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Amazon Alexa voice assistant tells a 10-year-old girl to touch the live jack with a coin

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Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant helps you get things done around the house, like playing music, reminding you to do something, and surfing the web, but it turns out the voice assistant has a dark side, too. In a shocking incident, Alexa’s voice assistant “challenged” a 10-year-old girl to touch a dime on the prongs of a plug partially inserted into an electrical outlet, the BBC reported on Tuesday. For starters, metals are electrical conductors and placing them in electrical sockets can cause electric shocks, fires, and other damage. The girl’s…

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Here’s how to transfer music across multiple Echo devices with Alexa

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Amazon has released a new update for its Alexa devices, which will enable its users to transfer music, radio shows or podcast episodes between multiple Echo devices. This means that if you have multiple Alexa devices in your home, you can now transfer music between them with simple voice commands. For example, if you’re listening to music on the Alexa speaker in your bedroom and want to keep it going in the living room, you can say “Pause Alexa” and go to the kitchen and command “Alexa, resume music here.”…

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London Jewelery hosts a festival of Italian food, wine and bling

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What pairs so well with Italian nibs and bottles? The answer, argues Candy O’Dell, head of London Jewelers, is sparkling trinkets. To that end, Udell has invited a cheerful Italian company to take over her family’s adorable Manhasset store for two weeks this month, as the illustrious retailer and Italian trade agency are participating in an all-inclusive fest. “Celebrating Italy on our flagship is the perfect way for our customers to enjoy the best Italian food, wine and culture, while at the same time witnessing our amazing collection of Made…

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Brooke Shields on her new brand and ‘A Castle for Christmas’

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Brooke Shields is still wrapping her mind around being the boss. “I’m used to signing on the line that says ‘Talent,’” she says, with a laugh. The launch of her new brand, the lifestyle platform Beginning Is Now, means Shields isn’t just the face — she’s where the buck stops. “You’re meeting employees and lawyers, and there are documents and contracts to sign. It definitely feels like being shot out of a cannon.” Shields, on Zoom, is wearing Gloria Steinem-evocative aviators, seated behind a desk and looking very much like…

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