The Night Fire - Michael Connelly
Publisher Description Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him---new from...
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خلاصه مطالبی که در این صفحه می خوانید : The Night Fire - Michael Connelly و Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (Unabridged) - Michael Wolff و Little Fires Everywhere (Unabridged) - Celeste Ng و Amazon's Alexa might become your personal Einstein - CNET و AmazonFresh customers: Beware of the $5 Snickers bar - CNET و Amazon offers up car advice with Amazon Vehicles - Roadshow و Man claims bottles and cans just stick to his head - CNET و Schedule a test drive where you want with Hyundai and Amazon - Roads با استفاده از لینک های زبر می توانید به مطالب مورد نظر خود در سایت en apple news دسترسی پیدا کنیدFire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (Unabridged) - Michael Wolff
Description This program includes an author's note read by Michael Wolff. The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous - and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, best-selling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself. In this explosive audiobook, Wolff provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office. Among the revelations: What President Trump's staff really thinks of him What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama Why FBI director James Comey was really fired Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn't be in the same room Who is really directing the Trump administration's stra...
ادامه مطلبLittle Fires Everywhere (Unabridged) - Celeste Ng
Description From the best-selling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads to the colors of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter, Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenan...
ادامه مطلبAmazon's Alexa might become your personal Einstein - CNET
Want a smarter Alexa, savvier Siri, brainier Google Now or a cleverer Cortana? So do Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft -- and each is working to make its voice assistant your personal Einstein of choice. Amazon recently enhanced its efforts by nabbing an AI expert from eBay, The Wall Street Jou al reported Friday. Hassan Sawaf is now Amazon's director of artificial intelligence, focusing on "the user experience for users of Amazon's search capability across all products and businesses," according to Sawaf's LinkedIn page. The Jou al was one of the first to spot Sawaf's updated responsibilities on LinkedIn. "eBay has wide and deep capabilities in AI across the technology organization, and recently completed two acquisitions ... that contribute tech and talent to our AI and machine lea...
ادامه مطلبAmazonFresh customers: Beware of the $5 Snickers bar - CNET
In mid-June, Dave Jackson bought a Frito-Lay variety pack through AmazonFresh for $10.44. When he retu ed to the Amazon mobile app soon after, it coaxed him to purchase more of the snacks through its "Buy It Again" feature. But the very same variety pack under the "Buy It Again" banner didn't cost $10.44. It was $22.94. The same thing happened after buying Snickers bars for 89 cents apiece on AmazonFresh, Amazon's grocery delivery service. Yet again, Amazon invited him to buy more, but for $4.95 each, more than five times the previous price. What was happening? Jackson, a web administrator in San Jose, Califo ia, believes he found a handful of bugs on Amazon after it recently combined the listings on its main website and on AmazonFresh. These potential bugs aren't just bothersome -- ...
ادامه مطلبAmazon offers up car advice with Amazon Vehicles - Roadshow
RoadshowNewsCar IndustryAmazon offers up car advice with Amazon VehiclesEnlarge ImageA screenshot of an Amazon Vehicles detail page. Amazon Amazon is gearing up its car knowledge.No, the e-commerce jugge aut still isn't selling cars -- not yet, anyway. Instead, the company on Thursday launched a new webpage called Amazon Vehicles that helps customers research new and classic cars.Amazon Vehicles could help solidify Amazon's place as the search engine for shopping. Bypassing Google's own Google Shopping search engine could train consumers to start thinking about a purchase at Amazon first, even in the rare case the company doesn't sell the item. That way, Amazon can condition shoppers to keep coming back to...
ادامه مطلبMan claims bottles and cans just stick to his head - CNET
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageThat's a lovely look. WLS-TV screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I tend to find the silly in the apparently serious.Occasionally, though, the obviously silly comes along and I think: "Wait, might that be actually serious?"And so it was that on the pages of WLS-TV in Illinois, I espied a man with bottles and cans stuck to his head.I grew up with quite a few people who crushed cans on their heads. But this was something far more elevated.It seems that Jamie Keeton has some sort of magical properties in his body that cause inanimate objects to stick to him.The sheer delight of being able to stick a bottle o...
ادامه مطلبSchedule a test drive where you want with Hyundai and Amazon - Roadshow
RoadshowNewsCar IndustrySchedule a test drive where you want with Hyundai and Amazon Close AutoComplete: Massachusetts will tax ridesharing and give that money to taxi companies Drag "Bring it to the mountains, please. I have some, uh, steering tests I'd like to perform." Josh Miller/Roadshow Test-driving a new car usually involves wa...
ادامه مطلبAmazon's Alexa Fund joins $35 million funding round for the makers of the Ecobee smart thermostat - CNET
Enlarge ImageThe Ecobee3 Smart Thermostat and the Amazon Echo smart speaker. Ecobee Last year, Amazon established the $100 million dollar "Alexa Fund" for developers and manufacturers both large and small. The idea was fairly straightforward -- support people with good ideas on how to put the voice-recognition technology in the Amazon Echo smart speaker to good use. Now, the online mega-retailer is ponying up for its biggest investment yet and joining in on a$35 million-dollar funding round for the makers of the Ecobee smart thermostat. The funding round brings Amazon in with Thomvest and Relay Ventures, and comes several months after the Ecobee3 became the first smart thermostat to sync up with Alexa, Am...
ادامه مطلبu200b'Firefly' fan makes animated tribute worthy of a real series - CNET
[embedded content] If you miss seeing the adventures of Capt. Mal, Jayne, Kaylee, River, Simon, Wash, Zoe and Inara on Joss Whedon's beloved TV series "Firefly," then sit back and watch this beautifully animated trailer by artist Stephen By e. The short clip "The Animated Adventures of Firefly Teaser"shows the Serenity in action, Jayne shooting his favorite weapon, Zoe and Wash in love and monsters lurking in dark co ers. For fans who want to see how this video was made, By e posted a production video way back in 2014. The video already has 115,788 views, but more importantly it also has the approval of the "Firefly" actors Adam Baldwin, who made it his new Twitter avatar, and Nathan Fillion who tweeted, "This is simply wonderful. Browncoats co...
ادامه مطلبTwitter now lets you slap ad stickers on your photos - CNET
As the homogenization of social media continues, Twitter followed in Snapchat's wake by adding the ability to apply stickers with embedded hashtags. Now the business justification emerges: brands will be able to offer stickers with their own built-in hashtags so that you can promote for them and allow them to track your stickered tweets. The company's Promoted #Stickers initiative was announced in a blog post on Monday, with Pepsi as the exclusive partner, and the option will be available to "select marketers" with managed accounts. They're pitched to advertisers as "a huge opportunity for brands to drive brand affinity and raise awareness of their message at scale." Happy brand-affinity driving.Let's block ads! ...
ادامه مطلبSpaceX sticks another booster landing - CNET
Enlarge ImageThe first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket successfully lands on the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship stationed about 370 miles east of Cape Canaveral. SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted a Japanese communications satellite into orbit early Sunday, lighting up the deep ove ight sky as it climbed away from Cape Canaveral on a jet of fiery exhaust.While the rocket's second stage was boosting the relay station to orbit, the first stage successfully flew itself back to landing on an offshore drone ship, the Califo ia rocket builder's sixth successful booster recovery in 11 tries. It was the latest step in an ongoing push by SpaceX founder Elon Musk to lower costs by recovering, refu...
ادامه مطلبWalmart scoops up Jet.com to better battle Amazon - CNET
Jet.com has landed at Walmart. Jet.com Walmart is hoping its acquisition of startup Jet.com takes its own online presence to new heights. The retail giant said Monday it has acquired Jet.com in a stock and cash deal worth $3 billion. The deal underscores the competitive nature of the online retail business, where Amazon dominates and Walmart, the largest brick-and-mortar retail in the US, plays second fiddle. Walmart is apparently expecting that Jet.com, which saw early hype as a possible "Amazon-killer," can even the playing field. "Walmart.com will grow faster, the seamless shopping experience we're pursuing will happen quicker, and we'll enable the Jet brand to be even more successful in a shorter period...
ادامه مطلبTarget brings back Amazon devices to its digital shelves - CNET
Target and Amazon, together again. Target Four years ago, Target threw Amazon's gadgets out of its stores amid heightened competition between the retailers.Now, the big-box chain has reversed course, bringing back Amazon's Fire tablets, Fire TV devices and Kindle e-readers to its website, with plans to sell the gadgets in stores by October, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Amazon Echo smart speaker, though, doesn't appear on Target.com."Target continually evaluates our assortment to deliver quality products at a great value," a Target spokesperson said in a statement Thursday. "We know our guests love the many aspects of shopping at Target, and believe they will appreciate the convenience and savin...
ادامه مطلبAppliance Science: Alexa, how does Alexa work? The science of the Amazon Echo - CNET
There are plenty of things in my house that I yell at. Some of them answer back these days, though, and even do what I ask. My dog is still a work in progress as far as that goes, but my Amazon Echo has just about nailed it. The Echo is a device that uses speech recognition to perform an ever-growing range of tasks on command. Amazon calls the built-in brains of this device "Alexa," and she* is the thing that makes it work.Alexa is a smart cookie: if I say "Alexa, play some Pink Floyd", she will find some Floyd and start playing it over the built-in speaker of the Echo. If I say "Alexa, what's the weather?" she will calmly tell me that it is too damn hot in Boston. How does she do this? The answer is that Alexa is a bit of a cheat: take the Echo apart and you'll find little more than a few...
ادامه مطلبAppliance Science: Alexa, how does Alexa work? The science of the Amazon Echo - CNET
There are plenty of things in my house that I yell at. Some of them answer back these days, though, and even do what I ask. My dog is still a work in progress as far as that goes, but my Amazon Echo has just about nailed it. The Echo is a device that uses speech recognition to perform an ever-growing range of tasks on command. Amazon calls the built-in brains of this device "Alexa," and she* is the thing that makes it work.Alexa is a smart cookie: if I say "Alexa, play some Pink Floyd", she will find some Floyd and start playing it over the built-in speaker of the Echo. If I say "Alexa, what's the weather?" she will calmly tell me that it is too damn hot in Boston. How does she do this? The answer is that Alexa is a bit of a cheat: take the Echo apart and you'll find little more than a few...
ادامه مطلبu200bWith Electrolysis, Mozilla hopes to zap speed and stability into Firefox - CNET
With Electrolysis, Firefox should feel more responsive. Mozilla Mozilla has begun shipping a new version of Firefox designed to improve core technology that is essential to keeping users loyal in a fiercely competitive browser market.Through a Firefox project called Electrolysis, "users should experience a Firefox that is less susceptible to freezing and is generally more responsive to input," said Nick Nguyen, Mozilla's vice president of Firefox, in a blog post Tuesday. But Electrolysis can cause problems with add-ons people install to customize Firefox, so Mozilla is only sending the upgrade to Firefox 48 users gradually, starting with just 1 percent of those using the browser on personal computers.Firefo...
ادامه مطلبSnapchat introduces Geostickers, another way to decorate your snaps - CNET
Snapchat ups its game with new city-specific stickers. Oscar Gutierrez/CNET While you sip your nitro coffee out of a mason jar in a tiny San Francisco coffee shop, you can now snap a selfie and add a "hipster" sticker designed just for the city. The photo- and video-sharing app Snapchat on Tuesday launched Geostickers, allowing users to send city-specific stickers along with their snaps to friends. The new feature follows the trend of using geocentric elements in messaging, like the geo-filters Snapchat already provides. The stickers will first be available in 10 major cities, including San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Paris and London. The news comes on the same day the Facebook-owned...
ادامه مطلبAmazon launches new developer tools for Alexa-powered voice gaming - CNET
Enlarge ImageYou can soon expect to see new, interactive gaming experiences developed for Amazon's Alexa-powered smart speakers. Tyler Lizenby/CNET Amazon wants more gaming options for its voice-powered virtual assistant Alexa, and today, it's introducing a new set of tools that'll make it easier for developers to bring them to life. The gaming tools are the newest addition to the Alexa Skills Kit, a set of blueprints for creating Alexa's "skills" -- essentially the apps of the Amazon Echo and Amazon's other Alexa-enabled gadgets. Developers already had access to templates for crafting basic command-and-response skills, along with skills that put Alexa in control of smart-home devices like lights and ...
ادامه مطلبWhat Amazon Music can do that rival streaming services can't - CNET
If Spotify is too expensive and your tastes don't get much more adventurous than Coldplay, Amazon Music wants to be the music-streaming service for you. It might not have as many songs as rivals, but Amazon says you don't need them when you have the rest of Amazon Prime at your fingertips.Launched in the US in 2014 and the UK in 2015, Amazon Music is the retail giant's streaming service that comes bundled with Amazon Prime. One year on from the British launch we caught up with Paul Firth, head of Amazon Music UK, to blow out the candles and find out how being part of the Amazon empire makes Amazon Music different from Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services.Amazon Music is a "mainstream music-streaming service for the mainstream music fan," said Firth. The most popular artists s...
ادامه مطلبMiss Teen USA under fire for alleged liberal use of N-word in tweets - CNET
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageA nightmare past? MissTeenUSA/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You're likely still recovering from the excitement of Miss Teen USA.On Saturday night, 18-year-old Texan Karlie Hay beat four other white blonde girls to win the title.A darker shadow, though, was cast when screenshots of tweets apparently written by her emerged. These, from 2013 and 2014, contained several instances of the N-word and were posted on what appears to be her personal Twitter account, which is now set to private. Hay immediately took to the @RealMissTXteen Twitter account in apparent confirmation of her Twittering pas...
ادامه مطلبAmazon's next noise-canceling headphones could turn off when someone yells your name - CNET
Amazon might be coming out with a noise-canceling headphone that automatically tu s off when someone yells your name.USPTO.govHere in New York City, noise-canceling headphones are as important as comfortable walking shoes. I throw a set in my bag every mo ing to fight the sound of shrilly subway trains, noisy construction crews and that saxophone busker guy who always manages to find my subway car.Muting the world might sound like bliss, but to walk around a busy city with only four senses in use is a dangerous game. They might be annoying, but some noises you actually need to hear, like a car ho or a siren.Granted, some headphones like the Master & Dynamic MH40s have a manual pass-through button that mutes your music, but the industry needs to do better before someone actually gets h...
ادامه مطلبAmazon's Prime dominance sparks another record quarter - CNET
Amazon Prime has an estimated 60 million members in the US, reaches 11 countries and even has its own fake holiday. For CEO Jeff Bezos, that's not nearly enough.The world's largest e-commerce company has been busy finding new ways to evolve and expand the $99-a-year Prime loyalty program. This week, Prime launched in India, the second most-populous country in the world, and arrived in Belgium in February. Prime Video can now be purchased as a standalone service in the US, making it a more direct competitor to Netflix, and Prime can be bought on a monthly -- instead of just annual -- basis, making it more affordable for more people.There now are rumors Prime Music will also become a standalone service, to go up against Spotify and Apple Music.Amazon is working on all these efforts because P...
ادامه مطلبAmazon draws on Kickstarter for more wacky, educational stuff - CNET
Amazon now has such a vast inventory of stuff, it needs to work a little harder to find new products to sell you.The online retailer is doing just that by teaming up with Kickstarter to offer more than 300 products that originated on the crowdfunding site. The products, dubbed the Kickstarter Collection, can be found on the startup-focused Amazon Launchpad storefront.The new relationship with Kickstarter could make it easier for more entrepreneurs and inventors to bring their products to market, while also helping Amazon bolster its selection. The products, some of which have already been available on Amazon, include Prynt, an iPhone case that prints out your photos (raised $1.6 million on Kickstarter); MudWatt, an educational kit that teaches kids about electricity-generating bacteria (ra...
ادامه مطلبFirefox for iOS gets customizable search, battery savings - CNET
Mozilla may finally have a reason for you to check out the Firefox browser for your iPhone. A new version, set for release Tuesday, cuts processor use by 40 percent and memory use by 30 percent, according to the nonprofit organization.The result is a more power-efficient mobile browser that may potentially help your phone run a full day without a recharge. The feature, one of many in the new update, could get people to take a second look at Firefox's mobile browser, an area where Mozilla has struggled. Firefox for iOS is based on Apple's core browser technology -- an approach that Apple requires and that helped contribute to the fact that Mozilla didn't release Firefox for iOS-powered devices until years after the appearance of competitors like Apple's Safari, Google's Chrome and Opera Sof...
ادامه مطلبIs Amazon's Echo wiretapped, and would you group date on Tinder? (CNET's Open_Tab Ep. 8 show notes) - CNET
[embedded content] How closely are Amazon's Echo devices listening in on your conversations? Is it time to set up Tinder dates with multiple people at the same time? Plus, what are the ways politics are taking over Twitter during the Republican National Convention? Jeff Bakalar chats with CNET editorial inte s Samantha Rhodes, Jake Krol and ZDNet's Zack Whittaker on these topics, originally broadcast live on Friday, July 22nd.Feel free to leave what you think about these topics in the comments, tweet to us using #OpenTab and join our next broadcast Friday on CNET's YouTube page around 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT.Let's block ads! ...
ادامه مطلبAmazon making moves in India, launches Prime service with more coming soon - CNET
Enlarge Image Amazon Like Apple and Facebook, Amazon wants a slice of India. And now, the Seattle-based company is taking action.On Tuesday, Amazon launched its Prime subscription service in the world's second most-populated nation. Through Prime membership, the e-commerce giant offers free and faster delivery options to customers. The service is available in only a handful of regions, including the United States, UK, Japan and Germany.As part of Prime, Amazon is currently offering Indian customers in "over 100 cities" one-day and two-day delivery options, and access to special deals. Customers in 20 cities will be able to opt for the same-day and scheduled deliveries.India looks to be a key market for Amaz...
ادامه مطلبAmazon partners with UK government to test drone delivery - CNET
Amazon Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery system has been taking some time to get off the ground -- it was announced in late 2013, and the drone wasn't unveiled until November last year -- but it just got one step closer to the sky. Amazon has announced that it will be partnering with the UK Gove ment and the UK Civil Aviation Authority to test the drones for three key areas: operations outside line-of-sight in rural areas; sensor testing for hazard avoidance; and one-person operation of multiple drones. "Using small drones for the delivery of parcels will improve customer experience, create new jobs in a rapidly growing industry, and pioneer new sustainable delivery methods to meet future demand," said Ama...
ادامه مطلب'Firefly' Serenity plush slippers smuggle your toes in style - CNET
Enlarge ImageStep into a spaceship. Entertainment Earth Usually, the Star Wars and Star Trek fandoms get all the crazy sci-fi fashion accessories, like Chewbacca Crocs and Trekini swimsuits. Soon fans of Joss Whedon's cult favorite "Firefly" will get some sweet new duds of their own in the form of plush Serenity spaceship slippers. Geeky retailer Entertainment Earth announced the slippers on Sunday and they are expected to ship out in November. Practical footwear these are not. Entertainment Earth wa s that they are "oversized." They could probably stomp these Batmobile slippers into oblivion. The slippers offer up a nicely detailed version of Serenity for each foot. The nose of the ship sticks proudly ou...
ادامه مطلبu200bWonder Woman stamps honor 75 years of Amazon glory - CNET
Enlarge ImageSend your bills and love letters with these Forever stamps celebrating the many costumes of Wonder Woman. USPS In honor of Wonder Woman's 75th anniversary, the US Postal Service will release new Wonder Woman Forever stamps. The stamps, to be issued October 7, showcase the superhero's costume evolution from her World War II origins to her most recent inca ation leading up to the June 2 standalone "Wonder Woman" movie starring Gal Gadot. The postal service announced the stamps at San Diego Comic-Con in partnership with Wa er Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment. The stamp sheets feature four different stamp designs depicting Wonder Woman during the comic book eras: Golden Age (1941-55)...
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