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The 2026 BMW iX3 voice assistant will be powered by Alexa+ (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-05 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Amazon Alexa → | tags: alexa, amazon, assistant

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Amazon lets some users chat with Alexa+ on the web in bid to take on ChatGPT (cnbc.com)

2026-01-05 | by Annie Palmer | get Echo → | tags: access, alexa, alexa com

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Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ for the web so you can use its assistant without a dedicated device (engadget.com)

2026-01-05 | get Echo Dot → | tags: access, alexa, amazon

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Why does a least squares fit appear to have a bias when applied to simple data? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get Machine Learning Algorithm → | tags: basic, basic linear, direction

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Tally – A tool to help agents classify your bank transactions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get Tally → | tags: assistants, assistants know, bank

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Tips from pharmacists to lower your out-of-pocket drug costs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-02 | tags: affording, affording drugs, americans

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Porsche recalls over 173,000 vehicles over rearview camera image (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-31 | get Inertial Measurement Unit → | tags: administration, administration said, assistance

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Probing pollutants: how I use penguin faeces to measure contaminants in Antarctica (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-29 | by Pells | get Penguin Faeces → | tags: adeliae, adeliae horseshoe, animals

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All my Deutschlandtickets gone: Fraud at an industrial scale [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-28 | get Ticketing system → | tags: debit, deutschlandticket, fraud

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10 Samsung Good Lock settings I always change, and you should too (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-26 | get Smartphone lock → | tags: android, assistant, good

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Waymo is testing Gemini as an in-car AI assistant in its robotaxis (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-24 | by Rebecca Bellan | get Autonomous driving system → | tags: assistant, driving, gemini

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Confessions to a Data Lake (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-23 | by Moxie Marlinspike | get Data Warehouse → | tags: assistant, interface, medium

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Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ now works with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-23 | by Sarah Perez | get Amazon Echo → | tags: alexa, amazon, apps

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How AI broke the smart home in 2025 (theverge.com)

2025-12-23 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Smart Home → | tags: alexa, assistant, assistants

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Birdfy’s Hum Bloom captures 120fps slow motion footage of hummingbirds (theverge.com)

2025-12-22 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Birdfy's Hum Bloom → | tags: birdfy, camera, feeder

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Search pioneer AltaVista’s star shone bright with a clean and minimal UI 30 years ago — engine lost momentum after multiple ownership changes and the embrace of the web portal trend (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Mark Tyson | get Search engine → | tags: altavista, google, hardware

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Google Assistant will stick around a bit longer than expected for some Android users (engadget.com)

2025-12-20 | get Google Home → | tags: android, announced, assistant

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How I turned Android 16’s Quick Settings into my smart home control center (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-20 | get Smart Home Control Center → | tags: android, assistant, desk

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You can buy your Xbox Ally an official pair of anti-drift joysticks (theverge.com)

2025-12-20 | by Sean Hollister | get Xbox Joystick → | tags: ally, drift, resistant

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Google’s no longer going to force everyone off Assistant by the end of the year (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-19 | get Google Assistant → | tags: assistant, devices, gemini

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Gemini isn’t replacing Google Assistant on Android just yet (theverge.com)

2025-12-19 | by Emma Roth | get Google Assistant → | tags: android, assistant, assistant gemini

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Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release, report says (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-19 | by Ivan Mehta | get AI Model → | tags: assistant, meta, model

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12+ useful Alexa commands that will save every user time at home (no subscriptions required) (zdnet.com)

2025-12-19 | by Maria Diaz | get Smart Speaker → | tags: alexa, assistant, devices

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Gemini Didn’t Make My Old-Ass Smart Speaker Feel Any Less Dumb (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-17 | get Smart Speaker → | tags: assistant, compared, compared old

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Google tests an email-based productivity assistant (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-16 | by Ivan Mehta | get Google Assistant → | tags: assistants, brief, calendar

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Browser Extension Harvests 8M Users' AI Chatbot Data (darkreading.com)

2025-12-16 | get AI Chatbot → | tags: ai assistants, assistants, chatgpt

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A proof of concept of a semistable C++ vector container (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-16 | get MemoryPool → | tags: elements, iterator, iterators

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Gemini for Home is missing something Google Assistant users took for granted (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-16 | get Google Home Mini → | tags: assistant, continued, conversation

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Dev hacks Xiaomi's Smart Humidifier to free it from the cloud, now works with Home Assistant locally — custom firmware allows the product to evade planned obsolescence (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Hassam Nasir | get Smart Humidifier → | tags: assistant, esphome, hardware

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Best Home Ellipticals in December 2025: Meet Your Health Goals With These Full-Body Workout Machines (cnet.com)

2025-12-12 | by See Full Bio | get Elliptical Trainer → | tags: elliptical, fitness, machine