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Siri helped save a dying baby girl's life
Siri may just be a computerized voice on an iPhone — but she also proved to be a real hero. Giana, a 1-year-old from Cairns, Australia, is alive thanks to the Apple...
Apple developing device to rival Amazon's Echo
Apple plans to open its Siri voice assistant to apps made by others — while it develops a device that will compete with Amazon’s Echo speaker, according to a report....
Siri just leveled up in helpfulness
Apple's virtual personal assistant Siri started a revolution. Shortly after the feature was released, every other big consumer tech company jumped on the bandwagon and started work on voice-controlled digital...
How to break up with Siri for a new smartphone assistant
Apple's virtual personal assistant Siri was unquestionably a groundbreaking feature when it first debuted on the iPhone. It got off to a rocky start — of that, there is no...
Who needs friends when you have apps like these?
We’re surrounded by voice-enabled personal assistants these days, but what if we could make them all talk to one another? That’s the ambition of Leon Nicholls, who recently activated Siri...
Siri gives terrible medical advice
Smartphones are the first thing many people turn to with questions about their health. But when it comes to urgent queries about issues like suicide, rape and heart attacks, phones...
New virtual assistant Hound is hot on Siri's trail
https://youtu.be/2WKcl2ZddCs Watch out, Siri. There’s a hound on your trail, and it has some fast, formidable voice-recognition skills. Hound — a new virtual-assistant from the tech startup that created the...
Apple's Siri is a breakthrough for blind users
There’s nothing artificial about this intelligence: Siri is a big hit with blind techies. Apple’s voice-activated assistant hasn’t yet won over most mainstream iPhone users, with a still-glitchy algorithm that...
Apple going all in on A.I. to catch front-running Google
Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence experts, recruiting from Ph.D. programs, posting dozens of job listings and greatly increasing the size of its AI staff, a review...
'Call 911': Teen says Siri saved his life
WATERHILL, Tenn. — A Middle Tennessee teen is alive, thanks to Siri.
Apple's Siri: Just call her Caitlyn
Bruce is dead to Siri. Apple’s voice-activated assistant is getting with the program when it comes to users who still refer to Caitlyn Jenner as “Bruce.” A day after Jenner’s...
The Apple Watch is so bad, I had to return it
It was a fun two weeks, but it’s over. I loved him for who he might be, but not who he was — which, as any therapist worth her co-pay...
'Shut up, I know where I am': Tom Coughlin's battle with Siri
PHOENIX — Tom Coughlin is still trying to get the hang of this smartphone thing. Determined to prove you can indeed show an old dog new tricks, the NFL’s oldest...
The creepy rise of artificial intelligence
The rise of the machines gives me the creeps. Looking for a decent movie to watch, my husband and I recently consulted Siri. That’s a digital personal assistant — a...
Accused killer asked Siri where to dump body
When a Florida man allegedly strangled a former high school classmate in 2012 and couldn't find a good place to dump the body, he asked for help from a familiar...
iPhone's Siri has a wicked sense of humor
Sure, Siri can take dictation and give directions, play a requested song and call up a particular e-mail. And “she” does it all politely — most of the time. But...
Microsoft will give away Windows on smartphones, tablets
Microsoft is to give away its Windows operating system to makers of smartphones and small tablets for consumers as it seeks to make more of an impact on those fast-growing...
Real-life 'Siri' revealed
Siri, it’s Siri. Find my cellphone! The woman behind the famous iPhone voice lost her own cellphone in New York City, leaving her stranded on Friday. Susan Bennett, who claims...