Makers of #airfryers and #smartspeakers told to respect users’ right to #privacy
Information Commissioner’s Office takes action as people report feeling powerless over data gathering at home
The regulator said manufacturers needed to be transparent with people about how their personal information was being used, only collect necessary information and make it easy for people to delete their data from the product.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/16/air-fryers-smart-tv-speakers-user-data-privacy-ico

Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/16/air-fryers-smart-tv-speakers-user-data-privacy-ico #Informationcommissioner #Smartspeakers #Surveillance #Technology #Gadgets #Privacy #UKnews

TCL is Bringing Dolby Atmos FlexConnect to Their QD-Mini LED TV’s
https://www.allthethings.best/tcl-is-bringing-dolby-atmos-flexconnect-to-their-qd-mini-led-tvs
TCL and Dolby Laboratories have announced that TCL's 2025 QD-Mini LED TVs will include support for Dolby Atmos FlexConnect. This feature will be available in TCL's Precise Dimming Series, which includes the QM8K, QM7K, and QM6K models.
#news #smartspeakers #smarttv #tcl

‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heard https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/what-i-discovered-when-i-asked-amazon-to-tell-me-everything-alexa-had-heard #Smartspeakers #Lifeandstyle #AmazonAlexa #Technology #Smarthomes #Internet #Amazon #Family

Seeing Sonos gear in an IKEA is about to be a thing of the past, as IKEA and Sonos end the collaboration, even though products will continue to be supported. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2025/ikea-symfonisk-to-be-phased-out-as-sonos-parts-ways #news #sound #speakers #ikea #multiroom #smartspeaker #smartspeakers #sonos #wirelessspeakers

Everything ever so slightly better has a plus sign, and that appears true of the next version of Amazon's voice assistant, too. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2025/amazon-set-to-expand-alexa-with-conversational-ai-in-alexa #home #news #sound #speakers #ai #alexa #amazon #amazonalexa #smartdisplay #smarthome #smartspeakers

Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/05/air-fryer-excessive-surveillance-smart-devices-which-watches-speakers-trackers #Dataandcomputersecurity #Consumeraffairs #Dataprotection #Smartspeakers #Smartwatches #Mobilephones #Surveillance #Smartphones #Smarthomes #Technology #Worldnews #Telecoms #Privacy #UKnews #Money #GDPR

Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/05/air-fryer-excessive-surveillance-smart-devices-which-watches-speakers-trackers #Dataandcomputersecurity #Consumeraffairs #Dataprotection #Smartspeakers #Smartwatches #Mobilephones #Surveillance #Smartphones #Smarthomes #Technology #Worldnews #Telecoms #Privacy #UKnews #Money #GDPR

Amazon's devices business lost $25+ billion between 2017 and 2021, largely because people who buy Echo devices at below-cost prices never end up using them to buy things or sign up for subscription services. That's why Amazon is expected to launch a premium version of Alexa soon for customers willing to sign up for a subscription. https://buff.ly/4fi01dm #Alexa #Amazon #SmartSpeakers #AmazonEcho #AmazonKindle #AmazonFire

Alexa just cost Amazon another $46.7 million - Enlarge / The first Amazon Echo speaker. (credit: Luke MacGregor/Bloomb... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1983039 #smartspeakers #amazonalexa #patents #policy #amazon #alexa #tech

Bard Comes to Google Assistant https://open.substack.com/pub/synthedia/p/bard-comes-to-google-assistant (eventually) #AI #SmartSpeakers #Google #Bard

Amazon and Google collaborate on the first multi-assistant smart speaker - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23850185/amazon-google-jbl-authentics-smart-speaker-simultaneous-voice-assistants-ifa #AIexa #Google #SmartSpeakers