Category: siri
Apple buys an AI startup to improve Siri’s data
Apple is continuing its string of AI startup acquisitions, this time to improve Siri’s performance. The company has confirmed to Bloomberg that it recently acquired Inductiv, a Waterloo, Ontario, Canada-based company that uses AI to correct data — wh… Source
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Apple’s handling of Siri snippets back in the frame after letter of complaint to EU privacy regulators
Apple is facing fresh questions from its lead data protection regulator in Europe following a public complaint by a former contractor who revealed last year that workers doing quality grading for Siri were routinely overhearing sensitive user data. Earlier this week the former Apple contractor, Thomas le Bonniec, sent a…
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Hive’s smart home devices finally work with HomeKit
The UK-based smart home company Hive finally works with HomeKit, 9to5Mac reports. A handful of Hive devices — Hive Active Heating, Hive Active Lights and Hive Active Plugs — can now be controlled via Apple’s Home app, and customers can use HomeKit… Source
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Apple’s HomePod is on sale for $205
Home audio is a higher priority than ever with many people staying at home during the pandemic. You might be glad to hear that Apple’s HomePod is on sale, then. OWC has discounted the Siri smart speaker to $205, well under the $299 official price and… Source
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Apple’s rumored over-ear headphones may offer switchable magnetic parts
Rumors that Apple is developing its own over-ear wireless headphones have been circulating since as far back as 2018 — now fresh reports have added more fuel to the fire. As reported by Bloomberg, people “familiar with the matter” say that the tech g… Source
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Apple said to be working on modular, high-end, noise-cancelling over-ear headphones
Apple is said to be developing its own competitors to popular over-ear noise-cancelling headphones like those made by Bose and Sony, Bloomberg reports, but with similar technology on board to that used in the AirPod and AirPod Pro lines. These headphones would also include a design with interchangeable parts that…
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