been in contact with someone who is later diagnosed with COVID-19, as reported by Bloomberg. Usage of the app is entirely voluntary in France, although the effectiveness of contact tracing depends on how many people are using it. […]

Leak offers an early look at Google’s rumored Android TV dongle

[ad_1] Google’s rumored Android TV dongle just got a bit more tangible. XDA-Developers has obtained what it says are early renders of the media hub, codenamed “Sabrina.” Sure enough, the device (reportedly Nest-branded) is very much in keeping with Google’s modern aesthetic with a smooth, rounded look in a variety of colors. Think of it […]

AT&T exempts HBO Max from mobile data caps

[ad_1] Streaming companies have to pay mobile carriers — such as AT&T — if they don’t want traffic from their services to affect users’ data caps. AT&T owns HBO, though, so the conglomerate would be paying itself if it didn’t want its new HBO Max service to do so. The company has confirmed to The […]

Peloton’s workout app is now on Apple TV

[ad_1] The Peloton app is officially available on Apple TV, giving quarantined gym-goers more options for home exercise as coronavirus concerns linger. While the digital fitness company might be best known for its fitness equipment like bikes and treadmills, its app offers streamable classes for several activities, some of which don’t require equipment. For example, […]

‘Total War Saga: Troy’ will initially be free on the Epic Games Store

[ad_1] The developer went on to say it doesn’t plan to make any of its future games Epic Games Store exclusives but noted it couldn’t have made Troy free without Epic’s help. “Making it available for free, for everyone to keep, during the first 24 hours – wouldn’t have been possible without this deal,” it said.  Total […]