Amazon continues to spy on users with Alexa, Samsung forced to apologize after an ad airs, Elon Musk tempted to buy Coca-Cola after Twitter, that’s this Friday’s top news recap April 29, 2022.
Too busy to complete your urgent files before leaving for the weekend? If this is the case, you probably haven’t had the time to carefully consult Phonandroid and keep up to date with the various news from the Android and High-Tech universe. No problem, we summarize for you in this article the essential information of the day before, in this case of this Friday April 29, 2022. On the program, a study which confirms that Amazon continues to spy on you via Alexa, Samsung forced to present his apologies because of an advertisement, and Elon Musk tempted to buy Coca-Cola after Twitter… On track!
Amazon continues to spy on your conversations with Alexa
Researchers affiliated with several American universities have published a new study centered on Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant. The experts are formal, Amazon continues to exploit collected voice data through its Alexa-enabled devices to serve targeted ads on its own platforms and on websites that display Amazon ads. The thing has been confirmed by the e-commerce giant, which fully assumes.
Learn more : Amazon Alexa spies on your conversations to flood you with targeted ads
Samsung apologizes after advert aired
A few days ago, Samsung unveiled a new advertisement in which we can see a young woman running alone at night in the streets of London. The goal being to “celebrating individuality and the freedom to exercise at any hour”. Only, the critics quickly fell, judging that this publicity was characteristic of a cruel lack of discernment on the safety of women in urban areas, especially at night.
Learn more : Samsung apologizes after ad showing woman running alone in the middle of the night
After Twitter, Elon Musk tries to buy Coca-cola
As we know, Elon Musk is not only the richest man on the planet, he is also one of the biggest trolls on Twitter. After acquiring the social network, the CEO of Tesla was once again teasing about the blue bird. Indeed, he has just announced with a certain irony his new project: to buy Coca-Cola. His goal : put cocaine back into the composition of the famous soda.
Learn more : After Twitter, Elon Musk wants to “buy back Coca-Cola to put cocaine back in it”
