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Apple clarifies Siri privacy stance after $95 mn class action settlement

The iPhone maker last week paid $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged it routinely recorded their private conversations

Apple to pay $95 mn to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping

Apple has agreed to pay USD 95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices. The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through iPhones and other devices equipped with the virtual assistant for more than a decade. The alleged recordings occurred even when people didn't seek to activate the virtual assistant with the trigger words, Hey, Siri." Some of the recorded conversations were then shared with advertisers in an attempt to sell their products to consumers more likely to be interested in the goods and services, the lawsuit asserted. The allegations about a snoopy Siri contradicted Apple's long-running commitment to protect the privacy of its customers a crusade that CEO Tim Cook has often frame

Apple develops more conversational Siri in bid to catch up with AI

Revamping the 13-year-old Siri service is part of Apple's efforts to become a force in artificial intelligence

More intelligence features will be available in December, confirms Apple

Apple also confirmed that it will roll out further enhancements in the coming months, including priority notifications, Siri with on-screen awareness, and more

Tech wrap Sep 23: Siri for iPhones, Samsung S24 FE, Sony BRAVIA Theatre U

Apple to release advanced Siri features with iOS 18.3. Sony launches Bravia Theatre U. GoPro's HERO camera goes on sale. CERT-In issues security advisory for iPhone, iPad, Mac users

Apple files patent for multiple smart rings that can work in unity: Report

Reportedly, patent documents suggest that Apple might be working on three separate ring device with separate functionalities such as health tracking, voice-assistant, and gesture control

Apple Intelligence is available for testing on these iPhones, iPads, Macs

Apple Intelligence is a personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with focus on personal context. This new system will be integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia

Apple's AI-based Siri assistant to let you control app functions with voice

The new system will allow the Siri assistant to control and navigate an iPhone or iPad with more precision

Apple has been testing ChatGPT integrated Siri assistant since 2023: Report

Reportedly, Microsoft is concerned about OpenAI's deal with Apple as GPT AI models also powers its Copilot features

iPhone 16 to get upgraded microphones as Siri closes in on AI integration

Apart from AI, improved microphones will lead to better audio quality in videos, voice calls, and more

Apple adds Discovery Station on Apple Music: Here's all you need to know

The Discovery Station is a personalised radio station that plays a continuous stream of songs based on the listening history of the user

iPhone 15 may finally replace the notch with 14 Pro's Dynamic Island

Apart from the infamous notch getting replaced with Dynamic Island upgrade, the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will feature significant camera enhancements and an A16 chip

Apple may allow users to build AR apps for mixed-reality headset using Siri

American tech giant Apple is apparently working on a way to let you make apps for its long-rumoured mixed reality headset using Siri

Open-source platform 'Home Assistant' to get new voice assistant in 2023

The platform's first priority is to support different languages as there are already many projects trying to create an English voice assistant

Siri gets new voice in iOS 15.4 beta, says report

The voice has arrived a little under a year after Apple added its last two American Siri voices, and stopped defaulting to using a female-sounding voice

Siri, is this a win for feminism? Apple's default voice no longer a woman

Siri has been criticized as embodying several facets of gender bias in artificial intelligence

Apple HomePod, Mini to support lossless audio via software update

Apple is bringing its lossless audio technology to HomePod and HomePod Mini in a future software update

Siri spills the beans on Apple event. Block your calendars for April 20

Siri, who is proficient at stone walling curious Apple fans quizzing it about new products and upcoming events, prematurely seemed to have revealed the plan to hold an event next Tuesday.

Amazon adds Echo, Echo dot to its lineup of voice-controlled gadgets

The world's largest online retailer has worked for years to popularize speakers, televisions and other devices that customers activate through speech

Amazon Echo, Google Home, Siri can be hacked with 'light' signals: Report

The researchers noted it was possible to make microphones respond to light as if it were sound, which essentially means that anything that acts on sound commands will act on light commands