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Google Vies With Partners as Digital Helpers Crowd Barcelona

Mobile World Congress, the premier wireless-technology conference in Barcelona, was supposed to be a coming out party for Google’s digital assistant. But at this year’s proceedings, the artificially intelligent voice-based service struggled to be heard above the din of an army of rival assistants that will soon jostle for attention on smartphones. As the event […]

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Data From Electronic Toys Leaked, Adds To List Of Hacker Vulnerable Devices

Advertisement The recent hacking predicament that Spiral Toys endured was not the first toy-based hacking problem of late. Seemingly innocent and innovative toys have recently been under investigation with regards to their ability to breach data and privacy at the least and a full-blown hacking dilemma at the worst. From the CloudPets hacking incident to Hello

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Amazon sets up Alexa Fund for students looking to push the tech forward

Students at Waterloo working on an Amazon Alexa Echo device Amazon’s Alexa is one of the most popular voice-controlled artificially-intelligent digital assistants out there, but there’s still work to be done on improving her. That’s why Amazon has set up the Alexa Fund Fellowship, a program for students meant to push forward the technology and

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Keep kids away from connected toys

How dangerous is a stuffed toy bear or a doll? In the Internet of Things era, it’s not an idle question but one for parents and regulators to ponder seriously. Troy Hunt, the cybersecurity expert who maintains the “Have I been pwned?” database of major breaches affecting the clients of internet businesses, revealed a problem Monday

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