TV commands Amazon Echo to buy doll houses

A US TV station has been inundated with complaints after viewers' voice-commanded Amazon Echo systems "heard" a presenter's remarks about doll houses - and started ordering them.

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Marissa Mayer to quit Yahoo after $4.8bn deal

Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer is to quit the troubled tech firm if the $4.8bn (£4bn) sale of its digital services to Verizon goes ahead.

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Moon made when 'about 20 moonlets collided'

The moon may have been created by several moonlets forming together rather than an impact hitting the Earth, scientists believe.

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10 years since Apple's iPhone was unveiled

The iPhone - the device that redefined the mobile phone and made Apple the world's most valuable company - was unveiled on this day 10 years ago.

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Monster black holes lurking in nearby galaxies

Astronomers claim that monster black holes may be lurking behind 'smokescreens' in our cosmic backyard.

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Samsung profits 'up 50%' despite phone fires

Samsung has suggested it is riding out the challenges posed by the failure of its now-defunct Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.

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Pokemon GO helps App Store sales top $20bn

Pokemon GO helped Apple's App Store generate more than $20bn (£16bn) in revenues for app developers last year - up 40% on the year before, the tech giant said.

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