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Amazon adds ‘hands-free’ Alexa to its Alexa mobile app
Amazon is making it easier for mobile users to access its Alexa virtual assistant while on the go. The company…
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Apple Music adds a personalized playlist of happy songs to cheer you up, plus a work-from-home mix
Apple Music is launching a new playlist the company hopes will raise your spirits during these difficult times. On Monday,…
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Spotify’s free music service will now stream on Alexa devices, plus Bose and Sonos smart speakers
Spotify has worked with Amazon Echo since 2016, but only for premium subscribers. Today, that changes as Spotify says its…
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Spotify confirms it’s testing real-time lyrics synced to music
With the launch of iOS 13, Apple added perfectly timed live lyrics to its Apple Music app. Now Spotify may…
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Drivetime nabs $11M from Makers Fund, Amazon and Google to build voice-based games for drivers
Fully autonomous cars may (or may not) be just around the corner, but in the meantime, a startup that’s building…
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Paid streaming music subscriptions in US top 60M, says RIAA
Streaming music subscriptions continue to drive the U.S. music industry’s growth and revenues, according to a new report from the…
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Landr raises $26 million for AI-powered music creation tools
Landr, a Montreal-based startup developing an AI-powered creative platform for musicians, today announced that it has closed a $26 million…
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Amazon reportedly ramps development on Alexa-powered home robot on wheels
Bloomberg reported last April that Amazon was working on a home robot codenamed ‘Vesta’ (after the Roman goddess of the…
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Amazon’s AI rewrites voice commands in natural language to reduce false positives
“Reference resolution” is a considerable challenge in natural language processing — in the context of AI assistants like Alexa, it…
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