Tuesday, 28 April 2020

4 ways to fix Alexa's problem communications skills on your Amazon Echo

You ask Alexa to perform many tasks throughout the day, from turning on the lights to playing music on your Amazon Echo speaker. But did you know you can change the way Alexa communicates with you, too? We'll tell you how to enable these settings and more so that you have a better experience with your Amazon Echo. 
Read on to learn how to fix Alexa's problem communications skills on your Amazon Echo ($60 at Amazon).

Change Alexa's speaking speed

If Alexa is talking too fast or too slow for you, you can tell it to speed up or slow down. Just say "Alexa, speak faster" or "Alexa, speak slower." You can also reset it to its default speed by saying "Alexa, speak at your default rate." Alexa has seven talking speeds -- four faster, two slower and the default speed.

Texas, Ohio among many states to take steps toward reopening

restaurants opened up to dine-in patrons in at least three states Monday and the governor of Texas allowed movie theaters, malls and eateries to start letting customers trickle into their establishments later this week.
Across the country, an ever-changing patchwork of loosening stay-home orders and business restrictions took shape Monday.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott outlined a slow reopening of one of the world’s largest economies amid the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants in Tennessee, Georgia and Alaska’s biggest city began opening their doors to dine-in customers, with new rules such as temperature checks at the door and logging of customer information for possible contact tracing.

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

Call of Duty Warzone: Quad mode, cheaters banned and everything else you need to know

Call of Duty: Warzone is the upcoming battle royale mode for the popular military FPS game. Similar to games like Fortnite and Apex Legends, players will compete against other players to survive until the end, but Warzone will make some interesting changes to the battle royale formula. 
On Tuesday, Modern Warfare began its third season, which also includes a new mode for Warzone. Quads, or four-player teams, is now available along with solos or trios. Developer Infinity Wards also added more silenced weapons that can be found during matches. 

Monday, 13 April 2020

New WWE Champion Drew McIntyre kicks off Raw

Drew McIntyre will kick off Raw tonight after beginning his WWE Championship run in whirlwind fashion. First he slayed Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, then overcame an impromptu challenge from Big Show.