Month Archives: November 2026

Under New York State’s unique 1919 historians law, every town, village, and city in New York is required to appoint a local municipal historian. As a result many town and county historians across the state’s history have served in — or run for — local to statewide offices. This year,...

The AUX jack survives on older Echo speakers. The voice commands that made it convenient don't. Urbano Creativo/Shutterstock Amazon has disabled Alexa voice controls for the AUX input on several older Echo speakers. An Amazon email shared by a customer and reported by Ars Technica says that...