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Using Siri for Texting Just as Dangerous as The Real Thing Says Study

We all know it's illegal to use your cellphone while driving in most parts, which is why our digital assistant Siri can make things easier. Well, not so fast, according to a study from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University: In their study 43 participants drove around a test track without using electronics and...

Apple Keeps Anonymized Siri Data for Up to Two Years

The American Civil Liberties Union appealed to Wired yesterday to express their concern over how long Siri, Apple's voice-controlled digital assistant, remembers what you tell or ask her. From their perspective, Siri's Privacy Agreement is vague, as there is no clear information on when data is deleted – for instance when you turn Siri off,...

Apple Looking To Boost Siri’s Accuracy & Performance, Posts 12 Job Openings

Apple has posted 12 new job listings over the weekend, all of which relate to Siri, suggesting that the company is getting pretty serious about boosting its speech-recognizing personal assistant's accuracy and performance, as noted by FastCompany. One of the job posts suggests that Siri is going to expand dramatically, because Apple's looking for a "Siri...