Andrew Cunningham In November 2016, Nintendo surprised everyone by going back to its roots and releasing the NES Classic. The delightful emulator/nostalgia-fest sparked unanticipated demand, including near-instant supply issues and 200-percent-plus markups in secondary markets. So in December of 2016, we decided to build our own version instead. Last April, Nintendo bizarrely halted sales of […]
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Guidemaster: Fitness trackers to consider before buying a smartwatch
Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) The smartwatch hasn’t swallowed up the fitness tracker yet. While many consumers are intrigued by the Apple Watch, Android Wear devices, and the like, old-school fitness trackers can still be useful and available for the right price. The main goal of these devices remains simply tracking activity: from daily movement to […]
Guidemaster: Everything Amazon’s Alexa can do, plus the best skills to enable
Enlarge If you’ve just introduced one of Amazon’s Echo devices into your home and feel a little lost, you’re not alone. The promises made by Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa are vast, and it’s difficult to know where to start when you want Alexa to do something more than set a cooking timer or tell you tomorrow’s weather […]
Guidemaster: Want an Alexa device? Here’s every Amazon Echo, compared
Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) Amazon debuted the original Echo a few years ago, and it raised eyebrows in the tech industry. The Echo is a smart home speaker that houses Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant, an AI helper that helps you complete daily tasks using only your voice. Since its debut, users of all levels of […]
New doings at Ars: “The Guidemaster” and more recommendations
Enlarge / “Fear not, ranger…barbarian…thief….sysadmin!” (credit: Dungeon Master by Toei Animation / CBS) In the interest of transparency and keeping you up to date about the goings-on at Ars, this brief article will detail how series like the Ars Dealmaster works and what we think you should know about it and other, similar plans we […]
