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: Written by: ZDNet; Category: News; Published: 13 November 2020; Hits: 300

Amazon's engineers are tweaking Alexa's algorithm to help the virtual assistant guess users' requests, and offer to resolve them, before the demand is even uttered.

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After being asked, for example, how long a cup of tea should

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Big grocery chains are booming, and a large part of that is expanded rollout of delivery ^[1] and online ordering. So how are small grocers staying alive during COVID-19 ...

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Fighting bias in AI systems is an increasingly big topic – and challenge – for business. Drafting a set of principles is a good start, but when it comes to bridging the gap between the theory and the...

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Amazon ^[1] has filed a lawsuit against Instagram and TikTok personalities for allegedly participating in a scheme to sell counterfeit luxury goods.

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Filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and

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Vertafore ^[1], a provider of insurance software, has disclosed this week a data breach, admitting that a third-party accessed the details of 27.7 million Texas drivers.

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The federal government published on Friday its response to the inquiry into 5G by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts, and of the...

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After looking at which telco it wanted to buy ^[1] in 2019, and eventually settling on Southern Phone ^[2] in a AU$27.5 million deal, AGL entered the NBN reselling market under its own brand...

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Over the last six months, Australia Post has experienced a 20% decline in letters, but a boost in households shopping online. During that period, the postal service had 8.1 million households within its 12 million delivery points that...

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The US Commerce Department has said it will not enforce an executive order that would have effectively forced TikTok to shut down in order to comply with a Pennsylvanian...

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