MobileNews

Android gets auto-narrated audiobooks and expanded Voice Access

December 4, 2020
Google is rolling out another pack of Android features, and one of the most notable might be one you can only hear. The company is teaming with US and UK publishers to introduce auto-narrated audiobooks in the Play Store — you won’t have to hope for a professional recording of a classic title to listen on your next walk. Publishers only have limited access to a beta auto-narration tool right…
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MobileNews

Amazon now lets you interact with Alexa via text on iOS

December 4, 2020
Alexa can now respond to commands via text on iOS. Amazon appears to have quietly added the capability  in the last few days, though the company officially confirmed the feature to The Verge. Amazon With the change, users can opt to text commands to Alexa rather than…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: December 3, 2020

December 4, 2020
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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DefenseNews

Sanctioning Turkey over the S-400 would be mandatory in new defense bill

December 4, 2020
WASHINGTON ― The final version of the must-pass annual defense policy bill unveiled Thursday mandates the U.S. president sanction Turkey for its acquisition of the S-400 air missile defense system. Though President Donald Trump has held off sanctioning Turkey for the purchase under the 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA, the defense bill would order that…
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NewsPhotography

Nikon adds CFexpress Type B card support to its D500, D850 and D5 DSLR camera systems

December 4, 2020
Editor’s note: The links and changelogs in the article have been replaced with the copy and downloads from the Nikon USA website. Twenty-two months after originally announcing its intentions to do so, Nikon has released a trio of firmware updates for its D5, D850 and D500 cameras that, amongst other updates, brings CFExpress Type B support for to all three DSLRs. This new support means…
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