A year later, the team-up between Microsoft and Amazon finally comes to life

After a full year of promises, the team-up between Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana is finally here.

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A year later, the team-up between Microsoft and Amazon finally comes to life After a full year of promises, the team-up between Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana is finally here. Read More »

Uber and Lyft have won a key battleground in the electric scooter wars — and it's a huge blow to the $2 billion startup that created the scooter phenomenon In an effort to curb the onslaught of electric scooters, the city of Santa Monica, California, is moving to limit the number of companies that can operate dockless vehicles there. A memo reveals that city officials endorsed Lyft and Uber for permits, over dedicated scooter operators Bird and Lime. Read More »

MoviePass' parent company increased its share count by an incredible 9,000% in less than two weeks — and just after reverse splitting its stock to combat dilution BI PRIME: The parent company of MoviePass has been so desperate for cash that it issued massive numbers of shares right after reverse splitting its stock to boost its share price. Read More »

38 mind-boggling optical illusions that have stumped the internet These classic optical illusions, baffling viral photos, and unnerving designs will leave your head spinning. Here's how these famous illusions work. Read More »

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A weird Instagram hack is locking users out of their accounts and people are furious Instagram users are complaining on Twitter about a bizarre hack that locks them out of their accounts, and then changes the username, image, and associated email address. Instagram said it is aware of the issue and is investigating. Read More »

Playboy is reportedly suing a cryptocurrency platform Playboy Enterprises is reportedly suing Global Blockchain Technologies (BLOC), alleging that it failed to uphold an agreement to incorporate its technology into Playboy's media platforms. Read More »

The Galaxy Note 9 is the closest competitor to the best smartphone camera in the world, the Pixel 2 The Pixel 2 is the best smartphone camera. But it's dominance is challenged by the Galaxy Note 9 thanks to its variable aperture and 2x optical zoom lens. Read More »

Google Assistant and Google Home won't work properly if you completely disable Google's location tracking After the Associated Press revealed that Google will sometimes track your location even when 'location history' is turned off, some users decided to completely turn off the settings that enable location tracking. However, this makes Google Assistant unusable, as well as Google Home devices. Read More »

I would play the Nintendo Switch way more than I do if it had these 3 features The Nintendo Switch is an incredible modern game console that's held back by a few glaring omissions. Read More »

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