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Amazon Echo, Google Home, Siri can be hacked with 'light' signals: Report
The researchers noted it was possible to make microphones respond to light as if it were sound, which essentially means that anything that acts on sound commands will act on light commands
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Amazon bets on Alexa-powered Echo speakers to break into rural market
US e-commerce giant Amazon prioritised bringing its Alexa-powered smart speakers to India over other countries where the company had been in business for far longer because it felt its voice-based solution could cut through literacy barriers far better than any smartphone app.While India has a massive base of 250 million smartphone users, that number still represents just a fifth of the country's population. For the remainder, the company feels a voice-based solution such as Echo and Alexa could be just as potent if not more potent than a smartphone to get them to shop online."India is actually the fourth country where we've launched Alexa and Echo. We prioritized it over various other markets where we have been a lot longer and that tells you the potential that we seen in the country," says Puneesh Kumar, Country Manager - India, Alexa Experiences and Devices at Amazon.The Echo speakers, which were launched in October, are far from devices that will help customers in rural India to ..
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Amazon unveils new Echo devices to compete against Apple, Google
Alexa which is Amazon's own voice-controlled assistant powers all the Echo devices
Amazon Echo's shorter, slimmer model to take on Apple HomePod
The move is seen as Amazon's attempt to better Apple's HomePod
