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Tag: Siri
Siri and Spotlight will now use Google, not Bing, for Web searches
Enlarge As of today, searching the Web with Siri or Spotlight on iOS and macOS devices will show you results from Google, not Microsoft’s Bing search engine. This ends a Bing integration that was introduced in iOS 7 back in 2013. Google was already the default search engine in Safari in both iOS and macOS, […]
iOS 11: Everything Apple added to Siri
The debut of iOS 11 this week brought changes that include augmented reality games and a better iMessage experience, but perhaps no aspect of the operating system was more changed than Siri. Siri has gained more than a dozen new features, from the potential to share your social media account with a QR code to […]
‘I’m sorry to hear that’: Why training Siri to be a therapist won’t be easy
Apple plans to make Siri, its digital assistant, better at responding to people’s mental-health issues. Experts say the ambitious plan faces some big challenges. CBC | Health News
How Apple Finally Made Siri Sound More Human
If Apple can make Siri sound less like a robot and more like someone you know and trust, it can make the virtual assistant great—even when it fails. https://media.wired.com/photos/59b07c480a1ca5134ef72874/master/pass/siri-483845330.jpg Feed: All Latest
Ultrasonic hack ‘DolphinAttack’ sends inaudible voice commands to Siri, Alexa
Hackers can take control of smart devices using ultrasonic frequencies the human ear cannot detect, according to a new study. Tablets, phones or even in-car interfaces with major voice recognition platforms are all at risk. Researchers at Zhejiang University published a white paper last Thursday detailing how they were able to attack devices like phones, […]
Why Apple’s future as a company hinges on Siri
The discouraging news about Apple’s self-driving car project, code-named Titan, continued this week. The New York Times on Wednesday reportedthat the company has narrowed its focus from building an autonomous vehicle to building autonomous driving software for an employee shuttle. That shuttle won’t even be built by Apple, according to the Times’ anonymous sources: It […]
Apple’s OS chief is taking over Siri from Eddy Cue
Apple’s Eddy Cue has been in charge of Siri since software chief Scott Forestall left the company in 2012. Now, the executive has handed Siri over to Craig Federighi — and it might be a bigger deal than your usual shuffling of responsibilities. See, while Cue heads Apple Music, Pay, iCloud and iTunes, Federighi is […]
Barclays customers can now ask Siri to make payments for them
In today’s edition of companies making it all too easy for us to spend money, Barclays has added a feature to its iOS app that will debit your account after hearing you utter but a few words. Or, less sinisterly put, Barclays’ mobile banking app now lets you make payments with Siri commands. Provided you’ve […]
Dwayne Johnson and Apple made a Siri movie
Now here’s something you probably didn’t see coming. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has revealed that he’s starring in a Siri-themed movie (The Rock x Siri) that launches July 24th on Apple’s YouTube channel. He’s shy about details (other than that it’s the “coolest, sexiest, funnest” movie ever), but it’s safe to say there will be […]
