Scary. Amazon has apologised after a woman in the US claimed her Alexa device gave her 10-year-old daughter a dangerous challenge involving an exposed electrical plug. On Sunday, mum Kristin Livdahl tweeted a screenshot of her Amazon Echo smart speaker’s activity log which showed the interaction between the device and her child. “OMFG My 10 […]
4 years ago
Amazon Alexa called 911 as a man allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. Eduardo Barros was threatening his girlfriend with a gun in a home in New Mexico when the virtual assistant phoned the police. The device had heard Barros shout: “Did you call the sheriff?” and recognised the sentence as a voice command. Police later arrived […]
6 years ago
Ah, god. If you had a daughter for a couple of years, would you be bothered changing her name? Probably not – it involves a lot of paperwork, effort, and many other things that require a lot of time and we wouldn’t really be bothered, really. There’s one lad though who has decided that he […]
8 years ago
We definitely won’t be sleeping tonight. Amazon have said that they are “working to fix” a glitch in Alexa devices after social media users said it started laughing randomly. The housing voice assistant is designed to respond to commands when the user says a wake word, like Amazon or Alexa. But according to social media […]
8 years ago