Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play & control music (either on its own, or through a connected speaker/receiver), control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms, and more. Right now Amazon is discounting 3 bundles featuring an all new Echo Dot:
The struggle for a solid internet connection is real. Google certainly doesn’t want you to lose any content when you’re offline, so it’s beefing up Chrome’s ability to help you surf faster on a slow connection and save content for later. According to the
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Here’s your best look so far at the Google Pixel. At The Pixel will be the smaller of a pair of phones, with the larger dubbed the Pixel XL. Google is leaving behind the Nexus line and marketing the phones as designed and built entirely by the company, according to this report and
Here are the broad strokes about 802.11ad, the wireless technology that’s just starting to hit the market. No! Next question! May the power of the IEEE smite you down for heresy! Well, now that you’re being civil, I’ll tell you – 802.11ad is, yes, a new wireless standard that uses the 60GHz spectrum instead of the 5GHz and 2.4GHz used by most Wi-Fi connections today. It boasts a theoretical max speed of 7Gbps, vs 3.2Gbps for 802.11ac Wave 2.
Chances are at least one of you reading this has a Razer DeathAdder. It’s been one of the most popular gaming mouses ever since its initial release in 2006, in part because it’s a no-frills option that “just works,” to borrow a phrase from Apple. The DeathAdder is, as I said But for its tenth birthday the DeathAdder's receiving some under-the-hood work, contained in the new DeathAdder Elite. Of note: This is a full-on
Google is rolling versions of popular products like YouTube and Chrome that are specially designed for people who do not have access to high-bandwidth internet. The products are first being introduced in India but are expected to be available in other parts of the world where low-bandwidth connections are prevalent. The company also introduced on Tuesday a set of tools, called Google Station, which aim to help partners set up public Wi-Fi hotspots. Google joined last year
Yahoo has blamed its massive data breach on a “state-sponsored actor.” But the company isn’t saying why it arrived at that conclusion. Nor has it provided any evidence. The lingering questions are causing some security experts to wonder why Yahoo isn’t offering more details on a “I think there’s a lot of fishiness going on here,” said Michael Lipinski, the chief security strategist at Securonix. Yahoo didn’t respond to a request for comment. The company has protocols in place that can detect state-sponsored hacking into user accounts. In a December 2015 blog post, the company outlined its policy, saying it will warn users when this is suspected.
Allo is designed to show off Google Assistant. Here's some of the coolest stuff you can do with it.
The opening guitar chords of Rancid’s “Fall Back Down” start pumping through the stereo as I take a corner at 100-plus miles per hour, tires squealing while my back end crashes through some scrub brush and kicks up red dirt. Fishtail successfully averted, my souped-up ‘69 Charger takes aim at a spot off in the distance, barely a blur against the horizon. I gun the engine, and by the time I fly off the cliff I’m pulling at least 160 miles per hour. There’s a gorgeous view of the Australian Outback as I plunge Icarus-like back towards the ground. Longtime PCWorld readers might already know how much I love the
Stream-ripping, or the conversion of streamed content into downloadable files, has become a major problem for the recorded music industry, which reports a 50 percent increase in such unauthorized ripping in the U.S. from 2013 to 2015. The industry in the U.S. sent a message Monday that it aims to stop the practice with organizations representing key record companies filing a copyright infringement and technology circumvention suit against a website called YouTube-mp3 (YTMP3) and its German operator Philip Matesanz in a federal court for allegedly ripping music from YouTube. The industry rates the website, which is located at the web address
Use your smartphone to open this padlock from Master Lock. Share access, monitor access history and receive alerts if someone is tampering. Designed for outdoor use, its shackle offers 2 inch vertical clearance and is made of boron for maximum resistance to cutting and sawing. The lock features alternate methods of access for when Bluetooth isn't available or the replaceable battery dies. Its typical list price of $89 has been reduced 34% to $59 (