Privacy

Amazon Allows You to Disable Human Review of Recordings

Amazon is now allowing people who use Alexa to opt-out of human review of their voice recordings, Bloomberg has reported. This comes after a researcher revealed that some of Google’s Assistant recordings had been listened to by human contractors, and…

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amazon, bbc

BBC’s Alexa Flash Briefing Slated with 1* Reviews

If there’s one thing that you’d expect the BBC to get right, it would be the news.  Ask people in the street about BBC news and you’d expect words like authoritative, impartial, insightful, confident and trustworthy to litter the responses.…

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Andrew
amazon, google

UK Government Feeds Alexa and Google Home

Good news for Alex and Google Home users in the UK. The government’s Cabinet Office and Government Digital Service have been working to feed the digital assistants with UK-specific information relating to government services. There are now over 12,000 pieces of information,…

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Home Theater

Alexa Controls Optoma UHD51A Data Projector

Amazon might be planning a plethora of Alex-enabled devices over the coming months (according to CNBC and covered by Todd), but Optoma’s voice control into their HD projectors right now. Here’s the Alexa-supported 4K Ultra HD projector, UHD51A. To get the…

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Gaming
Twitch Skill is now on Alexa

Twitch Skill is now on Alexa

Twitch announced that they have launched their Twitch Skill on all Alexa-enabled devices in the United States. This Skill enables people to control Twitch with their voice. The Twitch Skill lets you play your favorite channels, discover new streamers, get…

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Media
Want a movie? Redbox is teaming with Amazon Alexa

Want a movie? Redbox is teaming with Amazon Alexa

Are you a movie fan? There’s been a few good ones this year and more on the way right now. If you can’t get to the theater or don’t want to pay the ridiculous prices they now charge then there are…

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