Man credits Siri with saving his life when his house literally exploded
You might think your fancy digital assistants are life-savers when they let you send a text with your voice or order flowers for your mom …
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Bloomberg dishes new details on Apple’s unreleased Siri speaker
A few years ago, the smart speaker market was essentially non-existent. These days, with Amazon’s Echo lineup leading the charge, competition in the smart speaker …
Why Apple is going to make an Echo killer
Apple is making a Siri speaker competitor for the Amazon Echos and Google Homes of the world, and the iOS-based product might be unveiled as …
Apple’s new Siri speaker reportedly just got the green light
Hot on the heels of multiple reports that revealed more details about Apple’s Siri speaker, a new story out of Asia claims that Apple already inked …
Siri still sucks, and an Apple smart speaker won’t change that
In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Apple rumor mill this week, word on the street suggests that Apple is planning a standalone …
Galaxy S8’s Bixby just trolled Siri in the best possible way
Samsung’s voice assistant that was supposed to launch with the Galaxy S8 is finally available in South Korea. And it turns out that it has a …
Boaters stranded 4 miles from land were saved by Siri on an iPhone 7
The iPhone’s “Hey Siri” feature helped save three fisherman from what could have otherwise been a tragic turn of events. According to Fox 4 News …
Insider says Apple’s first new iOS product line in years will be unveiled at WWDC
In just a matter of days, a second trustworthy source has mentioned the Apple’s unnamed Amazon Echo competitor. And this time around we have a …
Please stop fantasizing about boning Alexa
A troubled writer falls in love with a voice-based, AI-powered, operating system, and the computer OS falls in love with the human. That’s not a …
This may be Apple’s first brand new iOS device since 2015
The rumors saying that Apple is working on a Siri-based Amazon Echo rival are back, with a noted insider saying that Apple is currently finalizing …
iOS 11’s big feature could be a massive Siri upgrade
While there’s an abundance of iPhone 8 rumors to check out on a regular basis, we don’t see that many iOS 11 leaks. It’s surprising, …
Siri has a very unfortunate response when you ask it for prostitutes
For the last few months, a bar in Toronto dedicated to e-sports has been getting a weirdly high number of requests for sex workers. It’s …
How to make Siri talk to you like you’re LEGO Batman
With the world falling apart all around us, it’s important to occasionally distract yourself from the chaos with lighthearted entertainment. That’s what millions of Americans …
Apple said to be working on ‘enhanced Siri’ for the iPhone 8
Virtually every major smartphone vendor, from Apple to Samsung to LG to Huawei, is expected to release devices featuring artificial intelligence this year. Industry sources …
It already sounds like the Galaxy S8’s assistant will blow Siri out of the water
It’s just mid-January, but we already seem to have two clear trends for high-end smartphones this year. Whether it’s the iPhone 8, the Galaxy S8, …
Siri’s next stop could be iMessage, and it would be awesome
Apple was the first company to integrate a voice-controlled virtual assistant into a smartphone’s operating system, although its main competitors such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft …
Apple has a secret research team devoted to making Siri’s voice sound more human-like
Over the last few years, there’s no denying that Siri has improved by leaps and bounds. While Apple’s intelligent personal assistant was easy to make …
Tim Cook says Apple doesn’t need to sacrifice user privacy to improve its AI
Siri has been lambasted in the press lately, with no shortage of tech observers opining that Apple’s personal intelligent assistant lags woefully behind competitors like …
Siri and Google Assistant go head to head in new comparison video
A lot has been made recently over Siri’s shortcomings as an intelligent personal assistant, especially relative to the capabilities of Google Assistant on Google’s new Pixel phones. Speaking …
The high-tech hotel of the future is already here
If the Starwood hotel chain has its way, the hotel room of the future will be more of a customizable set of experiences that listens …
This stagnant technology is what’s holding Siri back
Over the past few years, Siri’s functionality and reliability has improved by leaps and bounds. Not only is Siri’s feature-set more expansive than ever, but …
Barbra Streisand tells Jimmy Fallon about her beef with Siri
We heard a few days ago that Barbra Streisand decided to pick up the phone and call none other than Tim Cook to demand a …
Report: Apple just bought an AI startup to make Siri better
Apple doesn’t just invent things in its labs in Cupertino. The company also buys companies with impressive frequency — five so far this year. Actually, …
New site gives iPhone users a massive list of Siri voice commands
When Siri was first introduced as a beta product alongside the launch of 2011’s iPhone 4S, people couldn’t wait to get their hands on Apple’s new …
You should absolutely listen to Siri describe every emoji on the iPhone
What were you planning on doing this evening? Having fun? Interacting with real human beings? Cancel all that, because here’s a wonderfully comprehensive video of …
Apple’s digital helper, Siri, needs help
In the face of stiff competition from Android, Apple continued its push to make the Siri digital assistant useful to a large chunk of its …
Apple executives talk Siri limitations, iOS Messages app and much more in new interview
In what may become something of a tradition, Apple executives Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi on the second day of WWDC sat down with Daring Fireball’s …
Here’s what Siri looks like on your Mac
Hey, did you hear? Siri has a new home front and center in macOS! It’s going to be a few months until the changes roll …
The day Apple became one
Apple is the only company that owns a full set of smartphones, laptops, desktops, and wearables all running its own software. (Hi Windows Phone, you …
iOS 10: Siri now works in third-party apps, comes with extra AI features
One of the main iOS 10 features concerns Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant that’s now getting smarter than ever with the help of developers.
