Microphones are all around us. Not just in smart speakers. They are in our phones, laptops, tablets, elevators, and cars etc... What would Amazon do with 30 seconds of recordings, get us to buy more crap? What about the other microphones? Especially the ones we don't own. Privacy is just plain inconvenient.

So this article is saying that I should be happy my kids like K-Pop?

Well, the only yahoo mail, I have I use for my Flylady emails. The hacker will learn how to enjoy the holidays while getting all the holiday chores done without any stress or inconvenience to our families. :) Enjoy your hacker you!

From the article: ... is being developed as one of the first apps for the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch. who wants to get recipes from a watch? I like looking at the whole recipe not a word at a time....Add 3 {next page} free {next page} range {next page} eggs

If you could opt in for suidcide watch, I would think this would be useful. But this to me screams, it is okay to psychoanalyze all posts. The first person they "save" especially if it is a bullied teenager, they will look like a hero and have such great publicity. Most people won't mind the all the data mining. You know you have to "think of the children."

That takes helicopter parenting to a whole new level...

They should give free meals or drinks to the passengers that can do the briefings along with the aircraft attendants. It would at least make it more interesting.

But could we teach them to Bitcoin mine?

Fruit flies that do calculus? Next time I see one I will give it a practice AP test. I wonder if it considered cheating if a fruit fly is in the room during a calculus exam.

I would like my bread and circus office space please with a window view....

I have seen enough on the internet to know that everything I do is monitored and has for quite some time. I know if don't want to be watched, I know not to do it over the internet, I am kind of over it. So... I think this is great. They are taking data and using it to make books more enjoyable. Maybe they will do a better job hiding whodunit at the end of a mystery. Non-fiction books such as Yoga books are too wordy. I really just want to see how to do the Tree position. Not how Tree position changed the authors life. I guess somethings could be dumbed down. I read reviews before buying a book. I don't buy those books anyways. Enjoying the 21st century...

I have been using technology in food preparation for awhile. Those websites listed are very good for very basic recipes like I have a very very good bread recipe off of Allrecipes.com. But I really like cookbooks written by great authors. I have found these authors lately by their blogs. Free recipes are just that, free. Sometimes I will look at a video on youtube if I am unsure how to follow off of a book. Such as rolling sushi or poaching an egg much easier to watch on youtube than try to read it. Also I like watching Julia Child cooking shows on Amazon Prime Instant Video. By preparing a recipe over and over, I will learn how to substitute or for example to make a crepe with ease which then lends to creativity because I am comfortable with the overall process. Also sometimes I will peruse restaurant websites to get ideas on new combinations that I could incorporate into my own cooking. Technology can enhance creativity or take from it. It is entirely up to the user.

Just because you are searching on odd things does not make you want to commit them, maybe you are researching for a book.
You would want the book to be realistic as possible.

Maybe someone is acting supicious and you think you might be slowly poisoned or something like that. You would definately want to look up why and how someone is doing this.

There are many reasons to search information on the web and it is not always to harm/hurt or even idle curiosity.

Ok, on my smarphone our family uses the GPS for geocaching. http://www.geocaching.com/

On our PS3 on their browser my children went on the internet and learned how to dance the minuet. My children are music students that have been able to play minuet on various instruments for years but recently they learned how to dance the minuet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doJ9bphxxKU
Of course you can have constructive activities on smartphones and gaming consoles.

Or do American have really, really big washing machines?

We do...they are called Extra Large Capacity Washing Machines.
http://www.whirlpool.com/Laundry-1/Laundry_Laundry_Washers-3/102110047+4294966820/