Deezer comes to Amazon Alexa and Sonos One smart speakers

Deezer is making at-home listening even more accessible for music lovers around the world by launching for Amazon Alexa. Deezer will be available on Amazon Echo devices as well as other devices that support Alexa such as Sonos One, Ultimate Ears BLAST and MEGABLAST among others.

Deezer Premium+* users in the UK can harness the power of their own voice for the ultimate lean-back audio experience including direct access to Flow, a personal soundtrack that combines smart data and editorial recommendations to play a continuous stream of music specifically tailored for the individual listener. Alexa will also be able to identify and play music based on specific genres and moods.

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Dyson changes the game with most powerful handheld vacuum

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Dyson has leapfrogged vaccum technology with a new game-changing product that's set to make handheld vacuums replace corded vaccums. Dyson is so confident and all-in on its new handheld that it is effectively discountinuing its large corded and staning vacuum lines this year.

The product in question is the Dyson cyclone V10 cord-free vacuum. Replacing the highly regarded Dyson Cyclone V8, the new V10 is powered newdgital motor V10. While smaller in size than its predecessor, it has 20% more suction. This impressive new motor is capable spinning at up to 125,000 rpm and giving the new vacuum the most powerful suction of any cord-free stick machine.

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Ubisoft cracks down on hate speech in ‘Rainbow Six: Siege’ matches

Ubisoft is joining the likes of Blizzard when it comes to stopping hate speech from spreading in matches held in Rainbow Six: Siege. The developer is now tracking how often players use hate speech in the game and issues bans on them accordingly. These could range from two days for lighter uses to permanent bans for those grievous offenders. And if you try to contest this, Ubisoft won’t beat around the bush and will tell you that you’ve been banned because of “toxicity.” This is apparently the “first step” towards controlling these kinds of bad behaviour on the platform and that there will be more in the future.

Source: Engadget

Parents can soon block specific shows or movies on Netflix

Netflix just announced new features that will make it easier for parents to monitor and control what their kids watch on the streaming service. At the moment, you can already put a PIN code on shows and movies that are over a particular maturity level or you can mark certain accounts as belonging to a child. But soon Netflix will let you put a PIN behind certain shows or movies to stop them from watching specific titles. On top of this, maturity level ratings are going to be displayed more prominently on the screen when a new title plays. The feature is rolling out in the coming months and the streaming service plans to look into how it can make maturity level ratings more descriptive and easier to understand.

Source: Engadget