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Alexa only starts listening when it hears the wake word, but there have been cases of it misinterpreting sounds and recording ...

Since we’ve started inviting them into our homes, many of us have began casting a wary eye at our smart speakers. What exactly are they doing with the constant stream of audio we generate, some ...

It is interesting to see the wide coverage of a police investigation looking to harvest data from the Amazon Echo, the always-listening home automation device you may know as Alexa. A murder ...

mean, and what you need to do. In theory, Alexa should be safely listening at all times, carrying our every command flawlessly. But sometimes Alexa is dumb as a bag of rocks and hears exactly what ...

The Alexa Skills revolution that wasn’t The Amazon Echo graveyard Alexa, thank you for the music Fast-forward to today, and there are over 40 million Echo smart speakers in US households, with Alexa ...

1. “Alexa, Delete Everything I Said Today” What puts many people off from using voice assistants is that they think they’re constantly listening in and recording everything you’re saying.

It’s hard to believe Alexa has been around for a decade now. In those ten years, Alexa has gone from a novelty to a ...

To start listening to NewstalkZB on your Echo: Download the Amazon Alexa app (Google Play and Apple App store image and links) Open the Alexa app or go to Newstalk ZB skill page Select “Enable ...

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