January, 2017 | CompuScoop.com

Disney could receive $50 Million for the death of Carrie Fisher

Dan Uff January 2, 2017 0

(NYPost.com): Carrie Fisher’s death could be a windfall for Disney.

The entertainment company, the distributor of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and the next two films in the franchise, could receive $50 million thanks to an insurance policy the company took out in the event Fisher was unable to fulfill her three-film contract.

It’s set to be the largest single personal accident insurance claim payout ever, according to Insurance Insider.

Fisher reprised her career-making role of Princess Leia from the original 1977 “Star Wars” flick for the new trilogy. “The Force Awakens,” released in December 2015, made $2.068 billion at the box office worldwide.

Filming on “Episode VIII” was already complete at the time of Fisher’s death on Dec. 27 at the age of 60, after she suffered a heart attack aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles.

Fisher was due to appear in “Episode IX,” forcing the film’s creators to either rewrite the plot or possibly use visual effects to insert her in the film. The latter was implemented for “Rogue One,” in which the late Peter Cushing reprised his role as Grand Moff Tarkin.

Click here to read more in the New York Post.

Nervous about the Always-on Amazon Echo? Here’s how to NOT make it that way!

Dan Uff January 1, 2017 0

The Amazon Alexa device has been getting some not-so-good press lately.

Questions have been raised about Alexa's always on feature. Some privacy experts have expressed concerns about the device's "always-on" feature so it'll respond to one's voice when thy say the activation name.

But what the media didn't mention is, there IS A WAY to disable the always-on feature. Granted, you'll not be able to activate her from across the room, but if you're really concerned about privacy, here's what to do:

On top of the device are two buttons (the Alexa Dot has four) - one is for power, and the other one is Mute. Pressing the mute button will cause the device to show an orange ring around the top. This ring means that Alexa is muted and unable to hear anything spoken to her. Pressing the button again un-mutes the device.