Amazon Alexa bug exposed voice data
"Alexa, who is hacking into my system?"
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An attacker can steal sensitive user data over the phone using smart speakers
In recent years, voice assistants such as Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Cortana have become increasingly popular. People in many countries worldwide communicate with these artificial intelligence (AI) agents on ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Custom Alexa voice commands enrich Echo's options
Amazon Echo is a wireless speaker and voice command device from Amazon. The device wakes up to the name "Alexa" which is Amazon's voice-controlled personal assistant. Alexa is the voice that delivers information and obeys ...
Software
Dolphin-inspired compact sonar for enhanced underwater acoustic imaging
Underwater imaging sonars are an essential technology for ocean exploration. Biomimetic sonars that are inspired from marine mammals such as dolphins are an emerging development in this field. A team of scientists from the ...
Jan 19, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Zoom coming to Alexa, Google and Facebook on Echo Show, Portal and Nest Hub Max
After frustrating stay-at-home workers and parents looking for an easy way to connect their kids to Zoom because it wasn't available, the world's most popular video meeting application is finally coming to Amazon, Google ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Wearable device uses sonar to reconstruct facial expressions
Cornell researchers have developed a wearable earphone device—or "earable"—that bounces sound off the cheeks and transforms the echoes into an avatar of a person's entire moving face, utilizing acoustic technology to ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Zoom finally conferences in Alexa, Google and Facebook on Echo Show, Portal and Nest Hub Max
After frustrating stay-at-home workers and parents looking for an easy way to connect their kids to Zoom because it wasn't available, the world's most popular video meeting application is finally coming to Amazon, Google ...
Aug 25, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon Sidewalk to boost neighborhood connectivity
Former presidential contender Hillary Clinton authored a book titled, "It Takes a Village," about communities working together for the wellbeing of one another.
Security
Amazon has mitigations so that Alexa does not turn into eavesdropper
Amazon has fixed a potential exploit discovered by Checkmarx. The latter's researchers said that Alexa could possibly keep tabs on you even if you were totally unaware that malicious outsiders were turning your Echo into ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon digital assistant Alexa gets new skill: amnesia
Amazon on Wednesday added the ability to tell its Alexa digital assistant to forget what it has heard in a move that could assuage concerns about Echo devices remembering conversations.
May 30, 2019
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