Revelations that an Amazon Echo smart speaker inadvertently sent a family's private conversation to an acquaintance highlights some unexpected risks of new voice-enabled technologies.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 25, 2018
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Amazon's digital assistant Alexa is being transformed into a fashionista in a new device that was unveiled Wednesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 27, 2017
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Finnish reindeer herders in the Arctic have painted Rudolph's antlers in fluorescent colors, hung reflectors around their necks and even used movable traffic signs, but none of the efforts have helped reduce the annual 4,000 ...
Software
Jun 8, 2016
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Most people only think about the electricity that powers our homes and gadgets when it isn't there. When the power is humming, we tend to take it for granted. The trouble is, the network that delivers the electricity to keep ...
Engineering
Jan 15, 2015
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Imagine a world in which your garage door opens automatically as you pull into the driveway. The living room lights and heater turn on—perhaps the oven starts warming up, too. In the so-called "smart home," cars, appliances ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 5, 2015
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It will help you avoid traffic jams as you travel from work to that hot new spot you've been dying to try out, tell you on the way about the bar's half-price coupons and let you check your home video monitors while knocking ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 5, 2014
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Google is expected to reveal an Android update, smart home devices and other innovations at its two-day developer conference, beginning Wednesday in San Francisco.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 25, 2014
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Japan's Toshiba is teaming up with US chip giant SanDisk to produce a "3D" memory chip they hope will allow users to save up to 50 hours of ultra-high definition video.
Electronics & Semiconductors
May 14, 2014
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Here are a few things that have stood out for me from the past several days at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 9, 2014
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Discounting critics who contend it is mired in the slowing personal-computer market, microchip giant Intel Corp. assured a gathering of industry experts Tuesday that it is well-positioned to profit from the fast-changing ...
Business
Sep 11, 2013
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