Amazon Echo
-
Tech-savvy volunteers show ‘whole new world’ to seniors on their cellphones and computersConnected Canadians, a non-profit, is working to give all seniors free digital support by 2030.EducationSep 23, 2021
-
Elderly mother and daughter keep critical connection with technologyAn elderly mother and her daughter are seeing each other and connecting with technology -- helping them cope with the distance and time apart.FeaturesFeb 16, 2021
-
-
Advertisement
-
Alexa, who killed these women? U.S. judge orders Amazon to provide Echo’s audio filesIn 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.CrimeNov 14, 2018
-
-
Advertisement
-
Facebook wants customers to trust its new camera-enabled home gadgetFacebook is launching a new camera-enabled digital assistant called Portal, with the goal of connecting more people through video calls.TechOct 8, 2018
-
Alexa recorded one family’s conversations and sent them to a friend, without them knowingThe couple only found out about the recording when she got a phone call from the person who received the recordings.TechMay 24, 2018
-
-
Alexa and Siri can hear hidden commands that you can’t, researchers warnThe method is dubbed a "dolphin attack," because the water creatures can hear sounds that humans often cannot.ConsumerMay 11, 2018
-
-
Amazon, Google may want to be a fly on the wall in your home, patents suggestOne 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."ConsumerApr 2, 2018
-
Amazon Echo mistakenly orders cat food after hearing TV commercialThere are settings on the Amazon product that can prevent this from happening — here's what to know.ConsumerFeb 14, 2018
-
-
Advertisement
-
Canadians at higher risk of hacks, thanks to their smart devices: reportExperts say that having more devices - and sharing information across those devices - inevitably means there will be more hacks.CanadaFeb 2, 2018
-
-
Advertisement
-
Will voice-activated assistants make us spend more?If history is any guide, they might.MoneyJan 18, 2018
Trending
-
Anne Heche’s estate cannot pay over $8M in debts, son says52,375 Read
-
Canadian man dies during Texas Ironman event. His widow wants answers as to why35,746 Read
-
B.C. teen’s killer says new TV show about Reena Virk’s murder ‘disrespectful’35,562 Read
-
‘Shock and disbelief’ after Manitoba school trustee’s Indigenous comments20,219 Read
-
Canada refused to repatriate woman from ISIS camp because she can’t be arrested: internal memo16,474 Read
-
What is a halal mortgage? How interest-free home financing works in Canada14,796 Read
-