Software
More and more of the devices that we surround ourselves with on a daily basis are connected to the internet. This makes them not only smart, but also vulnerable to cyberattacks and criminal acts.
May 2, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
If you own an internet-connected "smart" device, chances are it knows a lot about your home life.
Apr 25, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Adding random, short expressions of understanding in a conversation may turn smart speakers, such as Alexa and Siri, into robot therapists that allow people to open up more without violating their privacy, according to a ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Less than two weeks after the announcement of its acquisition of U.S. health care company One Medical, Amazon is continuing its expansion with a US$1.7 billion offer for iRobot, the manufacturer of Roomba automated vacuum ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Internet
Many internet-connected devices—let's use smart speakers as an example—share data to the cloud when you interact with them. How do you know your speaker isn't always listening? How do you know it's not sharing more information ...
May 31, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Natural language processing, an area of artificial intelligence, involves teaching human language to computers. It has evolved from an intelligence-gathering technology to one that affects our everyday lives: giving voice ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers from Bentley University, in partnership with Waltham Council on Aging in Massachusetts, and as part of a study funded by the National Science Foundation, have been exploring how the elderly use smart speakers ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Engineering
Microphones are perhaps the most common electronic sensor in the world, with an estimated 320 million listening for our commands in the world's smart speakers. The trouble is that they're capable of hearing everything else, ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple will discontinue its original HomePod four years after first releasing the smart speaker.
Mar 15, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
While a certain level of trust is needed for autonomous cars and smart technologies to reach their full potential, these technologies are not infallible—hence why we're supposed to keep our hands on the wheel of self-driving ...
Dec 8, 2020
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