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Siri and other voice assistants have a long way to go, research shows

Conversations with robots are still pretty crummy. Anyone who’s had to bark at Alexa three times to turn off the lights knows this irritation quite well. Now a new study from Adobe, released Thursday, provides some insights into how much folks use voice assistants and how much they like — and dislike — them. In all, 37 percent of people …

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Instagram is cracking down on offensive comments and spam

Are offensive comments on your Instagram posts ruining your brunch? The photo-sharing site is introducing two filters to clean up those comments, the company said Thursday in a blog post signed by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom. The first automatically keeps certain offensive comments off your posts before you see them. The second looks for spam comments and blocks them as …

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