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Aug 2019
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Fri. 08/02 - Stop Listening To Me, Siri!

Brian McCullough
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Google and Apple suspend their programs where humans listen in on what you say to your voice assistant, Google will let Android users in Europe pick a search engine, Verizon tortures the very definition of words, Amazon dash buttons have an official end date, and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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