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Porsche offering stylish CarPlay kits for its vintage automobiles

Owners of vintage Porsche who also love the latest and greatest tech are in for a treat, as the carmaker will now offer official CarPlay kits for their classic vehicles. It's all the functionality you expect from CarPlay, but fits in with the retro dashboard of cars like the famous Porsche 911.

Wesley Hilliard 6 years ago 14

Siri may improve accuracy by mapping the room like a HomePod does

New research from Apple and Carnegie Mellon University delves into how smart devices could learn about their surroundings to better understand requests by knowing when and where they are being talked to.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 16

Best alternatives to Apple TV's Siri Remote

There is a certain level of disdain for Apple TV's Siri Remote. Between its glass design, unintuitive orientation, and high replacement cost, it has left many Apple TV users looking for alternatives. Here are our picks for better Apple TV remotes.

Andrew O'Hara 6 years ago 37

Apple acquires AI startup Voysis in apparent push to bolster Siri's natural language skills

Apple recently purchased Dublin, Ireland-based company Voysis, a startup that conducted work on improving natural language processing in virtual assistants.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 12

Research into Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant voice tech reveals bias in training data

Speech recognition systems from major tech companies have a harder time understanding words spoken by black people than the same ones spoken by whites, a new study finds.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 8

Apple's Siri can help triage users who ask about new coronavirus

Apple this weekend updated its Siri voice assistant with information and assets designed to triage users who believe they are suffering from COVID-19.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 11

Siri voices could be customizable by developers in iOS 14

Apple may allow developers to add their own voice synthesizers within iOS itself, a rumor claims, opening up the possibility of users being able to install custom voices that could affect how Siri sounds on an iPhone or iPad in the future.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 25

Researchers can hijack Siri with inaudible ultrasonic waves

Security researchers have discovered a way to covertly hijack Siri and other smartphone digital assistants using ultrasonic waves, sounds that cannot be normally heard by humans.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 21

Apple considering allowing third-party apps to replace defaults on iOS, HomePod

The HomePod may be opened up to third-party music services, and Apple may also allow iOS users to permanently swap the default email and browser apps for alternatives.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 58

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