Google touts privacy options, but still depends on your data
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
Say thank you and please: Should you be polite with Alexa and the Google Assistant?
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 will warn you when your passwords are too simple to guess and used too often
Google is trying to help you not be a password weakling.
Oct 2, 2019
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Internet
Google vows to do more to protect your voice data
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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Amazon smart display 'eyes' aid visually impaired
Amazon on Monday added a feature enabling its Echo Show smart screens to recognize household pantry items as part of an effort intended to help the blind and visually impaired.
Sep 23, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem—just ask Siri
Suggest to Samsung's Virtual Personal Assistant Bixby "Let's talk dirty", and the female voice will respond with a honeyed accent: "I don't want to end up on Santa's naughty list."
Sep 23, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Virtual assistants with personality can help with mental illness
Computer scientists have pioneered a new method that could be used to develop more "natural" automated virtual assistants to help people suffering from mental illness.
Sep 18, 2019
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Business
GM hires Google to make infotainment system more like phones
General Motors is hiring Google to run key parts of its dashboard infotainment system, admitting that the tech firm can do a better job.
Sep 5, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Hey Siri, Google and Alexa—enough with the snooping
Hey, Google, enough is enough already.
Aug 26, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
'Hey Google' to help you set reminders for everyone in the family
Gone are the days when you'd write a note on a piece of paper to remind someone to do something. Instead, you now leave reminders on your smart speaker.
Aug 16, 2019
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