Alexa’s one-way intercom feature arrives on Fire TV Cube
If you have several Echo (or Sonos One or Beam) devices around your home, you might already be aware of the Alexa Announcements feature — speak into one device and the others broadcast that message over their speakers. To knit its ecosystem closer together, Amazon is bringing the one-way intercom tool to the Fire TV […]
Qualcomm’s ‘Extreme’ Snapdragon 8cx CPU Could Power Your Next Laptop
Intel and AMD could be looking at some stiff competition in the processor game. Fresh off announcing its new Snapdragon 855 mobile chip, the company has announced the Snapdragon 8cx. It’s for laptops instead of smartphones and is by far the most powerful processor the company has ever made. How can you tell? The “X” […]
Pixel 3 Owners Are Hit By Another MAJOR Screen Problem
And it’s one that may only be fixed by a replacement Let’s not beat about the bush here; the launch of the Pixel 3 has been something of a car crash. Not only was the phone leaked before it was announced – robbing it of any chance of surprising people – it has been hit […]
A 17-year-old just designed an iPhone lock screen that might be better than Apple’s
Apple’s iOS platform has certainly come a long way over the past decade. It started as a bare bones mobile operating system intended to simply the smartphone user experience, and it was welcomed with open arms considering how sloppy and overcomplicated platforms like Symbian and Windows Mobile were at the time. Then as the years […]
Here’s what makes this crypto bear market different
The visibility of the 2018 selloff means this is the first bitcoin bear market for most Crypto early adopters regularly assure market watchers that everything is going to be ok. Why? Because they have seen it all before and this is not the first bitcoin bear market. But one hedge fund partner believes the evangelists […]
U.S. stocks end sharply lower as trade concerns linger
U.S. stocks finished sharply lower on Friday as trade concerns and a downbeat U.S. jobs report saw the S&P and Nasdaq post their biggest weekly declines since Mar. 23. The S&P 500 SPX, -2.33% ended the day down 2.3%, the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -3.05% shed 3.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.24% […]
Bitcoin falls 10% as bad news descends like ‘cockroaches coming out of a hole’
Ether tumbles below $100 as altcoins log double-digit losses Cryptocurrency prices fell sharply on Friday, as another bout of selling took digital currencies to fresh lows. Bitcoin, BTCUSD, +2.24% the world’s No. 1 digital currency, crashed through support at $3,500, falling more than 10% to a 15-month low at $3,230 on the Kraken exchange. A […]
Tesla’s stock jumps after Jefferies turns bullish, boosts price target
Shares of Tesla Inc. TSLA, -1.40% rallied 2.1% toward a 4-month high in premarket trade Friday, after Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois turned bullish on the electric car maker, citing optimism over the company’s profit, self-funding and productivity potential. Houchois raised his rating to buy, after upgrading it to hold in April. He raised his stock […]
Don’t Answer That Text From Your “Bank”
Does your bank have a cardless ATM? Cardless ATMs interact with your smartphone to let you withdraw cash from your bank’s enabled ATMs without inserting a card into a card reader. With some ATMs, your smartphone app generates a QR code for your withdrawal, and the ATM scanner reads the QR code off your phone. […]
Want to join the 401(k) millionaires club? Here’s 5 keys to retirement success
In 2013, Fritz Gilbert reached a goal he had worked toward for 28 years: His 401(k) hit the million-dollar mark. With that tick to seven digits, Gilbert, who is 55, newly retired and founder of The Retirement Manifesto blog, joined an exclusive club: People who hit millionaire status with their 401(k)s. At Fidelity Investments, which […]