Kourtney Kardashian channeled Barbie when she rocked platinum blonde hair with a plunging pink mini dress in sexy throwback photos.
Kourtney Kardashian channeled Barbie when she rocked platinum blonde hair with a plunging pink mini dress in sexy throwback photos.
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The daytime talk show host penned an emotional message to her older child as he celebrated a very important birthday.
Khadijah Haqq broke the news of her divorce on August 18, saying that she and her husband have made the ‘intensely difficult’ decision to go their separate ways.
Khadijah Haqq broke the news of her divorce on August 18, saying that she and her husband have made the ‘intensely difficult’ decision to go their separate ways.
The teen TikToker revealed that he didn’t break his neck or spine, and he said that he was thankful to be alive.
The teen TikToker revealed that he didn’t break his neck or spine, and he said that he was thankful to be alive.
After attending his dad’s concert for the first time, Adonis Graham mimicked Drake, twice, and showed off his own rapping skills
After attending his dad’s concert for the first time, Adonis Graham mimicked Drake, twice, and showed off his own rapping skills
As the temperature rises and the sound of music begins to fill the air, one thing is clear: Summer concert season is upon us!
As the temperature rises and the sound of music begins to fill the air, one thing is clear: Summer concert season is upon us!
After receiving criticism for letting her kids drink non-alcoholic beer, Kristen Bell explains in a new interview why she allows it.
After receiving criticism for letting her kids drink non-alcoholic beer, Kristen Bell explains in a new interview why she allows it.
Fisker has shed some more light on its Alaska electric pickup, which it says will have a base price of just $45,400. The Alaska is a work-friendly vehicle, letting you run your business from the cockpit. It has dedicated work glove and cowboy hat storage, a slide-out laptop tray and a cup holder big enough to hold a day’s worth of water.
The default flatbed is 4.5 feet, but you can drop the partition to increase that to 7.5 feet. Lower the seats and the liftgate and you can push it to 9.2 feet, big enough to haul several sheets of plywood from one job to the next. But much as Fisker may promise this will be one of the lightest and cheapest EVs in its class, we’ll wait to see how much it actually costs when it debuts in 2025 before making a judgment.
– Dan Cooper
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Professional microphones are as unique as the instruments they’re built to record, each with their own voices. The Sphere LX is a $1,000 modeling microphone designed to alter its qualities to ape the voices of several extremely expensive studio microphones. James Trew explores what it’s like to use this chameleonic device, comparing it to several of the pro microphones it’s trying to impersonate. I may not find the technical intricacies of audio engineering that gripping, but James’ in-depth report is a must-read, even for me.
After nearly two decades of faithful service, the Xbox 360 store will close for good on July 29, 2024. Microsoft’s Movies & TV app will stop working on the same day as the company pulls the last vestiges of support for its console. The company has already promised games compatible with newer consoles will stay on the Xbox One and Series X/S storefronts. And media bought via the Xbox 360 will stay in your library, so you shouldn’t lose too much of anything.
With the Legion Go, Lenovo may have its own rival to the Steam Deck, Ayaneo and ASUS’ ROG Ally. A leak, including product renders, suggests it’s a PC gaming handheld equipped with AMD’s new Phoenix processors and a pair of Switch-like detachable controllers. It looks very possible to prop this thing on a table, addressing the issues of hand fatigue so common with other PC-class handhelds. Just a shame it won’t be able to play Tears of the Kingdom.
The Acura ZDX is the latest all-electric vehicle from Honda’s premium brand, due to launch in early 2024. The ZDX boasts CarPlay, Android Auto, a Bang & Olufsen audio setup and an as-yet unofficial range of 325 miles on a single charge. The base model is likely to cost around $60,000, and it’s certainly a pretty-looking way to get around.
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Only a few months after they first came out, the Beats Studio Buds + are down to an all-time low price. The company’s latest noise-canceling headphones are 24 percent off at Woot, dropping from $170 to $130. While you shop, it’s important to keep in mind that, though Amazon owns Woot, it has a different return policy.
We gave the Beats Studio Buds + an 84 in our review when they launched. A few of the new features impressed us, but the price increase from $150 to $170 seemed a bit steep for the product — something this deal more than makes up for. Updates rolled out with the Beats Studio Buds + included 16 percent more battery life, three times bigger microphones and acoustic vents added to the front and side. As a whole, the sound quality and noise canceling are both better than its predecessor. Plus, the placement of the headphones’ control button has moved to avoid accidentally pressing it while adjusting their fit (a big problem plaguing the originals).
At the same time, a few things are lacking from the Beats Studio Buds +, such as automatic pausing, wireless charging and a sound that — while improved — doesn’t measure up to competitors like AirPods. But, if you want solid headphones for a decent price, these are certainly a good option. The markdown will be available on Woot for the next four days or until they sell out of their stock.
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Checkers and Rally’s restaurants have launched the first Spanish ordering system that uses AI, Checkers restaurants announced. The system from a company called Hi Auto is already in use at 350 of those restaurants, following two months of beta testing at five locations. The service allows for a more “inclusive environment” by accommodating Spanish speakers, the company said, but it remains to be seen whether customers or employees will embrace it.
The system takes orders via a virtual assistant and detects the customer’s language spoken, automatically switching between English and Spanish. Hi Auto says it has “unique customization capabilities” that let franchises easily scale the system up. The company promises to streamline ordering with a greater than 95 percent order accuracy rate.
“Our expanded partnership with Checkers and Rally’s represents a huge breakthrough for the country’s Spanish-speaking and bilingual communities, and allows every restaurant to cater to the Spanish speaking population at any time,” said Hi Auto CEO Roy Baharav.
AI drive-through order-taking is a unique challenge, however, thanks to an environment that tends to be noisy and chaotic. “You may think driving by and speaking into a drive-thru is an easy problem for AI, but it’s actually one of the hardest,” Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian recently told The Wall Street Journal in reference to the company’s recent collaboration with Wendy’s. And the tech isn’t necessarily reliable, either. The WSJ reported that three people out of 10 using AI systems asked to speak with a human employee due to errors or the desire to speak to a person.
Hi Auto is up against some giants, as well. One of the first companies to look at the tech was McDonald’s, which teamed up with IBM to accelerate its own AI ordering systems, and starting testing them in 10 Chicago-area restaurants last year. It’s also competing with Google Cloud, which is testing its systems at White Castle on top of Wendy’s.
The system does offer features restaurant chains want, though. It can “upsell relentlessly” on items like deserts and french fries, resulting in higher orders, according to CNN. It may also allow restaurants to cut employees, boosting their bottom lines but reducing the number of jobs available to young people. That said, the restaurant with the highest customer service marks last year was Chick-fil-A, thanks in part to its face-to-face human ordering system, according to a recent survey from Intouch Insight.
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