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#Iceland #IS #Europe #Europa #EU #app #CornishRadio #CornishStation #Cornwall #Cornwall'sRewindRadio #dab #Eighties #iceland #island #localradio #LocalRadioforCornwall #music #Nineties #Noughties #online #radio #RetroMusic #RewindRadio #SmartSpeaker
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#AI #SmartSpeaker #Amazon #Alexa #UK #USA #Censorship #Tech #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Weird.
I asked Alexa: “Is the measles outbreak in America getting worse?”
The reply: “I’m not quite sure how to help you with that.”
Then I tested Alexa by saying: “Who is the current health secretary in America?”
Alexa’s response: “I’m sorry, I don’t have an answer for that.”
Likewise with the US defence secretary, yet my questions about the UK government were answered.
Is anyone else having this?
After Amazon's news this week,
I feel the need to share this advice from my Privacy Guides article again:
Notify guests if you are
using a smart speaker 
If you are using a smart speaker device in your home such as Amazon's Echo (Alexa), Apple's HomePod (Siri), Google's Nest,
Inform your guests about it when they enter your home 
These devices have the capacity
to record all conversations, and there has already been instances of accidental privacy invasion reported about this 
Even if you don't mind yourself,
offer your guests to UNPLUG your smart speaker while they are visiting you 
Hi all, if you fancy some radio listening this afternoon, i'll be on Treehouse Radio at 2 PM UK time sitting in for Tash with chat and that. lots of great music, requests are welcome. To tune in, go to www.treehouseradio.com/listen-live or via #SmartSpeaker. We do have an app for #IOS and #Android. #THRadio
Advice please on getting a #smartspeaker for my mum.
Her #eyesight is deteriorating and things like driving the LG tv by aiming a stupid pointer on the screen are infuriating.
Also just to be able to say "Call…" to make an old-school phone call would be great.
She has an Android phone and an iPad, both are becoming difficult to use.
Pointers welcome on what Apple / Google / Amazon / others can actually do to help my mum.
#accessibility
This #Alexa failing sounds like Google #SmartSpeaker failing about (?) 3 years ago.
I suspected Google switched to using more on-device processing of speech and used less of the remote processing. And the device became useless.
We've since, due to #PrivacyConcerns, and reading that Google executives would not have smart speakers in their own homes, switched off both Alexa and Google. So we've got no current observations to add.
Is the original Google Home Mini considered a deprecated or unsupported product? Half of the time or more, it will only say "Sorry, something went wrong" and not work
#SmartSpeaker bekommen eine Menge mit 
– damit sie nicht zum Einfallstor für #Cyberkriminelle werden, hier die wichtigsten Tipps: https://www.bsi.bund.de/dok/1103246
My capitalist surveillance device just randomly said, entirely unprompted ; "I'm feeling quite positive about the future. It's going to be a great new year...".
Delusion or propaganda?
#SmartSpeaker #Worrying
Speaking of #AcademicPublishing, I wish I had not published with a big #commercial publisher. A paper by Dagmar Hoffmann, @timmoritz and me has been published in #Convergence. It deals with the #agency of #SmartSpeaker users:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13548565231189584
While it is available in #OpenAccess, thanks to the University of Siegen library system, publishing with #Sage has been worse than expected. 1/3
Leaked images show that Apple may put a display on its HomePod smart speaker. Tech Radar has more: https://flip.it/1FGbj5
#Tech #Technology #Apple #HomePod #SmartSpeaker
Hi all, i'll be on Treehouse Radio at the top of the hour for the last Tuesday all day breakfast. Lots of great music, requests are welcome. I'll also be looking at events on this day in music, to tune in, go to www.treehouseradio.com/listen-live or via #SmartSpeaker #THRadio
Hi all, at 6 AM tomorrow morning i'll be on treehouse radio with wake up and smell the coffee. I'll be taking a look at a self-confessed cleaning expert's tips on how to declutter your hone, national days and great music. To tune in, go to www.treehouseradio.com/listen-live or via #SmartSpeaker #THRadio
https://www.theverge.com/23765921/google-pixel-tablet-review
Viendo la Google Pixel Tablet me caben cada vez menos dudas de que no vamos a ver un #smartspeaker con pantalla por parte de Apple, algo tipo Echo Show.
Más bien, creo yo, veremos un dock para #iPad con altavoz y micrófonos. Un dock en el que dejaremos el iPad y que utilizará una mejora del modo stand by que ya tenemos en #iOS 17.
Hi all, on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of May, treehouse radio are holding an event called Mellow May. 2 days of completely chilled out music over the bank holiday weekend! We need 10 of your favourite mellow songs, these can be love songs, ballads, anything that's easy listening and not too ear jangling. Send your list to countdown@treehouseradio.com by no later than Tuesday 23rd May. The person with the most songs played out on their list will win a prize. www.treehouseradio.com/listenlive or via #SmartSpeaker #THRadio #MellowMay
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Bug in #GoogleHome #smartspeaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed. https://bit.ly/3G3evgr
