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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Security
Smart home technologies are marketed to enhance your home and make life easier. However, UK consumers are not convinced that they can trust the privacy and security of these technologies, a study by WMG, University of Warwick ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Did someone invite a spy into your home over the holidays? Maybe so, if a friend or family member gave you a voice-controlled speaker or some other smart device.
Dec 31, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
When Google launched its now distinctive digital assistant in 2016, it was already in danger of being an also-ran.
May 6, 2019
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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
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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Software
Researchers have developed a new voice assistant that allows people with visual impairments to get web content as quickly and as effortlessly as possible from smart speakers and similar devices.
Aug 19, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features to better compete with other tech companies who've rolled out flashy chatbots.
Sep 20, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Voice-activated speakers like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Home are becoming ubiquitous in homes, cars and offices.
Apr 28, 2020
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Telecom
The internet of things (IoT) widely spans from the smart speakers and Wi-Fi-connected home appliances to manufacturing machines that use connected sensors to time tasks on an assembly line, warehouses that rely on automation ...
Jan 22, 2020
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