Smart Home

• New ‘smart’ supportive home opens in Montreal to help young people with intellectual disabilities

  The $6.7-million home will house eight residents, handpicked by the local CIUSS based on factors such an individual capabilities, and compatibility with other residents.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2024
  
• It’s never too early to prepare for a Saskatchewan winter. Here’s how

  Canadians typically switch change tires between Thanksgiving and Easter. Waiting for the first snow of the season could mean longer wait times for you to get your car serviced.

  Weather

  Oct 12, 2021
  
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• Amazon team that monitors Alexa can access user locations: report

  A group of Amazon staff tasked with monitoring a fraction of Alexa recordings can view location data, according to a report.

  News

  Apr 24, 2019
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• Control your holiday lighting the ‘smart’ way

  Take your holiday lighting to the next level with these smart options.

  Lifestyle

  Dec 16, 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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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• How to get news updates on the Google Home and Amazon Echo in Canada

  You can get news updates from Global News and Corus Radio newstalk stations on voice assistants like the Google Home or Amazon Echo. Here's how to set them up.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2017
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• Your Roomba may have a map of your home, and now companies want to share that data

  The Roomba robotic vacuum has been whizzing across floors for years, but its future may lie more in collecting data than dirt.

  Tech

  Jul 24, 2017