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Home Assistant is working on a local-only voice alternative to Google Assistant & Alexa

December 24, 2022
The past few months have brought bad news for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, as Google has lessened its focus on the former, while the latter has seen massive layoffs. Now, there might finally be a local-only voice assistant on the horizon, if a project from the team behind Home Assistant works out. Google has, over the past year, put less and less of a priority on the Assistant. As our…
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Samsung December 2022 update rolling out for these Galaxy devices

December 23, 2022
The latest wave of Samsung Galaxy phones is receiving the most recent December 2022 security update. Here’s just how the Korean tech giant is handling the rollout. Samsung December 2022 security update – here’s what’s new: Each and every month, Google and its partners push a new Android security patch that provides resolutions to known issues with the mobile operating system. The…
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Festive fun arrives for iPhone and Mac with Basic Apple Guy’s Ugly Christmas Sweater Wallpapers

December 23, 2022
Basic Apple Guy is out with his latest wallpapers for iPhone and Mac. The detailed and festive new design brings that ugly Christmas sweater magic to your phone and desktop. Designer extraordinaire Basic Apple Guy shared the fine detail that went into his latest creation in a blog post: “I am introducing the Basic Apple Guy Ugly Christmas Sweater wallpaper, arriving just in time for the…
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NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars

December 23, 2022
When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into a truly otherworldly holiday scene. Snow, ice, and frost accompany the season’s sub-zero temperatures. Some of the coldest of these occur at the planet’s poles, where it gets as low as minus 190 degrees…
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Juno Spacecraft Recovering Memory After 47th Flyby of Jupiter

December 23, 2022
NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its 47th close pass of Jupiter on Dec. 14. Afterward, as the solar-powered orbiter was sending its science data to mission controllers from its onboard computer, the downlink was disrupted. The issue – an inability to directly access the spacecraft memory storing the science data collected during the flyby – was most likely caused by a radiation spike as Juno…
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