Amazon’s Alexa voice options now include Shaq and Melissa McCarthy

Amazon’s Alexa voice options now include Shaq and Melissa McCarthy

Those who find Alexa’s default voice too cold can have the digital assistant mimic celebs. Though, in the past, the only A-list impression the AI could do was everyone’s fave badass Samuel L. Jackson. Turns out, people liked the idea of ordering a weather report from a superstar, because Amazon is adding two more famous…

White House: Biden’s $4.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bills Won’t Push Inflation Higher
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White House: Biden’s $4.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bills Won’t Push Inflation Higher

President Joe Biden’s $4.5 trillion infrastructure proposals will not lead to higher inflation if they are passed by Congress, White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Thursday. “Our experts believe—and the data shows and the Federal Reserve chair, who operates independently, conveyed, yesterday—that most of the price increases we are seeing are expected to be…

Zeldin outpaces Cuomo in NY gubernatorial fundraising fight
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Zeldin outpaces Cuomo in NY gubernatorial fundraising fight

Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York announced that he’s brought in over $4 million in fundraising since he launched a 2022 campaign for governor of New York. The congressman’s haul easily outpaced the roughly $2.5 million embattled three-term Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised during the first six months of the year. ZELDIN HAULS IN…

Florida man tries to throw live gator onto building’s roof

Florida man tries to throw live gator onto building’s roof

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man told police officers he was “teaching it a lesson” when he tried to throw a live alligator he had stolen from a miniature golf course onto the roof of a beachside cocktail lounge, authorities said. The 32-year-old man was arrested early Thursday when Daytona Beach Shores…