Television anchors on San Diego’s CW6 were discussing how a young girl “accidentally” ordered a dollhouse and four pounds of cookies by talking to Amazon’s Alexa when one of the anchors said “I love the little girl, saying ‘Alexa ordered me a dollhouse.” Oops. From CW6 San Diego:
As soon as (anchor Jim) Patton said that, viewers all over San Diego started complaining their echo devices had tried to order doll houses…
Amazon says shopping settings can be managed via its Alexa app, including turning off voice purchasing and creating a confirmation code before any order.
The company also says any “accidental” physical orders can be returned for free.
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Oliver Schmidt led Volkswagen regulatory compliance office from 2014 to Mar 2015, and it was he who issued statements dismissing the initial West Virginia University reports of cheating in the emissions control systems of the company’s cars, lying to US regulators and insisting that the systems were merely buggy, and not deliberately designed to get […]
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Intel Director of Incident Response Jackie Stokes has captured the entirety of 2017 in a single image: a watercooler that won’t dispense water until it has installed a Windows upgrade (caption: “I just wanted some water…”).
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In On Smart Cities, Smart Energy, And Dumb Security — Netanel Rubin’s talk at this year’s Chaos Communications Congress — Rubin presents his findings on the failings in the security of commonly deployed smart meters.
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Flow state, the harmony of action and awareness (i.e. focusing), can seem impossible to achieve these days. From texts to social media, staying on-task can be difficult. Fortunately, the founders of Brain.fm found a solution for being more productive in the form of AI-generated music.Putting on headphones to shut out the world is a common tactic for focusing, but […]
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Designing for the web requires a mix of high-level planning, detailed mockups, and coding skills. Since such a variety of tools and skills are needed, knowing where to start can be overwhelming. This comprehensive Web Design bundle aims to demystify the process.Adobe Photoshop is a massive application with countless capabilities, this bundle starts off with a […]
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On-demand fresh coffee often requires an expensive trip to the cafe or staying tethered to a bulky drip machine. The GoJoe Self-Brewing Coffee Mug is a welcome alternative, and unlike an coffee mug I’ve seen.To make a cup, just fill the top half with ten ounces of water, add a filter-encapsulated coffee pod, and you […]
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