Do you trust your smart speaker? You probably have an Alexa device in the kitchen or a Google Home in the bedroom, and there’s ample evidence that your privacy has not always been a top priority. To be sure, there are ways to protect yourself, like manually setting your speaker’s microphone to mute when it’s not …
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Barely a week goes by without a deal on smart speakers and smart displays. Just yesterday, I told you about an incredible 60% off deal on Google Home, for example, in which you can get $250 worth of speakers for $99. And today brings new ways to make your home smarter at a discount. Amazon is offering a pair of …
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Huawei unveiled its new smart assistant on Thursday during the P40 Pro online launch event. Meet Celia. To activate Celia on your Huawei device, you’ll need to use the phrase “Hey Celia,” and the assistant will spring to life to take your requests. Celia will be able to search the internet via voice command, add items to your calendar and …
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Marshall has announced its latest smart speaker, the compact Uxbridge Voice, which will come in both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant versions for $199. The voice assistants will make it possible to set up multiroom music, control smart devices and ask questions of Alexa or Google Assistant. The Uxbridge Voice with Amazon Alexa, available from April 8, is the brand’s …
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I first spotted this yesterday, and honestly I’m surprised it’s still in stock — which is to say it probably won’t be for much longer. But right now, and while supplies last, Verizon is offering the Ultimate Ears Blast portable speaker and Power Up charging base for $42.99. That’s $157 below what Verizon usually charges. The Blast itself originally sold …
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Bluetooth speakers are all well and good, but they have limited range and use audio-compression technology that many audiophiles don’t appreciate. They’re also harder to configure for multiroom setups. Enter Wi-Fi speakers, which hit the scene years ago but never really caught on, for reasons I don’t fully understand. Well, actually, I do: Most of them were premium products with …
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When I was a kid, my mom taught me never to play in traffic, accept candy from strangers or pay full price for an Amazon smart speaker. She was a smart woman: Alexa spends an awful lot of time on sale. The Echo Show 5, for example, dips down from $90 to $65 at least once a month. And it’s …
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Earlier this month, CNET’s David Carnoy praised Amazon’s first-ever true-wireless earbuds, the Echo Buds, but suggested you “wait for a sale.” Because while he liked the hands-free Alexa features and Bose-powered noise reduction — the latter putting the Echo Buds on the same playing field as Apple’s AirPods Pro — he felt the sweet spot would be more like $99. …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The Asus ExpertBook B9450 is the “world’s lightest 14-inch business notebook,” Asus says, with a starting weight of 1.9 pounds (0.9 kg), but it’s far from the only thing that makes it interesting. Co-engineered with Intel for its Project Athena program, …
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When the robots someday dig through the rubble of our civilization to figure out what made us different than chimps and bonobos, they’ll no doubt conclude it was somehow related to our species’ obsession with the weather. You can already get a weather forecast on your phone, tablet and watch, as well as ask Alexa, Bixby, Siri or Google to …
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