Category: citizen

Recommended Reading: The case for a ‘Tenet’ online premiere

[ad_1] Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge This piece from The Verge was published before AT&T CEO John Stankey announced Christopher Nolan’s upcoming blockbuster Tenet wouldn’t skip theaters for an on-demand premiere, but the argument still holds true. The simple fact is going to a movie theater is extremely dangerous amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and there’s no […]

Citizen’s Alexa smart speaker is like a Sonos One with an analog clock

[ad_1] The Alexa-powered smart speaker is the more interesting of the two, even though it wasn’t officially announced. It’s called, well, the Citizen Smart Speaker. It kind of looks like a slightly fancier Sonos One, with a Citizen timepiece wedged on the front. All of the controls will be similar to those with Alexa speakers, […]

Citizen has a fancier alternative to Amazon’s Alexa wall clock

[ad_1] The Citizen clock is considerably more expensive than the Echo Wall Clock at $80, and that’s for the standard metal frame. The price climbs to $90 if you want a wooden frame, and that’s not including the four C batteries you’ll need (and aren’t included) to keep either model powered for roughly a year. […]

Google Duplex still confuses restaurants

[ad_1] One year later, restaurants are still confused by Google DuplexNatt Garun,The Verge Google had us in awe when it debuted the AI-powered Duplex tech at I/O 2018. The system can be used to make reservations on your behalf, and it can even make a call if one is required. A year later though, it […]