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Forcing Amazon Alexa Compatible Stuff to Speak to Google Assistant

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It took a long time, but it’s 2018, and we’re starting to get used to the concept of talking to a computer to make it control things around the house. It’s not quite as cool as it seemed when we saw it in films way back when, but that’s just real life. The problem is, there’s a multitude of different systems and standards and they don’t all necessarily work together. In [Blake]’s case, the problem is that Woods brand hardware only works with Amazon Alexa, which simply won’t do.

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CYBER Podcast: The Security Advice You Should Give Your Friends and Family This Holiday

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On this week’s episode of CYBER, Motherboard talks about the best security advice for friends and family this holiday, as well as those shiny new devices from the internet of things, including Amazon Echo and Google Home. Continue reading CYBER Podcast: The Security Advice You Should Give Your Friends and Family This Holiday→

Multi-Room Audio Comes to Chromecast Video, Google Home, and Smart Display Devices

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Google has finally added multi-room audio functionality to its video-based Chromecast, Google Home, and Smart Display devices
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R3-14, The Personal Assistant Two Years In The Making

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One of the great things about hacking together projects these days is how many powerful subsystems are readily available to reuse. [Sanjeet] took full advantage of a whole slate of reusable pieces when he built R3-14 — a personal assistant robot that you can see in action in the video below.

Many people started out in electronics building something simple like a crystal radio or an LED cube. But how far could you get if your projects had to begin at the most basic level, by drawing out copper wire, fabricating coils, capacitors, semiconductor devices, and batteries? Even if you …read more

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