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‘This is a crisis of hope’: Echoes of 1968 as France’s students rise up
As in 1968, when student protests triggered nationwide strikes, today’s crisis is about generational discontent.
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Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore
If you've been using an older Amazon Echo device as a speaker through its 3.5mm aux input, Alexa voice commands to play or pause from line in may stop working. Ars Technica points to this Reddit poster claiming they received a message from Amazon and says an unnamed spokesperson confirmed the change. When contacted by…
Ars TechnicaTechnology
Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input
Amazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.
The VergeTechnology
Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life
Of all the things Alexa Plus can do, I never expected it to make me cry. Since my son left for college, the Echo Show in my office has been making then-and-now photo montages: the toddler with his first tennis racket next to the captain of his varsity team; me hugging him as a tween […]
The GuardianSports
Eckert’s Spygate ban may be lenient, but no sane manager will try the same trick again
Verdict has been a long time coming and the Southampton head coach has recaptured hearts and minds at St Mary’s “Hi Tonda, are you a cheat?” That simple, succinct, question cut to the heart of a matter that has vexed the Football Association all summer. It was posed by the Northern Echo’s Dominic Shaw after…
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How genocide in Gaza followed Bosnia’s painful pattern
Three years into Israel’s war on Gaza, we examine patterns that echo the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The GuardianPolitics
Election deniers stoke Trump-driven ballot security fears before midterms
Former and current officials who bolstered claims of voter fraud in 2020 make fresh allegations of vulnerabilities Prominent election deniers have spent recent weeks stoking fears over US election security before next month’s midterms, echoing claims pushed by Donald Trump to justify asserting more control over…
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Amazon Alexa Plus keeps creepily singing ‘lalala’ for minutes on end
An unsettling Alexa Plus bug has seen some Amazon Echo smart home speakers reduced to saying - and sometimes singing - nothing but "lalala" on repeat for minutes at a time, often in the middle of conversations with users. When quizzed about the behavior, Alexa is apparently entirely unaware of what it's been doing…
The GuardianSports
‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native American-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move to Houston echoes centuries of erasure and displacement When the Connecticut Sun played their final WNBA game last month, fans at Mohegan Sun Arena came together in an act of collective celebration and…
The GuardianCulture
Play that funky Turbine Hall! How artist Tarek Atoui aims to take the Tate on a sonic odyssey
From underwater explosions to PlayStation joysticks, the Lebanese artist makes art inspired by sound. Can this work in a space known for its chattering day-trippers, overstimulated schoolkids and echoing acoustics? Tarek Atoui is drumming the fingers of his right hand against the table. Listen! His left hand waves a…
The GuardianPolitics
After a deadly paper mill explosion, a community in Washington state looks to a key House race
In a district shaken by deaths of 11 workers, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces a stiff challenge to keep her seat On a misty morning in May in south-west Washington state, Laura Oltmann, a 41-year-old dietitian, had barely clocked in when an unfamiliar overhead announcement echoed through the hospital. “We get…
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I'm a classic old-school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch
The Tory leader seeks to echo Margaret Thatcher as she sets out her guiding political principles.
The GuardianCulture
Trá Pháidín: Cloch’s Claí review – giddy Galway gang burst the boundaries of folk music
(World of Echo) With musical ideas spanning mariachi and motorik beats, and lyrics with Kneecap-grade rage, this brilliant collective evolve tradition with stinging, joyful songs Quicksilver and giddy in its exploration of Irish music, language and identity, Trá Pháidín’s second album bursts open the idea of a…
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