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Can Alexa Automatically Adjust Volume? Alexa can automatically adjust volume, but just for its voice responses. When you enable Alexa’s Ambient Volume option, it will automatically change its voice response volume to match the amount of ambient noise. You can set this option in the Alexa app on your phone, and you can only enable it account-wide. That means when you enable this feature in the Alexa app, all of your Echo devices will use it....

Vindman offered his latest comparison between the Trump administration and Soviet-style leadership in an interview for The Atlantic published Monday in which he highlighted his shock at “Trump’s desire to impress Putin.” Vindman relayed his direct knowledge of the president’s efforts to leverage Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a call on July 25 of last year. He said Trump’s political effort to gain negative information about Joe Biden’s son Hunter should be a warning to all Americans how close the country is treading along authoritarian lines....

The task force will work on campaign goals to attract supporters of Sanders’s former campaign to vote for Biden in the November presidential election. “I’m working with Bernie and with his people. And so, and we’ve made some changes. We’ve listened to Bernie supporters and, you know, for example, we have Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, she is on one of the panels,” Biden told News8 in Las Vegas on Tuesday. While Biden didn’t specify which policy field Ocasio-Cortez would advise on, CNN Washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles tweeted that a source directly involved with the task forces’ planning said she’ll serve as the co-chair of the Climate Change group....

“What I’d like to see at a bare minimum is a health care plan that helps extend health care to young people,” Ocasio-Cortez told The Associated Press. “This is not just about Donald Trump,” she continued. “It’s about a systemic structure in this country that is set up to fail working-class people, the young and people of color. We need a real plan and not just gestures.” Ocasio-Cortez conducted the interview just two hours before former-presidential candidate, Vermont Sen....

Arsenal 12/1 to win Premier League With Sanchez having entered the last year of his contract, clubs including Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City have been linked with a move for the 28-year-old. Arsene Wenger has regularly indicated he intends to keep Sanchez and risk losing him for nothing at the end of the 2017-18 season, with the forward having been given time off following the Confederations Cup. Sanchez and Germany centre-back Shkodran Mustafi are poised to return to the club at the weekend, but the duo will not take part in Arsenal’s pre-season fixtures against Benfica and Sevilla in the Emirates Cup....

Aliens: Fireteam Elite was released in August last year and has enjoyed a generally positive reception from fans and critics who praised its action-packed campaign, frantic pace, and satisfying horde-slaying combat that Left 4 Dead and World War Z fans will find instantly familiar. Players take on the roles of fireteam members in Aliens’ Colonial Marines as they fight off waves of lethal Xenomorphs across a variety of locales. With an arsenal of weapons, perks, and classes to choose from, players can mix and match playstyles to form an equally deadly squad of marines....

When Aliens: Fireteam Elite released last August, Cold Iron Studios looked to blend the core gameplay loops of similar horde-slaying titles such as Left 4 Dead and World War Z with the storied Aliens franchise. Players take on the role of a Colonial Marine with a variety of classes, perks, equipment and weaponry at their disposal as they are tasked with completing objectives and surviving against relentless waves of Xenomorphs....

The goalkeeping position has been a problematic area for a while for Liverpool, with neither Mignolet nor Karius convincing in the last few years. Mignolet, who was signed in 2013, lost his place as first choice to Karius last season after some high-profile errors, but the German was not much of an improvement. Karius looked similarly susceptible to a costly mistake and produced a howler in the Champions League final, throwing the ball right to Karim Benzema, who got in the way and diverted the ball into the goal as Real Madrid went on to win 3-1....

According to an analysis from The Tax Foundation, the increase to federal tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends would average 48 percent under Biden’s proposed American Family Plan, making it highest around the world. Comparably, on average, European countries covered tax capital gains at 19.5 percent. Even states that don’t have state income taxes, would be seeing top capital gains rates higher than places like Denmark and South Korea, which have the highest rates in Europe and Asia at 42 percent....

At last year’s AEW Awards, Kenny Omega was the singles competitor who took home the most awards: 2. Omega won the award for Biggest WTF Moment after winning the AEW World Championship at Winter is Coming and walking out. His second was earned as a member of The Elite. Santana and Ortiz would earn the most awards as a team (3 total) for their Parking Lot Brawl against Best Friends and 2 as members of the Inner Circle....

The promotion is building up towards its first show in the tri-state area. The “Blood and Guts” event will broadcast from the Prudential Center in New Jersey and feature a war games match between Inner Circle and The Elite. Tonight, the March 11 episode of AEW Dynamite will reveal the rules of the match. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s any different the War Games matches shown on NXT in past years....

As a reminder, in Fortnite Season 3 Week 5, these coins are cumulative, so if players miss a coin or forget to grab one from a previous week they can continue to collect them before the end of Fortnite Season 3. Don’t forget to follow Punch Cards, and watch out for a bug that stops tracking Punch Card progress if multiple of the same color XP Coin are collected in the same match; progress should be spread out over a few matches....

In preface of providing the locations of all of the Fortnite Season 3 Week 6 XP Coins, it is important to mention that while Golden XP Coins have been added this week, they appear to be bugged at the time of writing. This means that some players will simply not see Golden XP Coins, and those fans that can see them may not be able to collect them. That said, the map below does highlight the locations of the Golden XP Coins with the assumption that they will be fixed soon....

[HTML1] WWE’s latest PPV creation ‘Battleground,’ is now just over two days away. Featuring a fully-stacked card of muscle-bound “Superstars” and scintillating “Divas,” the all-new event is expected to ring the changes inside the hallowed squared circle, culminating in an exciting title fight between bearded Billy goat Daniel Bryan and “Apex Predator” Randy Orton. Coinciding with the buildup to the event, Yukes! Interactive has unleashed a brand new gameplay trailer for their upcoming grapple title WWE 2K14 - a game that like the show itself, is attempting to iterate on an ever-aging formula....

The island is getting a major expansion and will be home to eight new shops. Here’s how to unlock them, what they’ll sell and more. All new Animal Crossing shops players can unlock on Harv’s Island All the new shops in Animal Crossing: New Horizons will follow the same method to unlock. They won’t immediately be available when players open Animal Crossing after the update and head to Harv’s Island....

In the special anniversary update, Vida Starcevic, Senior Community Manager at Remedy, interviewed Creative Director Sam Lake as well as both halves of Alan Wake’s titular character, motion-capture actor Ilkka Villi and voice actor Matthew Porretta. This included behind-the-scenes footage of Villi’s motion-capture, and how both actors are surprised and pleased to return to the franchise. However, around the eight-minute mark of Remedy’s update interview, concept art is suddenly shown that offers a closer look at the survival-horror atmosphere that Alan Wake 2 will lean toward....

On November 1, 2019, Alexander contacted a Los Angeles area synagogue using his cell phone in Anchorage, Alaska. He left a voice message threatening to kill the congregants and repeatedly using anti-Jewish slurs, the Department of Justice wrote in a Thursday press release. He was charged with one count of making threatening interstate communications and one count of intentionally obstructing and attempting to obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs through the threatened use of force....

Cook, who was appointed captain in 2012, led England in 59 tests, which includes Ashes victories at home in 2013 and 2015 as well as series wins in India and South Africa. “His resignation has been accepted, the Board have been informed and the proper process has started to appoint the next test captain…” the ECB said in a statement. (Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)...