分類彙整: smart speaker
Get Your Personalized News Playlist With Google Assistant
One of my favorite memories of growing up is eating milk-soaked Teddy Grahams as talk radio played from my grandparents’ kitchen. And while no one has an unironic receiver anymore, you can still […]
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Google Adds Halloween-Themed Smart Doorbell Ringtones
When I was a trick-or-treating kid, a neighborhood man with a (presumably) fake chainsaw chased me and my friends down the street, inducing nightmares for many Halloweens to come. That same man is […]
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This ‘Smart’ Speaker is Cheeky Alternative to Modern Tech
Does your smart speaker hold a martini glass? Hendrick’s, purveyor of “unusual” gin, launched its first venture into modern technology. Horatio is a semi-smart, finger-activated (“freeing your voice for other things”) amplifier aimed […]
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Easily Assign Tasks With Google Assistant
With less than four weeks left until our wedding, my fiance and I are in full productivity mode. Planning the seating chart. Issuing responsibilities. Finalizing table decor. Trying to ensure nothing slips through […]
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Google Defends Letting Humans Listen to Virtual Assistant Queries
Of course Google employees listen to audio files recorded by its digital assistant and smart speakers. But for good reason. “As part of our work to develop speech technology for more languages, we […]
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Amazon Admits It Keeps Alexa Voice Recordings Indefinitely
Amazon last week confirmed that it keeps transcripts of interactions with Alexa, even after users have deleted the voice recordings. Based on reports that Amazon retains text records of what users ask Alexa, […]
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A Smart Speaker Could Save You From Cardiac Arrest
My fiancé is a deep sleeper: If I stopped breathing or began gasping for air in the middle of the night, he’d snore right through it. But a smart speaker could save my […]
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Alexa Guard Keeps U.S. Homes Safe From Fire, Intruders
Alexa, is someone breaking into my house? Amazon this week introduced Alexa Guard, a new smart home security function that notifies Echo owners when it detects nefarious sounds. U.S. users can set up […]
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California Wants to Limit Storage of Smart Speaker Recordings
California lawmakers introduced a bill that would limit how manufacturers of smart speakers and digital assistants collect recordings. The Anti-Eavesdropping Act, which cleared its first committee this week, prohibits saving, storing, or sharing […]
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UK Gov’t Uses Alexa, Google Assistant to Dispense Info
She still can’t read the day’s headlines in a “newscaster” voice, but Amazon’s Alexa can now tell me the UK’s national minimum wage. Folks in Great Britain and Northern Ireland can now use […]
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