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Hands-on with Alexa Plus in the smart home
- Amazon introduced the Echo Show 21, showcasing Alexa Plus with a revamped user interface for smart homes.
- Alexa Plus offers a more conversational, context-aware assistant, featuring eight new voices and enhanced capabilities.
- New generative AI-powered features allow Alexa to understand natural language commands, making smart home control easier.
- Alexa Plus can handle multiple commands at once, create personalized routines, and connect with various smart home devices seamlessly.
- The updated Echo Show UI provides a cleaner, more customizable interface with larger widgets and efficient navigation.
- Users can now send images, documents, and notes to their Alexa email address for easy calendar and reminder integration.
- Smart home controls on the Echo Show mimic the Echo Hub interface, offering enhanced touch control over devices.
- New features include Ring camera integration, advanced cooking controls, and improved compatibility with smart kitchen appliances.
- Alexa Plus subscription costs $19.99 per month and is included in Prime membership, with early access available in March in the US.
- It will be compatible with various Echo devices, Fire TVs, Fire tablets, Echo Buds, and Echo Frames, providing a comprehensive smart home experience.
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Amazon unveils Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip.
- The new chip can reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90%.
- Unlike conventional computers, quantum computers use qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously.
- AWS believes Ocelot is an important step towards quantum computers capable of solving complex problems beyond the reach of typical computers.
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Meet Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' fiancée who's a helicopter pilot and former news anchor
- Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is a former news anchor and helicopter pilot.
- She is also an entrepreneur and vice-chair of the Bezos Earth Fund.
- Sánchez began her career in journalism and worked as a news anchor for various channels.
- She is a licensed plane and helicopter pilot, with a keen interest in aviation since childhood.
- Sánchez founded her own aerial filming company, Black Ops Aviation, in 2016.
- She has also appeared as a news anchor in movies like 'Fight Club' and 'The Day After Tomorrow.'
- Sánchez was previously married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell for 13 years.
- She got engaged to Jeff Bezos in 2023 after the couple's public relationship began in 2019.
- Sánchez is set to lead an all-woman crew on a Blue Origin spaceflight in 2025.
- She has authored a children's book and serves as the vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund.
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Throne & Liberty video discusses Wilds of Talandre’s boss fight access, character progression, and combat
- Throne & Liberty's video discusses the upcoming Wilds of Talandre update.
- The update introduces three portal options for instanced boss fights: peace, faction, and guild.
- Changes to progression include gear token consolidation and the ability to slot two pieces of gear together.
- Combat updates include improvements to character speed, melee attacks, targeting, and zoom.
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DeWalt's 'Must-Have' 20V Max LED Spotlight That Shoppers Say Shines 'Nice and Bright' Is Nearly 50% Off Right Now
- The DeWalt 20V MAX Jobsite LED Spotlight is currently on sale for $68 on Amazon, a 48% discount from its regular price of $130.
- It has received positive feedback, with 180 five-star ratings out of 200 reviews.
- The spotlight is lightweight, has a powerful 1,000-lumen bulb, and comes with a metal hook for versatile placement.
- With nearly 500 units sold in the past month, it is expected to be in high demand.
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One of Gerber Gear's Most Popular Utility Knives That's 'Rugged, Strong, and Durable' Is Just $14 Right Now
- The Gerber EAB Lite Utility Pocket Knife is available on Amazon for just $14, a 22% discount from its regular price of $18.
- With over 12,000 five-star ratings, this small folding utility knife is praised by customers for being rugged, strong, and durable.
- The knife features disposable blades, making it ideal for box cutting and other heavy-duty tasks.
- Measuring just 5.1 inches overall and weighing 2.2 ounces, the Gerber EAB Lite is highly portable and boasts a well-made design.
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Amazon Debuts Chip It Aims to Scale Into Quantum Computer
- Amazon introduces its first quantum computing chip, known as 'Ocelot'.
- The chip is a significant step towards developing efficient means of scaling up to practical, fault-tolerant quantum computers.
- Quantum chips built according to the Ocelot architecture could be cost-effective, potentially reducing the number of resources required for error correction.
- Amazon's quantum chip design includes built-in error correction, addressing one of the biggest challenges in quantum computing.
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Amazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ Chip
- Amazon Web Services has introduced a new quantum computing chip named Ocelot, which is developed to reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by 90 percent compared to current approaches.
- The Ocelot chip is a breakthrough in the pursuit of building fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of solving complex problems beyond traditional computers' capabilities.
- The Ocelot chip incorporates 'cat qubit' technology and additional quantum error correction components onto a microchip manufactured using processes borrowed from the microelectronics industry.
- AWS researchers believe that quantum chips built based on the Ocelot architecture could cost as little as one-fifth of current approaches, accelerating the timeline to a practical quantum computer by up to five years.
- One major challenge in quantum computing is the sensitivity to external factors like noise, vibrations, and electromagnetic interference, all of which can cause errors in quantum computations.
- To address quantum error correction challenges, Ocelot was designed with error correction 'built in' from the ground up, requiring fewer resources compared to standard quantum error correcting approaches.
- Ocelot is still a prototype, and AWS plans to continue investing in quantum research and refining its approach to advance quantum computing technology.
- Microsoft also introduced a quantum chip called Majorana 1 with a Topological Core architecture, aiming to produce more reliable and scalable qubits for quantum computers.
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Social shopping apps like LTK and Flip want to be more than just places to buy stuff
- Social shopping apps like LTK and Flip are expanding beyond shopping to incorporate more social and entertainment features.
- LTK is transitioning from being just a shopping app to a lifestyle app, encouraging everyday content from users in addition to shopping.
- The platform aims to blend entertainment and shopping by introducing new social features like personalized feeds and connections with friends.
- Similarly, Flip has diversified its content beyond product-focused videos to include a variety of entertainment clips, following the trend of merging entertainment and commerce.
- The rise of TikTok's e-commerce platform has influenced social-shopping apps to focus on integrating entertainment elements to enhance user engagement.
- Social-commerce buyers in the US are projected to reach 100 million by 2024, with sales exceeding $100 billion in 2026, indicating a lucrative market for such platforms.
- TikTok's success in combining entertainment with shopping has prompted other social platforms to prioritize content creation as a means to drive social commerce growth.
- Building a strong community and offering diverse content experiences are identified as essential strategies for social-shopping apps to attract and retain users.
- Partnering with established platforms like TikTok can provide distribution opportunities, but startups in the social-shopping sector face risks associated with external dependencies on larger tech companies.
- Enhancing the social aspect of shopping experiences and fostering user connections are crucial for the long-term success of social-shopping apps, as stated by industry experts.
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Amazon says its new quantum computing chip will make error correction more efficient
- Amazon launches new quantum computing chip named Ocelot.
- The chip is designed to make quantum error correction more efficient.
- Ocelot chip can reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90% compared to current approaches.
- Instead of adding more qubits, error correction is built into the chip using 'cat qubits' that suppress certain kinds of errors.
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Amazon Unveils Alexa Plus: Its Next Generation Voice Assistant
- Amazon has officially launched Alexa Plus, a cutting-edge voice assistant powered by generative AI.
- Among Alexa Plus's standout features are autonomous task performance and proactive pricing monitoring.
- The service is priced at $19.99 per month, with complimentary access for Amazon Prime members.
- Alexa Plus offers comprehensive smart home capabilities and features for younger users, and a new AI Multi-Agent SDK for brand integration.
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Amazon debuts Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip.
- Ocelot was developed in partnership with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and aims to reduce costs associated with error-correction by up to 90%.
- Ocelot brings Amazon into line with its cloud rivals Microsoft and Google, who have also announced their own quantum computing chips in recent months.
- Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize various fields, including drug discovery, cryptography and security, and AI.
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Amazon’s Generative AI Alexa+ Is Free For All Prime Members
- Amazon has introduced Alexa+, its next-generation assistant powered by generative AI.
- Alexa+ is more conversational, smarter, and personalized, capable of managing tasks and conversing about various topics.
- Alexa+ can help with 50+ tasks, answer questions, provide real-time news summaries, and remember important details.
- Alexa+ will be free for all Prime members and available for non-Prime members at $19.99 per month.
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From Cautious Consumers to Tariff Jitters: Walmart and Amazon Face Q1 Headwinds
- Both Amazon and Walmart expressed caution in their Q1 outlooks due to concerns about inflation and slowing consumer spending.
- Factors such as tariffs and the shift in consumer focus toward essentials are contributing to softer demand for discretionary items.
- Uncertainty regarding policies, such as tariffs, and changing regulations makes forecasting difficult for retailers.
- Walmart reported a surge in eCommerce sales, with store-fulfilled pickup and delivery services driving much of the growth.
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'Reacher' Season 3 Flashback Episode Changed One Thing — And Avoided a Horrible Trope
- In 'Reacher' Season 3, a big portion of the story is all about Reacher seeking vengeance against a guy named Quinn for something that happened while Reacher was still in the active military.
- In the flashback episode 'Dominique' of 'Reacher' Season 3, a major change was made to the original book, Persuader, by altering the romantic relationship between Reacher and Kohl.
- By making Reacher and Kohl's relationship platonic and friendly, rather than romantic, the show avoided a tired cliché of a romantic partner being brutally killed.
- This change in Reacher Season 3 makes the flashback episode clearer and eliminates the old action trope of a killed romantic interest.
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