Pandemic gives fresh momentum to digital voice technology
In a world suddenly fearful of touch, voice technology is getting a fresh look.
May 10, 2020
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In a world suddenly fearful of touch, voice technology is getting a fresh look.
May 10, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
"It's good to hear your voice, you know it's been so long If I don't get your calls, then everything goes wrong… Your voice across the line gives me a strange sensation" — Blondie, "Hanging on the Telephone"
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With over 60 million American adults owning a smart speaker, human-to-machine conversation have largely become a part of a daily ritual. Though these exchanges are seemingly simple to the user, the complex technology that ...
Mar 17, 2020
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Think twice before recharging an iPhone on tabletops in public places like airports and coffee shops.
Mar 12, 2020
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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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Anthony Pinter, a Ph.D. student in information science at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently completed a study on people's experiences with upsetting and unexpected reminders of an ex on Facebook.
Mar 3, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Ultrasonic waves don't make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read the contents of a text to a stranger. All without the phone owner's knowledge.
Feb 27, 2020
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Business
A visitor to The Dalí Museum in St Petersburg, Florida presses a doorbell beside a dark life-sized screen. A darkened figure wearing a dapper suit and sporting a pencil mustache slowly leaves his easel and comes toward her ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Is 2020 the year when the government finally does something real to protect your privacy? Up until now, it has been all on you, the consumer.
Jan 21, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
What's cooking at the Consumer Electronics Show? AI meal planning, a robot to chop your onions and vegan pork.
Jan 10, 2020
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