Security
,The innocuous microwave on a shelf in a laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Wash., is anything but ordinary.
Oct 27, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
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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Consumer & Gadgets
A series of privacy missteps in recent months has raised fresh concerns over the future of voice-controlled digital assistants, a growing market seen by some as the next frontier in computing.
Aug 3, 2019
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Engineering
To Ilan Mandel, a Cornell robotics researcher and builder, the math didn't add up. How could a new, off-the-shelf hoverboard cost less than the parts that compose it?
Sep 14, 2023
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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
Besides sporting a new round look, Amazon's updated fourth generation Echo speakers have something else going for them. Buy a pair for $200 and they make fabulous TV speakers.
Oct 27, 2020
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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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Consumer & Gadgets
Smart speakers act as our personal assistants, offering a hands-free way to get information, control our homes, and manage our schedules. And like any good assistant, they are always listening.
Jul 15, 2020
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Engineering
Smart speakers—think, an Amazon Alexa or a Google Home—offer a wide variety of capabilities to help free up both our time and our hands. We can hear the morning news while brushing our teeth, ask for a weather report ...
Mar 11, 2020
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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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