What the Tech: See how Alexa can help in an emergency
Alexa can help in an emergency, but you need to set it up in advance. Here’s how.
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What the Tech: Will you soon have to pay to use your Alexa device?
Prepare to pay to use Alexa, possibly as soon as this summer.
What the Tech? How to Keep Alexa from Spoiling Your Christmas Surprises
If you’re not careful, Alexa can spill the beans on what you’ve bought your loved ones for Christmas.
What the Tech? Are Your Voice Assistants Affecting Your Privacy?
By now there’s a virtual assistant in most homes (and hands) with Alexa devices, Siri on iPhones and iPads, and “Hey Google” on Android phones and Google devices. All of these devices have microphones so are they listening to you all of the time? In short, yes. The always-on devices and assistants are constantly listening for their ‘wake word’. Amazon’s…
What the Tech? Is Your Alexa, Siri or Other Device Recording You?
I suppose we’ve all heard a beep or ding or bloop when one of the many voice-assistants springs into action. We expect them to be ready when we ask Siri or Alexa or Google for the forecast or when we get to move the clocks forward. I’ll bet you’ve even become frustrated at least once when the listening device you’re…
What the Tech? Alexa Can Help Protect Your Home
If you’re one of the 100 million or so Americans who have an Amazon Echo device in your home, there’s one thing you should do right now to protect your home. Echo devices are the smart assistants that are triggered by saying the name “Alexa”. Amazon reported earlier this year that over 100 million Alexa enabled devices had been sold….
