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While there are new voice assistants cropping up all the time and plenty of also-ran options from companies such as Samsung and Microsoft, it’s clear that there are just a handful of dominant forces in the field. Chief among them areAmazon’s Alexa and the Google Assistant. According to a recent study conducted byKantar Worldpanel, while there may bemore Alexa smart speakers sold, Google Home buyers are actually more satisfied with their voice assistant....

Headphonesare probably one of the best things to have during a hectic commute or when you simply want to focus on what you’re doing without any form of distraction getting in the way. As soon as you plop a pair on and tune into your favorite jam, all the hubbub will soon fade into the background. And you’ll easily able to keep it that way if you go forwireless pairsthat free you from the restrictions of tangled cables....

AMD has continued topress its advantageover Intel the past few years, but the gap between the two CPU giants is only now coming into focus. PassMark — an Australian software company that specializes in PC benchmarking and stress-testing tools — maintainsa list of the best CPUsbased on the average score the processor receives in PassMark’s PerformanceTest benchmark. And Intel, which has long claimed the performance crown across verticals, doesn’t even show up in the top 20....

It’s almost February, which, for most people, means pink and red hearts for Valentine’s Day. But there’s more to February than that — February is Black History Month. To commemorate the occasion, Apple released a brand new Black Unity band for theApple Watch. In 2021, the Black Unity band was in the Sport Band style, while 2022’s version was the Braided Solo Loop. For 2023, Apple went with the Sport Loop style....

Apple will have to allow third-party developers the ability to link outside the App Store pretty soon. After appealing the ruling in theEpiccase that said it had to allow for third-party links and buttons in App Store apps and requesting a denial, the company was met with a refusal by a federal court in Oakland. By its telling, Apple’s motion for a stay was based on a need to protect its customers and developers by building new policies to accommodate the new state of play and remove the prohibition on anti-steering it had enshrined....

Boutique worker fired “on the spot” for not interacting with customers A boutique employee went viral on TikTok after sharing how she got fired for not interacting with customers enough. Former boutique worker Natalie (natalieulwelling)took to TikTokto reveal that she got fired from her retail job after a month for “a reason that didn’t even make sense.” Natalie said she arrived at the boutique after being called in for a meeting, during which her managers informed her she wasn’t engaging with the customers enough....

Summary Deathstroke’sdaughter, Rose “Ravager” Wilson, has officially returned to the DC Universe with a redesign so badass it practically begs to be recreated in cosplay. This redesign is unique, reimagining Ravager as the ultimate shieldmaiden with a Viking-inspired look that rivals her father’s. As the duo gears up to star in the sequel to Tom Taylor’s award-nominatedElseworldsseriesDark Knights of Steel, their striking new appearances set the stage for an epic continuation of the story....

Diablo 4 community convinced Blizzard “doesn’t care” about Eternal Realm players Diablo 4’s Eternal Realm players are up in arms, claiming that Blizzard doesn’t care about them as Season 5 threatens to wipe their loot pool. Diablo 4 offers two primary gameplay experiences: the Seasonal Realm and the Eternal Realm. In the Seasonal Realm, players start over every season. Meanwhile, Eternal Realm characters don’t reset and are perfect for players who don’t have the time to commit to a new season....

Summary Period balls, a laser pistol-toting gunman, and romance await Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday in their visit to Regency-era England inDoctor Whoseason 14’s episode 6 trailer. The newest TARDIS team came together in 2023’s seasonal special “The Church on Ruby Road” with goblins, secret origins, and the Doctor’s grappling with his complex past. Spanning eight episodes, the Doctor and Ruby’sadventures so far inDoctor Whoseason 14have taken them to distant space stations, 1960s London, alien battlegrounds, alternate timelines, and a technologically advanced world hiding a horrific truth....

With the launch of theShadow of the ErdtreeDLC inElden Ring, there are many new items including theBlade of Mercy Talisman. Players who find themselves traversing the new areas will come across a total ofthree new talismansthat can be used to enhance their build further. This can be a nice boost to complete the rest of the DLC and help you succeed even more. Talismans inElden Ringare available in every region of the map....

The summer of gaming continued with Ubisoft’s dedicated showcase on Monday.Ubisoft Forwardbroke down the publisher’s upcoming slate across an 80-minute main show and a 15-minute light preshow. There weren’t any surprises, but we got extended looks at some previously announced games. There were gameplay and story reveals forAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora,The Crew Motorfest, andAssassin’s Creed Mirage, which had all been teased already.Prince of Persia: The Lost CrownandStar Wars:Outlawswere both announced just days earlier and also got some longer deep dives during the showcase....

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Picture a pocketable camera with a large APS-C sensor and fixed, 18.5mm (28mm full-frame equivalent) f/2.8 lens. This formula has been used by several manufacturers over the last few years, from theRicoh GR, to theNikon Coolpix A, to the Fujifilm X70. Yet, none of these cameras really made an impact beyond their niche markets. Fujifilm may have found a way to change that withthe new XF10. It has been 2.5 years since Fujifilm launched the X70, and the XF10 initially sounds like an upgrade to it — but really isn’t....