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Apple has confirmed a privacy bug in it iPhone that allows the Siri voice assistant to read out messages from locked screens – even if the messages are hidden. Continue reading Apple To Fix Glitch Allowing Siri To Read Hidden Messages Out Loud
A Brazilian Mac magazine found how to bypass your iPhone lockscreen via Siri – so here’s how to stop her reading messages she shouldn’t. Continue reading How Siri leaks your private iPhone messages, and how to stop her
A credible report explaining how Apple failed to capitalize on being first-to-market with Siri has triggered some fan fiction.
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Websites used to be uglier than they are now. Sure, you can still find a few disasters, but back in the early days of the Web you’d have found blinking banners, spinning text, music backgrounds, and bizarre navigation themes. Practices evolve, and now there’s much less variation between professionally-designed sites.
In a mirror of the world of hypertext, the same thing is going to happen with voice user interfaces (or VUIs). As products like Google Home and Amazon Echo get more users, developing VUIs will become a big deal. We are also starting to see hacker projects that use VUIs …read more
Are the humble analogue transducers embedded in vast numbers of hidden sensors the next low-level technology in need of a security rethink? Continue reading Researchers warn of invisible attacks on electrical sensors
Buried in this week’s announcement about HomePod availability, Apple claims that Siri now has over half a billion active users.
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With every new piece of hardware having a digital assistant crammed inside, we are about to experience digital overload.
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Microsoft’s high volume, low-cost strategy was the winner in the PC market. But will it work with smart speakers too?
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Sorry for the seemingly cheap headline, but it’s not my fault. This topic creates a unique challenge for its author.
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Researchers asked Siri and Google a barrage of questions in a sex-health battle of the voice assistants. Continue reading Don’t Ask Siri About Your Weird Sex Thing