Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the Bochum Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Cyber Security and Privacy have investigated which words inadvertently activate voice assistants. They compiled a list of English, ...
Jul 03, 2020
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Robotics
Last year, nearly one third of Australian adults owned a smart speaker device allowing them to call on "Alexa" or "Siri." Now, with more time spent indoors due to COVID-19, smart voice assistants may be playing even bigger ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Internet
Twitter on Wednesday said it is adding an option to speak tweets of up to 140 seconds in length instead of just writing posts.
Jun 17, 2020
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Telecom
T-Mobile, one of the three largest mobile carriers in the U.S., said it's working to fix a widespread network issue.
Jun 16, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors that could fit on a computer chip would grow exponentially —- and they did, doubling about every two years. For half a century Moore's Law ...
Jun 05, 2020
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Internet
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"
Apr 03, 2020 report
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Hi Tech & Innovation
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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Consumer & Gadgets
Think twice before recharging an iPhone on tabletops in public places like airports and coffee shops.
Mar 12, 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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