C by GE lap with built-in Alexa voice services By Lance Ulanoff2016-12-07 14:00:00 UTC Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant technology, is branching out from its first home, the Echo series of devices, and finally starting to show up in third-party products. So far, we’ve seen a watch and an intercom, but GE may have the brightest …
A US communications regulator aims to beef up cybersecurity for smart devices and make it more difficult for hackers to hit network-connected homes. The federal agency has a plan penned, but further steps are on hold due to the Trump transition. The Federal Communications Commission has not officially shared measures it pland to take to …
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Martian Watches Have one of Martian’s voice-powered smartwatches? Cool, because now mVoice models and certain Guess timepieces will work with Amazon’s Alexa technology. “We’re excited to work with Martian Watches to bring Alexa to mVoice timepieces so customers can easily perform everyday tasks — like controlling their smart home with ecobee, requesting a ride with …
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Enlarge Image The My Friend Cayla doll may not be your friend at all, according to a complaint filed with the FTC. Photo by Gensis Toys That internet-connected talking toy you bought your kid may be putting their privacy at risk without your knowledge or consent, according to a coalition of consumer-interest organizations. A complaint …
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The online giant has revealed its advanced concept for a store utilizing “Just Walk Out” technology. Newslook Many retailers and tech companies have tried, and failed, to make grocery shopping less dire.(Photo: Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO — In Amazon Go’s world, shoppers walk into a supermarket, grab an item, and walk out. No scanning. No card swiping. Sounds fantastic. But …
Spotify users can now use the music-streaming service’s app to control Sonos speakers in their home. Spotify Connect, which has been in public beta for the past month, allows Spotify Premium subscribers to stream music from a tablet or phone to any Sonos Wi-Fi compatible speaker on the network, the streaming service said Tuesday. The …
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To allow you to talk to your wrist and cause the lights to dim, Martian Watches has just added Alexa voice control to its mVoice line of smart watches. With an mVoice smartwatch, rather than move to another room to interact with Alexa on an Amazon Echo, Tab, or Dot, you can simply speak to your …
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NoHold, a Milpitas, California-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that pioneered chatbots in the 1990s, has launched a “quickstart” platform targeted towards small to medium size businesses (SMBs) and individuals interested in creating virtual assistants quickly, easily, and cheaply. The Sicura Quickstart platform allows SMBs and individuals to create a virtual assistant automatically by uploading word …
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Natural language processing is going to be critical to the future of IoT interface dynamics, and now, Nuance Communications and Greenwave Systems have announced a team-up that will move that needle, thanks to adding Nuance Mix voice and AI-powered natural language understanding (NLU) technologies as part of its award-winning AXON Platform® for managed services. Working …
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A virtual personal assistant is like a genie you can summon 24/7. Five years after Apple added Siri to the iPhone, many smartphone users are accustomed to talking to a disembodied voice and expecting a helpful response. Now, Amazon has taken the concept of a virtual personal assistant a step further. Set up one of …