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• Tech-savvy volunteers show ‘whole new world’ to seniors on their cellphones and computers

  Connected Canadians, a non-profit, is working to give all seniors free digital support by 2030.

  Education

  Sep 23, 2021
  
• Elderly mother and daughter keep critical connection with technology

  An elderly mother and her daughter are seeing each other and connecting with technology -- helping them cope with the distance and time apart.

  Features

  Feb 16, 2021
  
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• Alexa, who killed these women? U.S. judge orders Amazon to provide Echo’s audio files

  In hopes of solving a double homicide case, a judge is turning to Amazon's Alexa, who may have captured the chilling moment two women were killed in a New Hampshire home.

  Crime

  Nov 14, 2018
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• Facebook wants customers to trust its new camera-enabled home gadget

  Facebook is launching a new camera-enabled digital assistant called Portal, with the goal of connecting more people through video calls.

  Tech

  Oct 8, 2018
• Alexa recorded one family’s conversations and sent them to a friend, without them knowing

  The couple only found out about the recording when she got a phone call from the person who received the recordings.

  Tech

  May 24, 2018
• Alexa and Siri can hear hidden commands that you can’t, researchers warn

  The method is dubbed a "dolphin attack," because the water creatures can hear sounds that humans often cannot. 

  Consumer

  May 11, 2018
• Amazon, Google may want to be a fly on the wall in your home, patents suggest

  One set of patent applications from Google states that audio monitoring could help detect that a child is engaging in "mischief," at which point the speaker could provide the child with a "verbal warning."

  Consumer

  Apr 2, 2018
• Amazon Echo mistakenly orders cat food after hearing TV commercial

  There are settings on the Amazon product that can prevent this from happening — here's what to know.

  Consumer

  Feb 14, 2018
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• Canadians at higher risk of hacks, thanks to their smart devices: report

  Experts say that having more devices - and sharing information across those devices - inevitably means there will be more hacks.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2018
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• Will voice-activated assistants make us spend more?

  If history is any guide, they might.

  Money

  Jan 18, 2018