Collaborate Disseminate
Microsoft has released new usage figures for Cortana and while the numbers are large, they don’t tell the entire story about how it is used or how Siri/Google New measure up.
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Recording your voice and storing it on a server sounds alarming—OK, it is alarming—but there’s a good reason why Amazon Echo and Google Home do it. The post Alexa and Google Home Record What You Say. But What Happens to That Data? appeared first on… Continue reading Alexa and Google Home Record What You Say. But What Happens to That Data?
This bypass affects iOS versions 8 through 10.2 beta, and ignores both the passcode and TouchID Continue reading iPhones vulnerable to yet another lockscreen bypass
It would be nice to think that as we’re now up to iOS 10 that Apple would have prevented such bypasses from working once and for all. But no such luck – for users who have left Siri enabled from the lockscreen at least.
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“Thanks, Siri,” said the guy who spent thousands on smart lightbulbs, temperature-sensing thermostats and a Bluetooth-controlled door lock. Continue reading Siri opens “smart” lock to let neighbor walk into a locked house
Apple’s new wireless headphones aren’t for the iPhone 7. They’re for Siri. The post Apple AirPods: Review appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Apple AirPods: Review
Google’s WaveNet is bringing computerized speech into the uncanny valley. Continue reading Soon You Won’t Be Able to Tell an AI From a Human Voice
Researchers have demonstrated that “hidden” voice commands can trick voice-activated assistants into doing things like downloading malware. Continue reading Rigged YouTube videos can use Siri and Google Now to hijack your phone
The Mac’s best new feature looks and sounds a little familiar. The post I Spent a Week Yelling at Siri in MacOS Sierra appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading I Spent a Week Yelling at Siri in MacOS Sierra
Later this year, Apple will bring Siri to the desktop where they hope to succeed with what Microsoft has struggled, get people to talk to their PC.
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