Consumer & Gadgets
In January, Google announced a cool new feature that turns the Google Assistant into a two-way language interpreter, but it only worked visually on smart displays, which generally aren't used in the real world, when people ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
OK, Google, so what's it going to be? You or Alexa?
Nov 25, 2019
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Internet
Google said Tuesday its digital assistant will serve as a "news host" on its connected devices to deliver stories from a variety of its media partners.
Nov 19, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
You: "Alexa, I'm lonely."
Nov 11, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Shining lasers at voice assistants like Alexa and Siri, researchers from Michigan and Japan achieved a hack where lasers had the power of commands from the human voice.
Consumer & Gadgets
More than 200m homes now have a smart speaker providing voice-controlled access to the internet, according to one global estimate. Add this to the talking virtual assistants installed on many smartphones, not to mention kitchen ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Google's latest phone and smart-home devices came packaged with a not-so-subtle message: Google cares about your privacy. Does it?
Oct 16, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Jeremy Bloom has a polite family. But after a few frustratingly failed attempts in which Bloom politely asked Alexa to turn down the volume at dinner time, he shouted instead, "Alexa, zip it."
Oct 14, 2019
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Security
Google is trying to help you not be a password weakling.
Oct 2, 2019
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Internet
Google came under fire after media reports revealed that its contractors listened to customer audio recordings captured by the company's virtual assistant this year.
Sep 24, 2019
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