NASA has known that the black hole at the center of the Perseus Galaxy creates sound since 2003. Scientists there have finally isolated the noise and shared it. It’s undeniably haunting but also a ...

Google Nest and Amazon announced new iterations of their smart speakers at their respective fall 2020 hardware events. With the release of both the Google Nest Audio and the Amazon Echo 4th generation ...

Amazon’s Echo Dot line has long since been the best starter smart speaker for most, and this year the brand released the 5th iteration of the Echo Dot (and Echo Dot with Clock). While this is a review ...

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Compared with the older Echo, the new one is somewhat squat. The previous version was like a tall glass of water, while this year's is more like a beer mug. It's shorter, it's wider and it has a ...

Amazon’s just getting started with the new hardware this morning. In addition to the Echo Dot with Clock (which, as mentioned, is an Echo Dot that has a clock), the company refreshed the baseline Echo ...