Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t get into NSFW content Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ is getting another new personality. On Thursday, the company announced it’s expanding its lineup of personality styles for users to choose from to include a “Sassy” option, which is for adults only. Notes Amazon, before opting to use the Sassy personality, users will be...

Corrupted Roots are a Diablo IV Items powerful new consumable in Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred expansion. They create Exposed Roots that attract dense packs of high-value monsters, making them excellent for targeted farming of materials, gear, and experience. While they primarily drop from Tree of Whispers Caches, smart players can minimize traditional Whisper bounties through optimized loops and...

Instagram Cracks Down on Accounts That Mostly Post Unoriginal ContentInstagram is clamping down on aggregator accounts that flood your feed with content they didn't uniquely create or meaningfully alter. The company's originality guidelines, which previously applied to Reels, will now extend to photo and carousel posts, rendering more accounts that mainly post unoriginal content ineligible for...

As crypto cools, a16z crypto raises a $2.2B fund In a blog post that lays out a vision for crypto’s future, ranging from a “new financial system” to warnings about “opaque” AI, a16z crypto announced a new $2.2 billion fund. This is the VC firm’s fifth fund and brings the total raised to date to $9.8 billion, it says. In addition, the fund also promoted its CTO, Eddy Lazzarin, to general...

Roku's New Home Screen Has More Personalization -- and a Large AdRoku is rolling out a new interface across all of its devices, which now includes a prominent 'For You' section -- and a large ad.  Also read: Best Streaming Devices of 2026At an event in New York City, Roku's Preston Smalley said this was the first major update to the home screen in a decade. "This is one of the most...