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New ‘smart’ supportive home opens in Montreal to help young people with intellectual disabilitiesThe $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.CanadaFeb 19
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It’s never too early to prepare for a Saskatchewan winter. Here’s howCanadians 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.WeatherOct 12, 2021
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Amazon team that monitors Alexa can access user locations: reportA group of Amazon staff tasked with monitoring a fraction of Alexa recordings can view location data, according to a report.NewsApr 24, 2019
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Control your holiday lighting the ‘smart’ wayTake your holiday lighting to the next level with these smart options.LifestyleDec 16, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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How to get news updates on the Google Home and Amazon Echo in CanadaYou 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.CanadaDec 22, 2017
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Your Roomba may have a map of your home, and now companies want to share that dataThe Roomba robotic vacuum has been whizzing across floors for years, but its future may lie more in collecting data than dirt.TechJul 24, 2017
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