Amazon Alexa accused of ‘sexist’ reply to question about the Lionesses
Amazon Alexa has been accused of sexism after the voice assistant was unable to reply to a question about the…
Amazon Alexa has been accused of sexism after the voice assistant was unable to reply to a question about the…
In a bid to encourage more families to have open conversations around menstruation, Amazon UK has trained its virtual assistant technology Alexa on how to give advice to manage periods, the e-commerce company said.
Amazon has introduced a new feature in the Alexa mobile app, in a recent update, allowing users to manage and move their music between Echo devices (or groups of multiple speakers) within the app itself.
Amazon on Thursday launched the Echo Buds 2nd Generation, featuring custom-designed Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology, wireless charging capability and hands-free access to Alexa in the Indian market.
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Although constant technological evolution has indeed changed the world, it has also taken away many traditions that have lasted for centuries.
Reacting to the allegations, the e-commerce giant said it not only worked closely with organisations like the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) while developing Echo Dot Kids Edition but also followed industry's best practices for securing verifiable parental consent. "Specific to Echo Dot Kids Edition and FreeTime on Alexa, we want you to know that Kid skills in Amazon FreeTime do not collect personal information and we require verifiable parental consent from all customers before enabling FreeTime on Alexa," Amazon wrote in a blog post.
For the study, the researchers recruited 141 participants through Amazon Mechanical Turk, a crowd-sourced site that allows people to get paid to participate in studies.
Beaten and left with a broken leg, a few months old Alexa needed medical attention and a lot of help to be back on her four feet. She got everything, and how!
The new Watch has an electrical heart sensor with two new features -- low heart rate notifications and faster heart rate reading. The moment you get furious, Watch Series 4 sends you an immediate notification about your heart rate going through the roof, requiring you to cool down.
