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Amazon’s Fire TV Cube wants to replace your remote(s)

I agree it can — but this version of Alexa still gets a little too tongue-tied for us to give up remotes entirely. Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, but I review ... Using a ... read more

Gadgets: Alexa's a bit tongue-tied when it comes to the Fire TV Cube, but there's potential

Now, the next epoch: Everyone in the house commands the TV by voice. A big step toward the hands-free couch potato has arrived. The Fire TV Cube is the first device to give ... this version of Alexa s... read more

So, How Long Would It Take to Travel to That Exciting New Exoplanet?

And that makes people want to go check. But the media enthusiasm may have gotten ... and he did the math to show that Gliese 581g is a little more than a hop, skip, and jump away. Here’s his explanati... read more

5 ideas every day for a year..

... article I want you to look at your keyboard. Ok lets continue…I’m going to put it out there — I want to become an idea machine or just become really good at coming up with ideas and the only way a... read more

A Little Review

It's one where your heart says keep him around, but the mind tells you something else. Overall, I like what the Skins are doing on D. Nine months ago they looked old, but now you see Landry, Taylor, C... read more

Talking Point: Raw Power Isn't Vital to Nintendo's NX, But It Does Matter

Liam has even written on Nintendo Life recently, so while these are still rumours and ... while a budget tablet - like an Amazon Fire - is cheaper but functions quite well, offering readily available ... read more

Bless you, children

Faith in you restored, I can blog again without feeling like it’s just me and Wilson on a deserted island. I’ll still be chatting soon with the IT people about this, but the apparatus on how to leave ... read more

NOVA Wonders

Can you put it on your head? Nice job, Kanzi, very good, very, very good. Can you put the blanket on the cube? Now can you ... and the little young male chimp, and his mom, Kalima. And he's ready to g... read more

And THIS Tiny Sphere is All the World's Water *That We Can Use*

It was striking, especially considering that the water available for humans use in our daily lives is only a very small fraction of that; the vast majority of the Earth’s water is saltwater, and most ... read more

Mythicism and other Bunk around the Blogosphere

Thom Stark blogged about Neil Godfrey’s reading comprehension (or lack thereof). In other news, Neil Godfrey complains that Bart Ehrman had trouble keeping track of which mythicists wrote which nonsen... read more

Home Automation Is Hung Up On Software

Is your dishwasher a symbol of your laziness ... The WeMo controls my porch light which I want it to turn on at dusk and turn off at 11pm. For six years I used a switch with a programmable display tha... read more