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The holiday gifting season usually brings new gatdets and smart tech, but is it cause for concern over privacy and security for American households?
Continue reading 76% of Americans believe their devices ‘listen’ to them
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Ridgewood NJ. Amazon unveiled an all-new Alexa voice assistant powered by a large language model during its fall hardware event last Wednesday. The new AI powered Alexa can understand conversational phrases and respond appropriately, interpret context more effectively, and complete multiple requests from one command. It could take home automation to the next level. Amazon will roll out the new assistant slowly to customers in the US through a preview program in the coming months.
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Ridgewood NJ, when a company makes a promise, you expect them to keep their word, right? According to the FTC, Amazon promised to delete children’s personal information and Alexa users’ voice and geolocation information but broke the law instead. In an announcement today, the FTC and the Department of Justice said Amazon violated children’s privacy law by keeping kids’ Alexa voice recordings forever to feed its voice-related algorithms.
Continue reading FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy
July 14,2018
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Public Library is pleased to announce that hoopla now supports Amazon Alexa devices. Ridgewood Library cardholders can play borrowed audiobooks and music albums directly on their Amazon Echo, Dot, Spot, and Show devices. Check out this quick video that shows Alexa and hoopla in action and contact us with any questions.
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Alexa, meet hoopla! from hoopla digital on Vimeo.