How to make your own Alexa skills
Learn how to build your own Alexa skills with Amazon's tools. You can even share your new skills with friends or publish them to the Alexa Skills Store......»»
Easing into retirement could help with skills shortages, but also benefit workers
Moving into retirement has traditionally meant working full-time and then abruptly never returning to work again—however research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) shows prolonging the shift into post-work life could have far reaching benefits......»»
Playing Call of Duty Can Improve Your Driving Skills
"Playing video games can make you a better driver," it's not exactly what you imagine. Ironically, studies show that first-person shooters like Call of Duty provide more benefits for drivers than driving games do......»»
Is your Amazon Echo, Alexa, or Ring down today? You aren’t alone
Outages at Amazon Web Services have caused malfunctions for Amazon, Ring, Disney Plus, and other platforms......»»
AWS is still down - with large parts of the internet gone with it
Facebook, Disney Plus, Alexa and more affected by AWS outage - here's all we know so far......»»
Is your Alexa down this morning? You aren’t alone
Outages at Amazon Web Services have caused malfunctions for Amazon, Ring, Disney Plus, and other platforms......»»
An Amazon Server Outage is Causing Problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and Others
Problems with some of the Amazon Web Services cloud servers are causing slow loading or failures for significant chunks of the internet. From a report: The company's widespread network of data centers powers many of the things you interact with onlin.....»»
How to enable whisper mode on Alexa, and how exactly it works
With whisper mode, you can chat with Alexa whenever you want, even at 3 a.m. This guide shows you how to enable this cool feature and explains how it works......»»
New study shows benefits of mindfulness for middle-school teachers
Mindfulness training can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in middle-school teachers while boosting their self-compassion and classroom management skills, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State and Portland State University......»»
Conversational AI: A Milestone in Customer Service
Every time you ask Amazon Alexa to play a song or ask a question to Apple Siri, you are engaging with conversational AI. Such interactive solutions are pervading all spaces like entertainment, customer service, personal life and more. Conversational.....»»
How to connect your Alexa-enabled device to Wi-Fi
Whether you just purchased a brand-new Alexa-enabled device or you're moving it to another network, connecting it to Wi-Fi is easy. Our guide shows you how......»»
How to hear and delete Alexa conversations
Alexa saves recordings of your voice conversations. Here's how to hear and delete Alexa conversations or delete your entire voice recordings history quickly......»»
Alexa can now tell you if you left the water on or the fridge door open
Alexa can now listen for the sound of running water or for beeping appliances, adding even more utility to the smart assistant......»»
Study finds at least some auditing expertise applies across industry sectors
A new study finds the expert skills developed by auditing offices that specialize in working with specific industries are actually applicable across industry sectors, improving the quality of their audits regardless of the industry sector they are au.....»»
Funny things to ask Alexa
Alexa can be hilarious. Check out funny things to ask Alexa when you want the voice assistant to show off her sense of humor or unveil a hidden Easter egg......»»
Coffee time: Caffeine improves reaction to moving targets
In the first study of its kind to explore caffeine's effects on dynamic visual skills, researchers concluded that caffeine increases alertness and detection accuracy for moving targets. Caffeine also improved participants' reaction times......»»
Small-group learning can mitigate the effects of school closures, but only if teachers use it well
Schools aren't just where kids go to learn reading, math, science and history. The social skills they learn—like how to build and maintain relationships with peers—are also critical. This is particularly true as schools grapple with the aftereffe.....»»
Study confirms link between spatial and math skills
People use spatial skills to manipulate, organize, reason about, and make sense of spatial relationships in real and imagined spaces. Estimating how much leftover mashed potatoes will fit in a storage container requires spatial skills, as do fitting.....»»
Ushering in Digital Transformation in India – Role of the Cloud
This is Part-1 of a two-part series, based on the findings of NASSCOM’s report titled ‘Cloud Skills: Powering India’s Digital DNA’ Introduction ‘The Cloud’ is expected to be an US$800bn global opportunity by 2030, according to NASSCOM’s.....»»
Best Cyber Monday Amazon Echo deals 2021 — what’s still available
If you're a fan of Alexa, you should take advantage of the best Cyber Monday Amazon Echo deals to purchase more devices that utilize the digital assistant......»»
Best Cyber Monday Amazon Echo deals 2021 — time is running out
If you're a fan of Alexa, you should take advantage of the best Cyber Monday Amazon Echo deals to purchase more devices that utilize the digital assistant......»»