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Amazon researchers boost Alexa’s ability to understand complex commands
Amazon’s Alexa is becoming more proficient at understanding multistep requests in one shot. In a paper (“Parsing Coordination for Spoken Language…
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Amazon Fire HD tablets gain Drop In video calls and Announcements
If you’ve ever felt the urge to ping an unsuspecting Fire HD tablet owner with a video call, good news:…
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Google’s Home Hub hits Apple in its new blind spot: Affordable tablets
Introduced chaotically alongside Pixel 3 phones, Pixel Slate tablets, and Pixel Stand accessories, Google’s $149 Home Hub seemed somewhat out…
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Amazon Echo devices can now make Skype calls
Video chat was always one of Echo Show and Spot’s biggest selling points. But until now, the products have been…
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Alexa users can now make Skype calls
Microsoft announced in September that Skype calling would come to devices with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant by the end of…
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Amazon’s neural TTS can model speaking styles with only a few hours of recordings
Tired of Alexa’s staid, monotonous tone? Well, thanks to a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique, Amazon might soon be able…
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Alexa’s new Wake-on-LAN feature turns on smart devices over local networks
Have a smart device with a sleep mode that would normally prevent it from power toggling remotely? Amazon today announced Wake-on-Lan Controller,…
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Anki’s Vector gets new animations and features ahead of Alexa integration
Anki‘s playful Vector robot began shipping last month, following a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, and the team’s wasting no time…
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