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Silicon Valley makes everything worse

Keith A. Spencer
FILE - This file product image provided by Amazon shows the Amazon Echo, the latest advance in voice-recognition technology that’s enabling machines to record snippets of conversation that are analyzed and stored by companies promising to make their customers’ lives better. But the Internet-connected microphones and cameras on the devices are also raising the specter of them being used by corporations or hackers to snoop on private conversations. (Amazon via AP, File) (AP)

Parents' ultimate guide to smart devices

Caroline Knorr
Amazon Echo (AP/Elaine Thompson)

Smart home spending expected to double

Lauren Barack - GearBrain
Amazon Echo (AP/Elaine Thompson)

Are our smart home devices recording us?

Alistair Charlton - GearBrain
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Silicon Valley's hubris

Keith A. Spencer
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Digital Orwellian nightmare?

Glynis Sweeny - Alternet
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