A New Gadget Stops Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
Meet LeakyPick, the low-cost audio spy detector for your Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and other network-connected devices. Full Story: WIRED
Meet Celia, Huawei’s Google Assistant Replacement
Siri, Google Assistant, Bixby, Cortana, Alexa, and now, Celia. Yes, there’s yet another voice assistant on the market thanks to Huawei. Full Story: How-To Geek
Zoom Launches Giant, Voice Assistant-Free Smart Display for Home Offices
Zoom announced on Wednesday that it is jumping into hardware, starting pre-sales for a kind of oversize smart display, only without any voice assistant. Full Story: Voicebot.ai
Siri, Alexa Targeted as EU Probes ‘Internet of Things’ (1)
Voice assistants such as Apple Inc.’s Siri and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa face scrutiny as the European Union opened a sweeping antitrust inquiry into how Silicon Valley uses data to gain a tight grip on growing markets. Full Story: Bloomberg Law
Why CMOs need a clear voice strategy to connect with their customers
Now more than ever, voice presents a clear opportunity to add value to an organisation in many ways. Full Story: CMO
5 ways to customize Alexa so you love your Amazon Echo more
Your Amazon Echo is a great companion when it comes to the basics — listening to music, asking Alexa for a funny joke and setting reminders and alarms. Full Story: MSN Money
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live images leak – and the AirPods rivals look pretty bold
More images of the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Buds Live have been leaked, showing off the design of the bean-shaped true wireless earbuds, as well as some of the colors we can expect them to come in. Full Story: TechRadar
Here’s What You Need to Know About Search in 2020
By all indications, the future of search is as exciting as it is unknown. As much as search engine technology has progressed in the past few years, the biggest breakthroughs are yet to come. Fortunately, we won’t have long to wait. Full Story: Digital Market News
Microsoft Debuts New Cortana and AI Features for More Natural Business Meetings
Microsoft is revamping its Teams call and chat platform, adding new features that leverage artificial intelligence like the Cortana voice assistant to make the experience more comfortable for people. Full Story: Voicebot.ai
Facebook Builds Speech Recognition Engine Combining 51 Languages in One Model
Data scientists at Facebook have developed an automatic speech recognition (ASR) model capable of understanding 51 languages, according to a new research paper. Full Story: Voicebot.ai