
Amazon Silently Kills Alexa Voice Switching for Older Echo AUX Jacks
Amazon just disabled hands-free line-in switching on four classic Echo models, forcing owners back into phone menus to use copper audio cables.
Selma Ortiz · 16h ago · 4 min read
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Amazon just disabled hands-free line-in switching on four classic Echo models, forcing owners back into phone menus to use copper audio cables.
Selma Ortiz · 16h ago · 4 min read

Google's smart speakers are silently burning through hundreds of gigabytes of home bandwidth due to broken firmware install loops, blindsiding users on capped internet connections.
Ray Dalton · 12d ago · 5 min read

Cerebras chief Andrew Feldman says dedicated home AI hardware running hybrid edge-cloud agents will soon manage household tasks and hold your credit cards.
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Ray Dalton · Sep 23, 2026 · 6 min read

Icelandic startup Treble just pulled in an $18 million Series A extension to replace garbage scraped audio with synthetic sound physics for Amazon and Logitech.
Selma Ortiz · Sep 17, 2026 · 5 min read