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The Latest Breaking News from Alexa

As Amazon grows, so does its eye on consumers

From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere

The Independent UK

Amazon announces new word to wake up Alexa

The voice setting for Alexa can be easily changed by uttering a simple phrase

Manchester Evening News

Amazon launches fifth word you can use to wake up Alexa

All wake words options can be used with either the male or female voice options

Wales Online

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Amazon's new invention could let you "speak" to the dead — but should it?

Amazon, Microsoft, and other tech giants are circling closer to digital immortality.

Inverse

Best AirPod alternatives: Top wireless earbuds to suit your budget tried and tested

Consummate ear-user Stuart Pritchard turns his aural attention to a selection of the best earbuds for all manner of wireless audio entertainment…

Evening Standard

Amazon Prime Day is back with TV deals and Alexa standing ready to click buy now

Amazon Prime Day is July 12-13 this year, returning to its traditional July schedule after two years of maneuvering around the pandemic. The online behemoth’s big sale was held in October 2020 and in June last year.

Tribune News Service

Amazon Fire 7 Tablet Review: The impressively affordable tablet receives some welcome enhancements

Amazon Fire 7 Tablet latest interaction of entry-level tablets features many improvements making it easier to use than ever

Daily Mirror

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Amazon Prime Day's Deepest Discounts

There are serious sales already live on the site, days ahead of Prime Day 2022.

Inverse

Amazon Fire 7 2022 review: budget tablet gets design and speed upgrade

Faster chip, longer battery life, newer software and slim recycled plastic body offer serious bang for buck

The Guardian - UK

Amazon Echo Dot (4th Generation)

Love or loathe the design of the Echo Dot, both audio and Alexa sound better in this budget-friendly ball.

What Hi-Fi?

Speak to the dead: Amazon Alexa to use the voice of your lost loved ones

An upcoming update to Alexa will allow users to teach the device to speak using the voice of anyone they want, Amazon has announced.

The New Daily

Alexa to speak in the voice of dead relatives 'to make memories last', Amazon says

Amazon has already developed voice synthesising tech to let Alexa mimic the voices of celebrities, but these have required an individual to record dozens of hours of audio

Daily Mirror

Amazon Alexa could mimic voices of dead family members 'to make memories last'

The new technology would need about a minute of recorded audio to be fed into the system, which would then be used to construct a whole voice

Chronicle Live

Amazon Alexa could use voices of dead loved ones 'to make memories last'

The technology will see Alexa mimicking the voice of anyone it hears.

Daily Record

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Benzinga

'Hey Alexa, Can Grandma Finish My Bedtime Story?': Amazon Unveils Wildly Strange Feature

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is nearly finished with its four-day Re: MARS conference in Las Vegas, which aims to deliver thoughts from recognized leaders and technical experts in Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space (MARS) fields.

WEKU

Amazon's Alexa could soon speak in a dead relative's voice, making some feel uneasy

Amazon's voice-cloning technology still under development raises concerns among those who study ethics in artificial intelligence.

Mic

Amazon’s Alexa will soon speak to you in your dead grandma’s voice, if that’s a thing you want

The company unveiled the new experimental feature this week, despite no evidence people asked for this.

Wales Online

Amazon Alexa could use voices of the dead 'to make memories last'

The company said its voice assistant will be able to channel dead people and speak as they would in a forthcoming update

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Amazon's plan to have Alexa deepfake dead relatives is worse than it sounds

It's hard to fully capture something so brazenly boundary-crossing, but we're going to try our best.

The Independent UK

Amazon's Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives

Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they’re dead

The Independent UK

Black Mirror fans are comparing the latest Alexa update to one of the creepiest episodes

‘“Black Mirror” is supposed to be a warning, not a pitch,’ one fan tweeted

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily| Polio: Parents urged to vaccinate children

Plus, how Alexa will let you speak to the dead…

The Guardian - UK

Amazon’s Alexa could turn dead loved ones’ voices into digital assistant

Technology promises ability to ‘make the memories last’ by mimicking the voice of anyone it hears

ABC News

The Loop: Death toll from Afghanistan earthquake rises, more Swimming Championship medals for Australia, Amazon reveals new plans for Alexa

Feeling out of the loop? We got you.

Input

GE’s voice-controlled washing machine is a victim of Amazon’s Alexa overkill

Have we gone too far in laundry technology? If we even have to ask that question, the answer is yes.

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