Machine learning & AI
For decades, Hollywood has made millions off of our fears that artificial intelligences such as HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Skynet in The Terminator could one day control us or even wipe out humanity.
Aug 17, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
There are many things about doing school at home that aren't much like being at school. No lines of cars with kids dragging oversized backpacks, no recess games and no bells to alert students when to get to class.
Aug 6, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the Bochum Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Cyber Security and Privacy have investigated which words inadvertently activate voice assistants. They compiled a list of English, ...
Jul 3, 2020
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Internet
In a world suddenly fearful of touch, voice technology is getting a fresh look.
May 10, 2020
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Business
How can the knowledge and skills of an experienced employee be effortlessly passed on to new employees? Researchers at Aalto University have tackled this problem that many industrial companies have experienced by developing ...
Apr 22, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
A reminder to those who are working at home: You might want to turn your Amazon or Google smart home speaker them off, or at the very least, mute the microphone.
Apr 8, 2020
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Internet
Anthony Pinter, a Ph.D. student in information science at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently completed a study on people's experiences with upsetting and unexpected reminders of an ex on Facebook.
Mar 3, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
The San Francisco 49ers are going to win the Super Bowl. That's what Amazon Alexa says anyway.
Jan 31, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Is 2020 the year when the government finally does something real to protect your privacy? Up until now, it has been all on you, the consumer.
Jan 21, 2020
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Software
Do you ever feel as if your voice assistants—whether Siri, Alexa, or Google—don't understand you? You might repeat your question a little slower, a little louder, but eventually you'll get the information you were asking ...
Jan 7, 2020
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