simone leonora and mahershala ali giving the thumbs up

‘He’s like the super cool older brother you just want to be around’: People love that actor Mahershala Ali appears on his personal assistant’s TikTok

'What a blessing to have a good working relationship with your boss.'

On Jun 15, 2022 by Kathleen Wong

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Jim Beam’s version of Alexa will pour you a shot of bourbon

The $35 gimmick already sold out during presale.

On Nov 30, 2017 by Phillip Tracy

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Mary Poppins with bird

Delusional couple’s Craigslist ad for an assistant is 1,800 words of escalating horror

If you are the most impressive human being on the planet with every single marketable skill, this couple would like to hire you to clean up dog vomit.

On Aug 10, 2017 by David Britton

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Microsoft Cortana is a bigger ‘Star Wars’ fan than Siri

Siri really needs to do some movie marathoning.

On Jul 14, 2015 by Eric Geller

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Facebook is reportedly turning Messenger into a personal shopping assistant

Siri, but for ecommerce.

On Jul 14, 2015 by AJ Dellinger

Tech

Amazon is throwing money around to make voice-recognition tech awesome

After launching its Echo personal assistant, Amazon focuses on the bigger picture.

On Jun 25, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech

Amazon Echo launches out of private beta, sells out almost immediately

The brain to your smarthome's body

On Jun 23, 2015 by Mike Wehner

Tech

The next version of iOS might ship with Apple’s answer to Google Now

Watch your back, Google Now. Siri is right behind you.

On May 28, 2015 by AJ Dellinger

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