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Apple buys another company to improve Siri
Published in AI


Hopefully this can bring it into the 21st century

Apple has been unable to improve its rather out of date Siri technology and has been shopping around technology companies to buy the tech it needs.

Apple works in a moral and legal grey area
Published in News


Whistleblower warns

A former Apple contractor who helped blow the whistle on the company's programme to listen to users' Siri recordings has decided to go public, in protest at the lack of action taken as a result of the disclosures.

Don't ask Siri or Cortana for medical advice
Published in AI
Monday, 03 February 2020 10:43

Don't ask Siri or Cortana for medical advice


Might as well ask the cat, implies new study

Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana offered first aid advice which was so bad they might as well have suggested a course of leeches, a study has suggested.

Homes to get smarter and smarter
Published in AI
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 15:30

Homes to get smarter and smarter


People talking to robots not people

Sales of devices that talk to you, switch off your lights, lock your door and regulate how hot and cold you get will show increased growth between now and 2023.

Apple forced humans to listen 1000 Siri recordings daily
Published in Mobiles


Privacy, Apple has heard of it and lectures others upon it

The Irish Examiner has discovered the extent of how much Apple was invading the privacy of fanboys.

Apple finally agrees to stop contractors listening to phone calls
Published in News


Now that everyone has found out about it

Fruity cargo cult Apple, which spends rather a lot of time telling off other companies over privacy issues, has agreed to stop its contractors listening in to users conversations until everyone forgets it was doing it and permits it.

Siri recording your conversations
Published in News
Monday, 29 July 2019 12:11

Siri recording your conversations


Contractors have a good laugh about your accent

While Apple has been at the forefront of lecturing other companies about privacy it seems to have forgotten that it recorded customer conversations to its outside contractors.

Hey, Siri, why are Apple sales falling?
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 12 April 2019 12:06

Hey, Siri, why are Apple sales falling?


Credit Suisse says iPhone sales will drop 12 percent

Beancounters at Credit Suisse have predicted an even darker year for the fruity cargo-cult Apple with iPhone sales expected to decline 12.4 percent this year after last year's 3.2 percent drop.

Siri told teen how to shoot-up several schools
Published in News


And the US locked up the kid for talking about it


A 13-year-old boy visiting family in Indiana has been charged with "intimidation” after asking Siri how to shoot up a school.

Apple restructures Siri
Published in AI
Monday, 04 February 2019 12:18

Apple restructures Siri


I have several jobs that pay more in your area

The Apple executive who led the Siri team since 2012 has been removed as head of the project in a sweeping strategy shift.