Prepare for a smarter Fire TV experience. Amazon During its annual hardware event, Amazon launched its first Fire TV Soundbar and opened pre-orders for the upgraded Fire TV Stick 4K and TV Stick 4K Max. The company also revealed several improvements for its Fire TV operating system, including greatly improved voice search … [Read more...] about Amazon Bolsters Fire TV with a Soundbar, New 4K Hardware, and More
Archives for September 2023
Amazon Alexa Will Talk More Naturally, Thanks to AI
Alexa is getting an LLM-powered boost in features. Corbin Davenport / Amazon Amazon today announced a few new products and service improvements, from updated Fire TV hardware and software to new Ring smart cameras. The company also discussed improvements coming to the Alexa voice assistant, which will (hopefully) make Alexa easier to … [Read more...] about Amazon Alexa Will Talk More Naturally, Thanks to AI
Shortwave Email is Adding an AI Assistant for Your Inbox
Like ChatGPT, except it can pull info from your emails. Shortwave Over the last couple of decades, our email experience has remained basically the same. Sure, we now have prettier email contents and stuff like that, but there hasn't been anything that has actually radically changed the way we use our email. That is, at least, until AI … [Read more...] about Shortwave Email is Adding an AI Assistant for Your Inbox
How to Configure Your Microphone and Headset in Discord
Discord is great for voice chat while gaming, but bad voice quality can ruin the game. Configure your input device for crystal clear sound. Discord is great for voice chatting, but you might have to change some settings to fix static, background noise, and poor audio quality. Here's how to choose your sound devices and make sure you're … [Read more...] about How to Configure Your Microphone and Headset in Discord
How to Get Lock Screen Widgets on Android
The iPhone has lock screen widgets. You can get them on Android, too. Apple introduced lock screen widgets for the iPhone in iOS 16. Android is known for being the highly customizable OS, but it doesn't have the same features. Well, not officially—but that doesn't have to stop us. Android actually supported lock screen widgets … [Read more...] about How to Get Lock Screen Widgets on Android
The Best MP3 Players of 2023
The humble MP3 player never disappeared. Not only are they still around, but they've grown up and gained impressive new features, including support for Bluetooth headphones and lossless audio formats. Some higher-end models can even work with streaming services like Spotify. UPDATE: 09/11/2023 We've reviewed our recommendations and have … [Read more...] about The Best MP3 Players of 2023
Asus Launches ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090: All a 4090 Can Be, For $3200
When Asus teased its ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card back at Computex, it was clear that the company's ambitions were to develop no less than the world's fastest graphics card. The company meticulously described the card's advanced printed circuit board design, voltage regulating module, and cooling system, but it never revealed two … [Read more...] about Asus Launches ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090: All a 4090 Can Be, For $3200
Asus Quietly Begins to Sell Cheap ROG Ally Console with Non-Extreme CPU
With a plethora of news coming from Intel early this week, it went almost unnoticed that Asus has begun to sell an inexpensive version of its ROG Ally portable game console. Unlike the original one, this unit carries AMD's Ryzen Z1 non-extreme accelerated processing unit that offers tangibly lower performance, which makes the gaming systems … [Read more...] about Asus Quietly Begins to Sell Cheap ROG Ally Console with Non-Extreme CPU
Epos Winds Down Former Sennheiser Gaming Headphone Business
Epos has announced that it will be exiting the gaming headphone business and will instead focus on enterprise communications products. The company's gaming products division, which was formerly part of the legendary Sennheiser, was responsible for shipping a number of notable gaming headsets over the past decade. However, the continuing weakness … [Read more...] about Epos Winds Down Former Sennheiser Gaming Headphone Business
Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 review: The sensible XPS 13 Plus
The Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 is an excellent all-round Windows laptop for business and prosumers. It has the same great design as the XPS 13 Plus but with a few tweaks that address some of the complaints people had about capacitive buttons, invisible trackpads, and more. I've been using Dell's new Latitude 9440 2-in-1 for around a month … [Read more...] about Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 review: The sensible XPS 13 Plus